Robert Siboldi

Róbert Dante Siboldi Badiola (born 24 September 1965) is an Uruguayan former professional footballer and former manager of Liga MX club Cruz Azul. During his playing career, he played as a goalkeeper and was nicknamed "Flaco."

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Siboldi and the second or maternal family name is Badiola.
Róbert Siboldi
Personal information
Full name Róbert Dante Siboldi Badiola
Date of birth (1965-09-24) September 24, 1965
Place of birth Colonia Nicolich, Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1988 Peñarol 0 (0)
1988–1989 Gimnasia (LP) 0 (0)
1989–1992 Atlas 108 (0)
1993–1994 Cruz Azul 32 (0)
1994–1995 Puebla 40 (0)
1995–2000 Tigres UANL 109 (0)
2000–2001 Argentinos Juniors 18 (0)
2001–2002 Atlético Junior 23 (0)
2002 Gavilanes de Nuevo Laredo 12 (0)
National team
1992–1997 Uruguay 34 (0)
Teams managed
2009 Cruz Azul II
2009–2010 Cruz Azul
2012 Dorados de Sinaloa
2015 Santos Laguna (Interim)
2017–2018 Santos Laguna
2018–2019 Veracruz
2019–2020 Cruz Azul
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Club career

Siboldi played professional club football in Uruguay, Argentina, Mexico, and Colombia.

In Mexico, he played for Atlas, Cruz Azul, Puebla and UANL Tigres.

In Tigres, he came to the team in 1995. That season, the team was relegated to Primera División A. Siboldi chose to stay, and was instrumental in returning the team to First Division within the year. He became an icon of the city of Monterrey. He played in Tigres for four years, until 1999.

International career

Siboldi made his international debut on June 21, 1992 in a friendly against Australia (2-0). He obtained a total number of 34 international caps for the Uruguay national football team.

Managerial career

He was announced on May 4, 2009 as the new Cruz Azul coach, replacing Benjamin Galindo.

On 8 August 2018, Santos Laguna announced they had accepted Siboldi's resignation after a conflict with a player.[1][2]

Honours

Player
Peñarol
UANL
Individual

Mexican Primera División Golden Glove: 1989–90

Manager
Cruz Azul Jasso
Santos Laguna
Cruz Azul
Individual

References
  1. "Robert Dante Siboldi renuncia como entrenador de Santos" [Robert Dante Siboldi resigns as coach of Santos] (in Spanish). 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  2. "Robert Dante Siboldi renunció a Santos por conflicto 'de gravedad' con jugador" [Robert Dante Siboldi resigned from Santos due to a serious conflict with a player] (in Spanish). 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.


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