Roberto was born on 13 July 1973. He was born in Catalonia in Spain. There is not much information about his parents and about his education but it is known that his childhood was spend in Spain. Roberto completed his bachelor in physiotherapy and talking about his post-graduation, he went to Manchester Metropolitan University where he received his degree in business management.
As per the records, Roberto started playing in 1991 and the first team he played for was Real Zaragoza. He was later given a role of manager in 2007 and it was that time when he was confused about continue his play, he tried to continue his play as a footballer but it was at that time when he realized that it would be difficult for him to manage both and he announced his retirement from the game as a player.
The first team that Roberto managed was that of Swansea City and it was a great success for him as the team only lost 1 match in 11 matches it played under his leadership. After his successful term with Swansea City, he decided to join Wigan Athletic in 2009. He managed the team for next 4 years and he had been the man behind a lot of improvements in the team. In 2013, he decided to join Eveerton.
After joining the team, he led the team to numerous victory again. His popularity kept on growing and it reached a point where he was appointed as the coach of Belgium National Team in 2016 and he is still working with Belgium National Team. Talking about the stats of his managerial career, the win percent for him has not been really impressive. He led his team to victory in 179 matches out of 450 matches his team played and 124 resulted in draw and his win percentage has been 39.8% which is not very impressive.
Roberto also worked as a studio analyst for the coverage of FIFA World Cup. He was associated with ESPN during his broadcasting career and he also made a couple of appearance on Sky Sports as well as BBC. He received many honours during his career. Some of the awards that he received as player were ‘Football League Trophy’ and Copa Del Rey. He received Football League trophy twice during his playing career and as a manager he received FA Cup and Football League One.
It is known that Roberto led a bachelor’s life till 2009 and it was in 2009 when he decided to marry his long-time girlfriend Beth Thomson. The marriage was held like a traditional catholic wedding. After they got married, his wife gave birth to a daughter. The name of his daughter is Luella Martinez. Roberto’s annual salary is estimated to be 1.5 Million Great Britain Pound and his net worth is estimated to be around 10.50 million US Dollars. His net worth speaks of his success and he also has a lot of fan following on twitter.
| Birth Date: | 13 Jul, 1973 |
| Age: | 46 yrs |
| Occupations: | Association football player Association football manager |
| Citizenship: | Spain |
| Birth Place: | Balaguer |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | Spanish association football manager |
| Net Worth 2021: | 4 million |
