Roberto Rambaudi (; born 12 January 1966) is an Italian professional football coach and a former player, who played as a forward or

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in the position of

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Club career

Rambaudi gained

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promotion with Foggia after winning the

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title, forming a notable attacking trio with

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and Francesco Baiano, helping the team to a ninth-place finish in Serie A during the 1991–92 season under manager Zdeněk Zeman. He later moved to Atalanta during summer 1992, where he remained for two seasons. After the club were relegated in 1994, he moved to Lazio, alongside his former manager Zeman, where he put on notable performances, earning a call-up to the Italian national team. He later moved to Serie B sides

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, and later

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, before ending his career in 2000 in

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. Overall throughout his 16-year club career, he made 411 appearances, scoring 82 goals, between 1984 and 2000.

International career

Rambaudi also earned two caps for

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in 1994 under manager

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, making his international debut in a 2–0 away victory over

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, in an

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match.

After retirement

After retiring, Rambaudi worked as a coach, firstly with the Lazio Youth squad from 2003, and later moving to coach

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the following season, although he was sacked after only a few matches by Sciaretta. He signed a contract with Viterbese for the 2007–08 season, although he was unable to help the club avoid relegation. He later worked as a football pundit for

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, and subsequently

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. On 3 March 2021, he was hired as head coach of

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club Flaminia. He left the club in October 2021 after a poor start to the season.

Honours

Foggia *

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. Lazio *

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: 1997–98. * Supercoppa Italiana:

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