{{short description|Italian footballer and coach}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Roberto Biffi | height = {{height|meter=1.85}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|8|21}} | birth_place = Milan, Italy | currentclub = Savona (head coach) | position = Centre back | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = AC Milan | years1 = 1982–1983 | caps1 = 4 | goals1 = 0 | clubs1 = AC Milan | years2 = 1983–1984 | caps2 = 16 | goals2 = 0 | clubs2 = Foggia | years3 = 1984–1985 | caps3 = 21 | goals3 = 1 | clubs3 = Modena | years4 = 1985–1986 | caps4 = 19 | goals4 = 3 | clubs4 = Prato | years5 = 1986 | caps5 = 0 | goals5 = 0 | clubs5 = Parma | years6 = 1986–1987 | caps6 = 17 | goals6 = 5 | clubs6 = Mantova | years7 = 1987–1988 | caps7 = 23 | goals7 = 2 | clubs7 = Prato | years8 = 1988–1999 | caps8 = 319 | goals8 = 15 | clubs8 = Palermo | years9 = 1999–2000 | caps9 = 15 | goals9 = 1 | clubs9 = Fidelis Andria | years10 = 2000–2003 | caps10 = 62 | goals10 = 2 | clubs10 = Savona | years11 = 2003–2005 | caps11 = 29 | goals11 = 1 | clubs11 = Sanremese | manageryears1 = 2007 | managerclubs1 = Sanremese | manageryears2 = 2008 | managerclubs2 = Savona | manageryears3 = 2009–2011 | managerclubs3 = Botev Plovdiv (Assistant) | manageryears4 = 2012 | managerclubs4 = Imperia Calcio | manageryears5 = 2012–2013 | managerclubs5 = Loanesi | manageryears6 = 2013–2015 | managerclubs6 = Sestrese | manageryears7 = 2015–2016 | managerclubs7 = Loanesi | manageryears8 = 2016–2018 | managerclubs8 = Ospedaletti | manageryears9 = 2018–2019 | managerclubs9 = Alassio | manageryears10 = 2021 | managerclubs10 = Ospedaletti | manageryears11 = 2023– | managerclubs11 = Savona | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }} '''Roberto Biffi''' (born 21 August 1965) is an Italian professional football coach and former player. He played as a centre-back. He is the head coach of Prima Categoria amateurs Savona.
==Career==
===Player=== A tough defender formed in the AC Milan youth system, Biffi made his professional debut with the ''Rossoneri'' during their 1982-1983 Serie B season, scoring a total of four first-team caps.
He then played for several Serie B and C teams before joining Palermo in 1988. He served a total of eleven seasons, all between Serie B and Serie C1, with the ''rosanero'', often captaining his side. He left Palermo in 1999 at 34, after 319 appearances with the Sicilian side, which made him the player with the highest number of appearances with the ''rosanero'' jersey. He retired in 2005 after two seasons with Sanremese, without having ever played a single Serie A match.
===Coach=== In the summer of 2007, Roberto Biffi started a coaching career, being appointed at the helm of Serie D team Sanremese. He was, however, sacked only a few months later, in November, following a string of poor results.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ilgiornale.it/a.pic1?ID=221946 |publisher=Il Giornale |language=Italian |title=Senza soldi e giocatori annaspa la Sanremese di patron Tonellotto |accessdate=2008-07-09 |date=2007-11-20}}</ref>
He then started the 2008–09 season serving as head coach of Savona, another Ligurian Serie D team,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.savonasport.it/news.asp?id=534 |publisher=Savona Sport |language=Italian |title=Savona: ok per Biffi allenatore. Vado: Podestà rifiuta la panchina e va al Rapallo |accessdate=2008-07-09 |date=2008-06-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004133938/http://www.savonasport.it/news.asp?id=534 |archivedate=2011-10-04 }}</ref> but was fired in September 2008 after only six games, in which he managed to achieve only four points.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ivg.it/2008/09/29/calcio-savona-esonerato-roberto-biffi/ |publisher=IVG.it |language=Italian |accessdate=2009-02-11 |date=2008-09-29 |title=Calcio, Savona: esonerato Roberto Biffi |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205065257/http://www.ivg.it/2008/09/29/calcio-savona-esonerato-roberto-biffi/ |archivedate=2008-12-05 }} </ref>
He also briefly worked as an assistant coach for Bulgarian Botev Plovdiv in 2009.
From 10 February 2012 to the end of the season, he was the last coach of the club of Imperia Calcio, in Eccellenza Liguria.
He successively served as head coach of several amateur clubs in Liguria, such as Loanesi (Promozione Liguria), Sestrese, Ospedaletti and Alassio (Eccellenza). In December 2023, he returned to Savona, in the Prima Categoria league.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ivg.it/2023/12/calcio-roberto-biffi-e-il-nuovo-allenatore-del-citta-di-savona/ |publisher=IVG |language=it |accessdate=5 February 2024 |date=24 December 2023 |title=Calcio, Roberto Biffi è il nuovo allenatore del Città di Savona}}</ref>
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==Sources== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090108194603/http://www.footballplus.com/players/21749/Roberto-Biffi.html Career profile]
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