Roberto Andrés Marinangeli (born 24 April 1981) is an Argentine football

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and former player who played as a

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Playing career

Born in

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, Marinangeli began his career with

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, and played for the reserve side of

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before moving to Chile with

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in 2000. Back to his home country in 2002, Marinangeli played for

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, Totoras Juniors, Gödeken and Arroyo Seco before moving to Spain in 2010, with EMF Aluche.

Managerial career

While playing for Aluche, Marinangeli was a goalkeeping coach of the youth sides and also acted an assistant manager of the first team. In 2012, he joined

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's staff at the Equatorial Guinea women's football team. In 2017, Marinangeli was recruited by

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to work in their football schools in

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, and also returned to Aluche in January 2018, now named first team manager. In the 2019–20 season, he was a part of Lolo Escobar's coaching staff at

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, working as a goalkeeping coach. In August 2020, after a short period in charge of lowly Madrilenian side Iglesia La Vid FC, Marinangeli moved to the United Arab Emirates to work as the under-18 manager of

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. He switched teams and countries again in July 2021, after being named David Perdiguero's assistant at Bolivian club

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. Marinangeli left the Bolivian side in December 2021, being named manager of

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in his home country shortly after. On 16 March 2022, he returned to Real Santa Cruz, now being appointed first team manager in the place of sacked

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. On his managerial debut for the ''Albos'' on 2 April 2022, Marinangeli's side defeated

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by 2–1. On 21 November, he left Santa Cruz. On 5 January 2023, Marinangeli remained in Bolivia after being named in charge of

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. Eighteen days later, however, a new board of the club presented

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as manager, and he was dismissed; on 17 February, he remained in the country after taking over top tier newcomers Libertad Gran Mamoré, but was sacked less than a month later. On 15 August 2023, Marinangeli was appointed manager of Guabirá, still in the Bolivian top tier. He was sacked from the club on 8 November, and returned to Real Santa Cruz the following 9 April. Marinangeli resigned from Real Santa Cruz on 20 August 2024.

Personal life

Marinangeli's brother Sergio is also a football manager. Both worked together at Iglesia La Vid.

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