Roberto Sensini

Néstor Sensini

Personal information
Full name	Roberto Néstor Sensini
Date of birth	12 October 1966 (1966-10-12) (age 45)
Place of birth	Arroyo Seco, Argentina
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1986–1989	Newell's Old Boys	74	(2)
1989–1994	Udinese	149	(9)
1994–1999	Parma	156	(11)
1999–2001	Lazio	24	(1)
2001–2002	Parma	35	(0)
2002–2006	Udinese	91	(7)
National team
1987–2002	Argentina	59	(0)
Teams managed
2006	Udinese
2007–2008	Estudiantes de La Plata
2009–2011	Newell's Old Boys
Honours Competitor for  Argentina Men's Football Silver 1996 Atlanta Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Roberto Néstor Sensini (born 12 October 1966) is an Argentine former association football player in the role of defender, and currently a manager.

Career

His professional playing career started in 1986 for Newell's Old Boys; he then relocated in Italy in 1990, starting his adventure in the European country which lasted for 15 years, for Udinese. He played 5 seasons in his first adventure for the bianconeri of Friuli, before moving to Parma in 1993; he stayed in Parma continuously till 2002, except one season (1999/2000) for S.S. Lazio, where he won his one and only scudetto. During his gialloblu period, Sensini won two UEFA Cups and two Italian Cups with the team. After his long stay in Emilia, Sensini then went back to Udinese in 2002, his first and last Italian team. In 2005, he was one of the main protagonists of the surprising qualification of Udinese in the UEFA Champions League.

Sensini was one of the oldest players of the 2005/2006 Serie A, holding even the record as the oldest foreign player to score a goal in first division, at the age of 39 years, two months and 26 days. With over 380 matches in the top level, he was considered as one of the most experienced defenders of the Italian league, and often nicknamed nonno (grandfather) by Italian sports journalists.

"Boquita" Sensini debuted for his national team in 1987, and until his last match in 2000 gained more than 60 caps, including the 1990, 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cup. During the final match of the 1990 World Cup, referee Codesal called a foul by Sensini against Völler, awarding a controversial penalty later converted by Brehme in the last minutes of the match.

On February 10, 2006, after the dismissal of Serse Cosmi, Sensini was appointed as new manager of Udinese, supported by Loris Dominissini, who was legally the coach, in his new position. However, on 20 March he resigned, and left the club, after a long crisis of results which brought the team in danger of relegation, and to be defeated in UEFA Cup by Bulgarian team Levski Sofia.

For the Argentine Torneo Clausura 2008, Sensini coached Estudiantes de La Plata, having replaced Diego Simeone. Sensini then went to manage Newell's Old Boys for the Clausura 2009 tournament.^[1] In April 2011, he resigned after 2 years as head coach of Newell's Old Boys after Lepra's sixth loss in nine games, leaving them 19th in the Clausura table^[2].

Honors and awards

Season	Club	Tournament
1987/1988	Newell's Old Boys	Primera División Argentina
1993	Parma	UEFA Super Cup
1995	Parma	UEFA Cup
1999	Parma	Coppa Italia
1999	Parma	UEFA Cup
2000	Lazio	Serie A
2000	Lazio	Coppa Italia
2002	Parma	Coppa Italia

References

1. ^ http://www.ole.clarin.com/notas/2008/12/27/futbollocal/01829134.html
2. ^ http://www.goal.com/en/news/585/argentina/2011/04/11/2436424/roberto-sensini-resigns-as-newells-old-boys-coach-following-loss-

External links

• Statistics at zanaiball.it
• Career details at National Football Teams
• (Spanish) Managerial statistics in the Argentine Primera

Persondata
Name	Sensini, Roberto Nestor
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Date of birth	12 October 1966
Place of birth	Arroyo Seco, Argentina
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