Richard Páez

Richard Alfred Mayela Páez Monzón known as Richard Páez is the current manager of Millonarios from Bogotá and a former coach of the Venezuela national football team. During his tenure, which lasted from January 2001 to November 2007, Venezuela achieved its best period in international football, improving from its status of being the worst team in South America. The squad reached the quarter final of the 2007 Copa America, and also had several victories in FIFA World Cup qualifying.

Career

Páez played for the national team in the 1970s. His son, Ricardo Páez, is currently a member of the national team.

In early 2008, he was signed as Alianza Lima's coach but was fired from his post a few months later.

In November 2011, Páez became the first Venezuelan football manager to win a competition outside of Venezuela when his Millonarios Fútbol Club team won the Copa Postobon

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