Robert Siboldi

Robert Siboldi
Personal information
Full name	Robert Dante Siboldi Badiola
Date of birth	September 24, 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth	Colonia Nicolich, Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
1983–1988	Peñarol
1988–1989	Gimnasia (LP)
1989–1992	Atlas
1993–1994	Cruz Azul
1994–1995	Puebla
1995–2000	Tigres UANL
2000–2001	Argentinos Juniors
2001–2002	Atlético Junior
2002	Gavilanes de Nuevo Laredo
International career
1992–1997	Uruguay
Managerial career
2009	Cruz Azul Hidalgo
2009–2010	Cruz Azul
2012	Dorados de Sinaloa
2015	Santos Laguna (Interim)
2017–2018	Santos Laguna
2018–2019	Veracruz
2019–2020	Cruz Azul
2021	Tijuana
2022	Al-Ahli
2023–2024	Tigres UANL
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Dante Siboldi Badiola (born 24 September 1965) is a Uruguayan professional manager and former footballer.

A talented goalkeeper, Siboldi played most of his club career in Mexico and for the Uruguay national team between 1992-1997.

As a manager, Siboldi has been Liga MX champion twice, with Santos Laguna and Tigres UANL, respectively, in only three playoffs disputed. Both of his Liga MX championships were as interim coach.

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.

He arrived to Tigres in 1995, a season in which 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 idol between the fans of the team. He played for Tigres 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

Early Career

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

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

Tijuana

On 19 April 2021, Club Tijuana announced that Siboldi would take over the club after former coach Pablo Guede resigned following a 3-2 loss against Mazatlan FC. On 29 September 2021, Club Tijuana announced that Siboldi would no longer be the coach for Club Tijuana leaving the club after 5 months in charge following a 3-0 loss against Club Necaxa the day before.^[3]

Al-Ahli

On 5 March 2022, Siboldi was appointed as the manager of Saudi Arabian club Al-Ahli.^[4] He was sacked on 4 September 2022.^[5] He got the club relegated to the First Division for the first time in its history.

Tigres UANL

On 10 April 2023, Siboldi arrived to Tigres UANL as head coach, team where he played and became an idol in the 1990s. He took on the team after their second coach got sacked after losing 1-2 to Mazatlán, a team that only won 3 games in the Clausura 2023 season. When Siboldi took over, he tied his first game against Querétaro, won the second against Puebla 1-0 and lost to León 3-0. He went on to defeat Puebla in the "repechaje" of the liguilla (playoffs) by 1-0, setting the team against Toluca in quarterfinals. They won the home game 4-1, and lost the away game to 3-1, with a final score of 5-4 Tigres reached seminalfinals. On seminalfinals, they faced city rival Monterrey, team that finished the regular season as leader with 40 points out of 51 possible, winning 13 games and losing only 3. Tigres and Monterrey tied 0-0 in the first leg. In the second game, Tigres won by 0-1. Set in the finals, Tigres faced Guadalajara. The teams tied in the first leg by 0-0. In the second leg, Tigres was losing by 2-0 in the first half. By the second half the team tied 2-2. Tigres scored the 3-2 in overtime and became champion. On 4 June 2024, Siboldi was dismissed from his position.^[6]