Mid-way through his first full season as an actual Football Manager, Robinho Lazaró was pretty satisfied with how things were going at Deportes Puerto Montt.
Aventuras Américas | Part 4 | Puerto Montt #3: Unexpected Promotion Challenge
Sempre Samp | Part 11: Chasing The Scudetto
At the halfway mark of the Serie A 2025/26 season, Roberto di Lazaró had led his Sampdoria side to the top of the league and enjoyed a six-point lead over Inter Milan. That meant a first Scudetto since 1991 was within sight with 21 games remaining.
Spending Saudi Gold | Season 1: Spending £269 Million
This experiment, as the save name suggests, takes us to Newcastle United and their new moneybags Saudi owners.
Sempre Samp | Part 10: De Ketelaere Provides A Step Up In Quality
The impressive rise of Sampdoria saw them finish second in Serie A for a second successive season. They remained some way behind a dominant Inter but, with the full Football Manager 2022 now live, manager Roberto di Lazaró was keen to take a title fight to Nerazzurri in potentially a final season in Italy.
Aventuras Américas | Part 3 | Puerto Montt #2: Hair-Brained Tactics
After 12 games in football management, Colombian / Brazilian manager Robinho Lazaró had enjoyed a solid yet unspectacular introduction to life in the Chilean second tier. But he now faced a huge task to rebuild a Deportes Puerto Montt squad that was about to get decimated in the winter of 2021.
Sempre Samp | Part 9: Andreas Schjelderup Dominates Serie A
Despite going unbeaten through the first half of the 2024/25 campaign, Sampdoria went into the winter break somehow trailing Inter by five points - as the leaders had only failed to win twice and only conceded four goals in 17 games.
Aventuras Américas | Part 2 | Puerto Montt #1: Bienvenido a Chile
Unemployed 37-year-old Robinho Lazaró was giddy with excitement at being offered his first job in football by Chilean side Deportes Puerto Montt.
Sempre Samp | Part 8: Schjelderup Shines for Samp
Sampdoria bid farewell to not one but two legends as the outrageously impressive Antonio Candreva and 46-year-old Gianluigi Buffon retired from football in the summer of 2024.
Aventuras Américas | Part 1 | The Adventure Begins!
While others in his situation might turn to less than legal routes to make money, Robinho Lazaró's sights were firmly set on the unlikely pipedream of becoming a football manager.
Sempre Samp | Part 7: Captain Candreva Retires In Style
Roberto di Lazaró's Sampdoria side was once again defying expectations as they sat third in Serie A and were the competition's top scorers heading into 2024.
