Robert Dante Siboldi becomes new coach of Al Ahli

After passing through Xolos, Robert Dante Siboldi will direct in Saudi Arabia by taking the reins of Al Ahli, as announced by the club on their social networks

officially, Robert Dante Siboldi was announced as the new technical director of the Al-Ahli from Saudi Arabia until the end of this season. In social networks, the club welcomed the hiring of the Uruguayan strategist, who thanked him for this step in his career.

“Grateful to Al-Ahli FC for the opportunity and confidence. With a lot of commitment and enthusiasm to transcend with this great team, ”the South American strategist posted on his Twitter account.

after this friday ESPN confirmed that Siboldi would travel to Asia to meet his new club, the Arab team made it official, so the fans of the America lost one of its candidates to lead the azulcrema club after the departure of Santiago Solari from the bench.

The news, first revealed by the journalist César Luis Merlo, occurred at a time of rumors regarding who will occupy the bench of the Americaafter the dismissal of Solari. Siboldi it was to the liking of the people, but, as far as is known, there was no rapprochement between the eagle leadership and the South American.

Now, the Uruguayan, with a past in Veracruz, Xolos, Cruz Azul and Santos He signed for the rest of the campaign with the option to stay one more year based on the results he obtains with one of the most popular teams in that country.

Robert Dante Siboldi He will replace the Albanian Besnik Hasi, a Bosnian coach who will leave the bench with the team in eleventh place with 25 points after 23 games, 29 units behind the leader, Al Ittihad, and 18 points off the places to participate in continental competitions.

As a technician, Robert Dante Siboldi has a Liga MX title, obtained with Santos Laguna in Clausura 2018, a tournament in which he was distinguished as “best coach in the First Division”, as well as the Leagues Cup trophy (2019) with Cruz Azul.