Róbert Dante Siboldi Badiola (born September 24, 1965 in Montevideo

Montevideo

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) is a retired football

Football (soccer)

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 goalkeeper from Uruguay

Uruguay

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, who was nickname

Nickname

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d "Flaco" during his professional career. He currently is the head coach

Coach (sport)

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 of Cruz Azul Hidalgo

Cruz Azul Hidalgo

Club Deportivo Cruz Azul Hidalgo also known as Cruz Azul is a professional football club in Mexico currently playing in Liga de Ascenso. Their stadium is Estadio 10 de Diciembre located in Ciudad Cooporativa Cruz Azul in Hidalgo and is the Affiliate team of Cruz Azul...

, a team in the Liga de Ascenso

Liga de Ascenso

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Career

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

In Mexico, he played for Atlas, Cruz Azul

Club Deportivo Cruz Azul

Club Deportivo, Social, y Cultural Cruz Azul, known simply as Cruz Azul, is a Mexican professional Association football club based in Mexico City, Mexico; after which initially was based in Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul in the Mexican state of Hidalgo...

, Puebla and UANL Tigres

UANL Tigres

Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, often known only as Tigres or UANL, a Mexican football club that plays in the Primera División. It is one of the two professional football teams of the state of Nuevo León. The team plays home games at the Estadio Universitario, located in San...

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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

Primera División de México

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 within the year. He became an icon of the city of Monterrey

Monterrey

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. He played in Tigres for four years, until 1999.

International

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

Uruguay national football team

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Coaching career

He was announced on May 4, 2009 to be the new Cruz Azul coach and will replace Benjamin Galindo

Benjamín Galindo

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National championships

• 1 Liga de Ascenso de México
  Liga de Ascenso
  The Liga de Ascenso is the second professional level of the Mexican football league system. The champion of the competition is promoted to the Primera División de México ....
  
   (Tigres de la UANL, seasons 1996-1997).