Roberto Bordin

Roberto Bordin (born 10 January 1965) is a retired Italian footballer, who played as a midfielder.

Career
Bordin began his career in the lower leagues, playing for Sanremese, Taranto and Parma before joining Cesena, with whom he won promotion to Serie A in 1987. He later played for Atalanta, Napoli and Piacenza in Serie A before moving to the lower leagues to join Triestina. He spent the later years of his career at Spezia, except for a season with Vicenza.

Adept in midfield or defence, he became noted for his longevity as a professional footballer. He finished his career with Spezia in 2005.

Since then, he started a career in management, serving as Andrea Mandorlini's assistant during his spells at Bologna, Padova, Siena, Sassuolo, CFR Cluj and, most recently, Verona.

On 8 March 2016, he became the manager of Triestina. On 5 October 2016, he became the manager of Sheriff Tiraspol in Moldova's National Division.

On 8 June 2018, Bordin was announced as Neftchi Baku's new manager on a two-year contract. On 18 of January 2020 the club announced the end of the contract.

On 12 February 2021, he was announced as the new manager of the Moldova national football team. He oversaw Moldova during 2022 World Cup qualification, in which Moldova suffered its worst defeat ever, a 0-8 loss to Denmark. Bordin left the position after his contract expired on 30 November 2021.

On 9 January 2023, Sheriff Tiraspol announced the return of Bordin. Following Sheriff's 6-0 defeat to Slavia Prague in the UEFA Europa League, Bordin was fired as the club's head coach.

On 5 February 2024, Bordin returned to work at Triestina, agreeing to guide the Serie C club until 30 June 2024 with an automatic extension in case of promotion to Serie B. After a lacklustre end of season, Triestina announced they would not extend Bordin's short-term contract with the club.

On 11 July 2024 Bordin signs with AF Elbasani in his first experience on Albanian football.

Manager
Sheriff Tiraspol
 * Moldovan National Division (3): 2016–17, 2017, 2022–23
 * Moldovan Cup (2): 2016-17, 2022-23
 * Moldovan Super Cup (1) : 2017

Manager

 * Divizia Națională Coach of the year: 2017