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Henry Meléndez
Personal information
Full name	Henry Antonio Meléndez Sánchez
Date of birth	2 July 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Caracas, Venezuela
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	Caracas U21 (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Deportivo Gulima
Managerial career
	Deportivo Gulima (youth)
2013–2014	Deportivo La Guaira (youth)
2015–2016	Atlético Venezuela (youth)
2016	Deportivo Petare (assistant)
2017–2018	Atlético Venezuela (youth)
2019	Caracas B
2019–2020	Atlético Venezuela
2021–2022	Zulia
2022	Caracas
2023–2024	Caracas U21
2024	Caracas
2024–	Caracas U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henry Antonio Meléndez Sánchez (born 2 July 1984) is a Venezuelan football manager, currently in charge of Caracas' under 21 squad.

Career

Born in Caracas, Meléndez started his career with Deportivo Gulima, a club focused on youth development, and worked for the side for ten years. He then was in charge of Deportivo La Guaira and Atlético Venezuela's youth categories before being named assistant manager of Enrique García at Deportivo Petare in 2016.^[1]

Meléndez returned to Atlético Venezuela and its youth setup in 2017, remaining for two years before joining Caracas, where he was in charge of the reserve side.^[1] On 19 September 2019, he returned to his previous club after being named first team manager, in the place of Jaime de la Pava.^[2]^[3]

On 31 October 2020, Meléndez left Atlético on a mutual agreement.^[4] On 16 August of the following year, he took over Zulia in the place of Frank Flores.^[5]

On 15 April 2022, Meléndez was sacked by Zulia.^[6] On 21 June, he returned to Caracas after being named youth coordinator,^[7] but was named manager on 19 September as Francesco Stifano was sacked.^[8]

Meléndez subsequently returned to his previous coordinator role, and later took over the under-21 squad. On 31 March 2024, he replaced Leonardo González at the helm of the first team,^[9] but returned to his previous role on 6 July after the appointment of Fernando Aristeguieta.^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b "Henry Meléndez, un héroe sin capa" [Henry Meléndez, a hero without a cloak] (in Spanish). Atlético Venezuela CF. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ "Atlético Venezuela confirmó la salida del técnico colombiano Jaime de la Pava" [Atlético Venezuela confirmed the departure of Colombian manager Jaime de la Pava] (in Spanish). Balonazos. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ "Henry Meléndez asume la dirección técnica de Atlético" [Henry Meléndez takes over Atlético] (in Spanish). Atlético Venezuela CF. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ "Comunicado oficial – desvinculación del estratega Henry Meléndez" [Official announcement – departure of manager Henry Meléndez] (in Spanish). Atlético Venezuela CF. 31 October 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ "Zulia despide a Frank Flores y trae a Henry Meléndez como nuevo DT" [Zulia sack Frank Flores and bring in Henry Meléndez as new manager] (in Spanish). Diario Meridiano. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ "Henry Meléndez dejó de ser el técnico del Zulia FC" [Henry Meléndez left as manager of Zulia FC]. LaVinotinto.com (in Spanish). 15 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
^ "Henry Meléndez vuelve a Caracas FC para asumir como coordinador de las categorías menores" [Henry Meléndez returns to Caracas FC to take over as coordinator of the youth categories] (in Spanish). Balonazos.com. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
^ "Francesco Stifano no sigue como DT del Caracas FC y asume Henry Melendez para cierre del FutVe" [Francesco Stifano does not continue as manager of Caracas FC and Henry Melendez takes over for the remainder of the FutVe] (in Spanish). Balonazos. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
^ "Henry Meléndez reemplazó a Leonardo González en el banquillo del Caracas" [Henry Meléndez replaced Leonardo González on Caracas's bench] (in Spanish). La Vinotinto. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
^ "Caracas FC anunció la salida del entrenador Henry Meléndez y la llegada de Fernando Aristeguieta" [Caracas FC announced the exit of coach Henry Meléndez and the arrival of Fernando Aristeguieta] (in Spanish). Balonazos. 6 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.