Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | January 2, 1956 | ||
Place of birth | Forlì, Italy | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Piacenza | |||
Ravenna | |||
Modena | |||
Piacenza | |||
Siena | |||
Vancouver Whitecaps | |||
Chicago Sting | |||
Kaizer Chiefs FC | |||
New York Cosmos | |||
Cervia | |||
Morciano | |||
Ospedaletto | |||
Teams managed | |||
1992–1995 | Marignano | ||
1998–2000 | Georgia U-21 | ||
2001 | Lithuania U-21 | ||
2005 | National Bucharest | ||
2005–2006 | Qatar U-21 | ||
2006 | FC Sopron | ||
2008 | Livingston | ||
2009 | R. Union Saint-Gilloise | ||
2011–2012 | Liberia | ||
2012 –2013 |
Consultant Trainers Programs FIFA FIGC ITALY 2014 -2015 / 2016 Scout PGS Suadamerica Arabia Europa2016 - 2017 - S.S.D. Rimini F. C. Italy Team Manager/General Technical Director |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Roberto Landi (born January 2, 1956 in Forlì) is an Italian association football manager, who last managed the Liberia national football team.
Landi, a goalkeeper, joined the Piacenza youth system in 1966 and later joined the first team, then playing in Serie C1 division. He later moved to Modena as second-choice goalkeeper, and then played also for Ravenna and Siena, before to leave Italy to join the North American Soccer League in 1979, at the age of 23. During his North American time, he played for Vancouver Whitecaps and Chicago Sting, before signing for South African side Kaizer Chiefs FC, and returning in the United States with New York Cosmos in 1983. He then returned in Italy and played for a number of amateur sides before retiring at the age of 30.
Landi served as goalkeeping coach for the United States men's national football team during their 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cup campaigns. From 1992 to 1995 he served as head coach of Italian amateur team Marignano. In 1998 he became head coach of the Georgian U-21 team, and later filled the same position for the Lithuanian U-21 team in 2001. He obtained a UEFA Pro License in 2003, and was part of Messina managing staff in their 2002–03 campaign.