Roberto Landi

Roberto Landi

Personal information
Date of birth	(1956-01-02) January 2, 1956
Place of birth	Forlì, Italy
Position(s)	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
Managerial career
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	Al-Tirsana Tripoli First Div consultant trainers programs FIFA 2014 -2015
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roberto Landi (born January 2, 1956 in Forlì) is an Italian association football manager, who last managed the Liberia national football team.

Career

Player

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.

Coach

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.

In January 2005 he became head coach of National Bucharest, where he achieved a record 17 wins in a row. He left the post in September 2005, citing personal reasons, later being appointed as Qatar U-21 head coach. He then briefly moved in Hungary, serving as FC Sopron head for three matches in the 2006–07 season before being sacked for losing their local derby to Győr.

On October 2007 he was linked with the managing position at Port Vale F.C.. through his agent Bryan Yeubrey.

In June 2008 Landi was linked with Scottish First Division side Livingston He was appointed manager of the club on June 11, August 2008 best coach of the month.

In June 2009, he was unveiled as new head coach of R. Union Saint-Gilloise. He was however dismissed later in December due to money problems with the club.

He was hired in January 2011 to be the Liberia national football team, but was sacked in February 2012. He was linked to the position again in May 2014.