Robert Dante Siboldi Badiola (born 24 September 1965) is a Uruguayan professional

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and former

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. He is the current head coach of

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club

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. A talented

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, Siboldi played most of his club career in Mexico and for the Uruguay national team between 1992-1997. As a manager, Siboldi has been

champion twice, with

Santos Laguna Club Santos Laguna S.A. de C.V., simply known as Santos Laguna or Santos, is a Mexican professional football club based in Torreón, Coahuila. The club competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. Founded in 1983 as Club Santos I ...

and

Tigres UANL Club Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, abbreviated as Tigres UANL and simply known as Tigres or internationally as Tigres de México, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in the Monterrey metropo ...

, 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

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Cruz Azul Club de Futbol Cruz Azul S.A. de C.V., commonly referred to as Cruz Azul, is a professional association football, football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. It competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football league system, Mexican footba ...

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, and

UANL Tigres Club Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, abbreviated as Tigres UANL and simply known as Tigres or internationally as Tigres de México, is a Mexican professional football club based in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo Leó ...

. He arrived to Tigres in

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, a season in which the team was relegated to

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. Siboldi chose to stay, and was instrumental in returning the team to

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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 The Uruguay national football team (), nicknamed ''La Celeste'' ("The Sky Blue") and ''Los Charrúas'' ("The Charrúa, Charrúas"), have represented Uruguay in international men's Association football, football since their first international m ...

Managerial career

Early career

Siboldi was announced on May 4, 2009, as the new

coach, replacing

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. On August 8, 2018,

announced they had accepted Siboldi's resignation after a conflict with a player.

Tijuana

On 19 April 2021,

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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,

announced that Siboldi would no longer be the coach for

leaving the club after 5 months in charge following a 3-0 loss against

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the day before.

Al-Ahli

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

Tigres UANL

On 10 April 2023, Siboldi became the head coach of

. At the time, they were in contention for a playoff spot with only three games remaining. Tigres UANL went on to win the league title, beating Guadalajara in the final. On 2 June 2024, Siboldi's assistant was accused of leaking privileged information to rival club

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. Siboldi confronted the club's management, who refused to provide evidence. Two days later, Siboldi was dismissed from his position.

Mazatlán

On 20 May 2025,

announced Siboldi as their new head coach.

Honours

Player

;Peñarol *

Uruguayan Primera División The Liga Profesional de Primera División (American Spanish , , local: , ''First Division''), named "Torneo Uruguayo Copa Coca-Cola" for sponsorship reasons, is the highest professional Association football, football league in Uruguay organized b ...

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;Tigres UANL * Liga de Ascenso de México: Invierno 1996, Verano 1997 *

Copa México Copa MX, also known as Copa Corona MX for sponsorship reasons, was an association football competition in Mexico and the domestic cup tournament for clubs at the highest and second levels of Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Copa ...

: 1995–96 ;Individual *

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Golden Glove: 1989–90

Manager

;Cruz Azul Jasso * Segunda División de México: Clausura 2007 ;Santos Laguna *

: Clausura 2018 ;Cruz Azul *

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;Tigres UANL *

: Clausura 2023 *

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;Individual *

Manager of the Tournament: 2017–18

References

External links

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