Richard Páez

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| name = Richard Páez

| image = File:Richard Paez.JPG

| fullname = Richard Alfred Mayela Páez Monzón

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|12|31|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mérida, Venezuela

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| years1 = 1970–1978

| clubs1 = Estudiantes de Mérida

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| years2 = 1978–1979

| clubs2 = Portuguesa

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| years3 = 1979

| clubs3 = Unión Táchira

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| years4 = 1980–1981

| clubs4 = ULA

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| manageryears1 = 1991

| managerclubs1 = ULA

| manageryears2 = 1991

| managerclubs2 = Deportivo Táchira

| manageryears3 = 1995

| managerclubs3 = ULA

| manageryears4 = 1997–1999

| managerclubs4 = Estudiantes de Mérida

| manageryears5 = 2001–2007

| managerclubs5 = Venezuela

| manageryears6 = 2001–2003

| managerclubs6 = Venezuela U20

| manageryears7 = 2002

| managerclubs7 = Venezuela U23

| manageryears8 = 2008

| managerclubs8 = Alianza Lima

| manageryears9 = 2010–2012

| managerclubs9 = Millonarios

| manageryears10 = 2013–2014

| managerclubs10 = Mineros

| manageryears11 = 2018–2019

| managerclubs11 = Deportivo Cuenca

| manageryears12 = 2020

| managerclubs12 = Mineros

}}

Richard Alfred Mayela Páez Monzón known as Richard Páez (born 31 December 1953) is a Venezuelan football manager former coach of Deportivo Cuenca from Ecuador and of the Venezuela national football team.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}

Playing career

File:RICHARD PÁEZ.JPG in 2013]]

=Club=

Born in Mérida, Páez played club football for Estudiantes de Mérida, Portuguesa, Deportivo Táchira and Universidad de Los Andes.{{dead link|date=April 2017}} {{cite web|publisher=GolGolGol Futbol|author=Ruiz M., Juan Guillermo|title=Un día como hoy en el fútbol: Diciembre 31|trans-title=On this day in football: December 31|url=http://colombia.golgolgol.net/movil/un-di-a-como-hoy-en-el-futbol-diciembre-31_1048-119613.html|date=31 December 2011|access-date=17 December 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221145024/http://colombia.golgolgol.net/movil/un-di-a-como-hoy-en-el-futbol-diciembre-31_1048-119613.html|archive-date=21 February 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

=International=

He also played for the Venezuela national football team in the 1970s.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}

Managerial career

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.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}} The squad reached the semi-final of the 2011 Copa America, and also had several victories in FIFA World Cup qualifying.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}

In early 2008, he was signed as Alianza Lima's coach but was fired from his post a few months later.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}

In November 2011, Páez became the first Venezuelan football manager to win a competition outside of Venezuela when his team Millonarios won the Copa Postobón. In May 2012, he left Millonarios after one and one-half seasons in charge.{{cite web|publisher=El País|title=Millonarios confirmó la salida del técnico venezolano Richard Páez|trans-title=Millonarios confirm the departure of Venezuelan manager Richard Páez|url=http://www.elpais.com.co/elpais/deportes/noticias/millonarios-confirmo-salida-del-tecnico-venezolano-richard-paez|language=Spanish|date=30 May 2012}}