Adolfo Monsalve

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Monsalve and the second or maternal family name is Parra.

Adolfo Monsalve

Personal information
Full name	Adolfo Enrique Monsalve Parra
Date of birth	(1991-05-11) 11 May 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	San Cristóbal, Venezuela
Team information
Current team	Zamora (manager)
Managerial career
Years	Team
2013–2016	Deportivo Táchira (youth)
2017	Deportivo Táchira (assistant)
2017	Deportivo Táchira (interim)
2018	Universidad Católica del Ecuador (youth)
2018	Norte América (youth)
2018–2019	Istra 1961 (assistant)
2019–2020	Gafanha
2021	Ureña
2022	Deportivo Táchira (reserves)
2022	Zulia
2023	Ureña
2024	Águilas Doradas (assistant)
2025–	Zamora

Adolfo Enrique Monsalve Parra (born 11 January 1982) is a Venezuelan football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Zamora.

Career

Born in San Cristóbal, Monsalve worked as a youth coach for Deportivo Táchira before being named an assistant of the side for the 2017 season. In October of that year, he was an interim for one match after the departure of manager Santiago Escobar and new coach Francesco Stifano was unavailable.[1]

Monsalve left Táchira on 29 November 2017,[2] and subsequently joined Universidad Católica del Ecuador as an under-18 coach. He left the latter in May 2018 after assaulting a referee,[3] and subsequently worked at Norte América's youth categories.

In January 2019, Monsalve moved to Croatia and became an assistant at NK Istra 1961. He left on 16 July,[4] and switched teams and countries again after being named manager of G.D. Gafanha in Portugal.[5]

Monsalve left Gafanha in September 2020, and subsequently returned to his home country after being appointed in charge of Ureña on 11 February 2021.[6] After leaving the side in November, he returned to Táchira on 1 March 2022, after being named at the helm of the reserves.[7]

On 15 August 2022, Monsalve replaced Francisco Perlo as Zulia manager.[8] He returned to Ureña for the 2023 season, and won the Segunda División with the side before resigning on 14 December of that year.[9]

On 6 January 2025, after spending the previous year as an assistant of Colombian side Águilas Doradas, Monsalve returned to managerial duties after taking over Zamora.[10]

Honours

Ureña

• Venezuelan Segunda División: 2023

References

1. "Adolfo Monsalve selló con victoria su debut en Primera División" [Adolfo Monsalve sealed with a win his Primera División debut] (in Spanish). Balonazos. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
2. "#InstitucionalDTFC | ¡GRACIAS PROFE👍! El Aurinegro le augura a Adolfo Monsalve el mayor de los éxitos en sus nuevos retos profesionales ⚽️" [#InstitucionalDTFC | ¡THANKS COACH👍! Aurinegro wish Adolfo Monsalve the biggest success in his new professional goals ⚽️]. Deportivo Táchira FC (in Spanish). Twitter. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
3. "Adolfo Monsalve, DT de la Sub 18 de Católica presentó disculpas públicas" [Adolfo Monsalve, manager of the under-18s of Católica apologized publicly] (in Spanish). Mi Fútbol Ecuatoriano. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
4. "Adolfo Monsalve culminó exitosamente su contrato con el NK Istra de Croacia" [Adolfo Monsalve successfully ended his contract with NK Istra from Croacia] (in Spanish). Balonazos. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
5. "Há uma equipa nos distritais de Aveiro com 17 estrangeiros e cinco portugueses" [There is a team in the Aveiro regional leagues with 17 foreigners and five Portugueses] (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
6. "Ureña SC anunció a Adolfo Monsalve como su director técnico para la temporada 2021" [Ureña SC announced Adolfo Monsalve as their manager for the 2021 season] (in Spanish). Balonazos. 11 February 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
7. "👨🏻‍🏫 ¡BIENVENIDO a casa, profe! ✍🏽" [👨🏻‍🏫 WELCOME home, teach! ✍🏽]. Deportivo Táchira FC (in Spanish). Twitter. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
8. "Adolfo Monsalve asume la dirección técnica del primer equipo" [Adolfo Monsalve takes over the first team] (in Spanish). Zulia FC. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
9. "Director técnico renuncia al Ureña Sport Club" [Manager resigns from Ureña Sport Club] (in Spanish). Diario La Nación. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
10. "Adolfo Monsalve dirigirá al Zamora FC" [Adolfo Monsalve will manage Zamora FC] (in Spanish). Líder en Deportes. 7 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025.

External links

• Adolfo Monsalve coach profile at Soccerway