Roberto Landi facts for kids

Roberto Landi is a football manager and former player from Italy. He was born on January 2, 1956. He played as a goalkeeper and later became a coach for many different teams around the world.

Playing Career

Roberto Landi started his football journey in Forlì, Italy. He joined the Piacenza youth team in 1966 when he was just 10 years old. Later, he played for their main team, which was in the Serie C1 division. This is a professional football league in Italy.

He also played for other Italian teams like Modena, Ravenna, and Siena. When he was 23, in 1979, he left Italy to play in the North American Soccer League (NASL). In North America, he played for the Vancouver Whitecaps and the Chicago Sting.

After his time in North America, he moved to South Africa to play for Kaizer Chiefs. He then returned to the United States with New York Cosmos in 1983. He later went back to Italy and played for several amateur teams before he stopped playing at age 30.

Coaching Career

Landi worked as a goalkeeping coach for the United States national team. He helped them during the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cup tournaments. From 1992 to 1995, he was the head coach for an Italian amateur team called Marignano.

In 1998, he became the head coach for the Georgia U21 national team. Later, in 2001, he coached the Lithuania U21 team. He earned a UEFA Pro License in 2003. This is a special coaching certificate that allows coaches to work at the highest levels of football.

Coaching in Romania and Qatar

In January 2005, Landi became the head coach of National Bucharest in Romania. He had an amazing record there, winning 17 games in a row! He left the team in September 2005 for personal reasons. After that, he was chosen to be the head coach for the Qatar U21 team.

He then had a short time coaching in Hungary. He managed FC Sopron for three matches in the 2006–07 season. However, he was let go after his team lost a local derby match to Győr.

Coaching in Scotland and Belgium

In June 2008, Landi became the manager of Livingston, a team in the Scottish First Division. He was even named the best coach of the month in August 2008.

In June 2009, he was announced as the new head coach for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise in Belgium. But he left the team in December because of money problems at the club.

Coaching in Africa and Georgia

In January 2011, Landi was hired to manage the Liberia national team. He coached them until February 2012.

From 2017 to 2018, the Italian coach managed City of Lusaka in Zambia. During his time there, he openly shared his strong opinions about how refereeing was handled in Zambia.

He was appointed manager of the Georgian team FC Kolkheti-1913 Poti for the 2018-19 season. However, he left that role after only three months.

In September 2019, Landi became the manager of CAPS United in Zimbabwe. The team owners hoped that Landi's connections overseas would help them send their talented players to play abroad.

His next coaching job was in Ghana. He was appointed manager of Ashanti Gold in February 2020. He could not start his role until September due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Landi left the club in October 2020. He stated that the club had not paid him since he was appointed manager.

In August 2024, Landi applied for the manager's job for the Nigeria team. He expressed concerns about how the NFF handled the selection process for the job.

Managerial Statistics

Here is a table showing Roberto Landi's coaching record for different teams. It shows how many games his teams played, won, drew (tied), and lost.