Ramón Moya Ribalta (born 2 March 1956) is a Spanish retired

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who played as a defender, and is a current

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Managerial career

After a short spell as a footballer with

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, Moya started his managerial career with

RCD Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as RCD Espanyol, is a Spanish professional sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The club competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spa ...

's ''Juvenil'' team. In 1993, he was appointed

CE L'Hospitalet Centre d'Esports l'Hospitalet is a Spanish football team based in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1957 it currently plays in , holding home games at Estadi Municipal de Futbol de L'Hospitalet, wit ...

manager, with the side in

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

. In April 1995 Moya was named at the helm of

Gimnàstic de Tarragona Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in . The club was founded in 1886 an ...

, seriously threatened with relegation. After narrowly avoiding it, he left the club and subsequently returned to ''Hospi'' in the following year. In the 1999 summer Moya was appointed manager of

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, in

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. In October 2002 he was named manager of the first team in

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, after

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was suspended; his spell would only last two months, however. In 2006, after another spell at Hospitalet, Moya was appointed at

CE Sabadell FC Centre d'Esports Sabadell Futbol Club, S.A.D. () is a historical List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Sabadell ( Catalonia) Founded in 1903, its first men's team plays in the . Its first CE Sabadell (women), women's tea ...

. He brought the club back to

in his first campaign, but was dismissed on 10 November 2009. On 12 January 2014, after an unsuccessful spell at

UDA Gramenet Unión Deportiva Atlético Gramenet is a Spanish football team based in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1945 it currently plays in , holding home games at '' Municipal de Sant Adrià'' in Sant Adrià ...

, Moya was named at the helm of

CD Castellón Club Deportivo Castellón, S.A.D. is a professional List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Castellón de la Plana, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 20 July 1922, it currently plays in , holding home games at ''Nou E ...

. He left the post in May and immediately joined the club's board, but in October acted as an interim.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moya, Ramon 1956 births Living people People from Pla d'Urgell Footballers from the Province of Lleida Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Segunda División players Tercera División players UE Sant Andreu footballers CF Badalona players Spanish football managers La Liga managers CE L'Hospitalet managers RCD Espanyol B managers Gimnàstic de Tarragona managers RCD Espanyol managers CE Sabadell FC managers CD Castellón managers 20th-century Spanish sportsmen