Bernardo Corradi

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Personal information
Bernardo Corradi
Date of birth	30 March 1976
Place of birth	Siena, Italy
Height	1.89 m
Position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Manchester City
Number	30
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1997-01 1997-98 1998-99 2001-02 2002 2002-04 2004-06 2005-06 2006-	Cagliari →Montevarchi (on loan) →Fidelis Andria (on loan) Chievo Internazionale Lazio Valencia →Parma (on loan) Manchester City	55 (10) 26 (5) 31 (8) 32 (10) 0 (0) 64 (20) 21 (3) 36 (10) 12 (2)
National team**
2003-04	Italy	13 (2)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:35, 18 November 2006 (UTC). ** National team caps and goals correct as of June 2006.

Bernardo Corradi (born 30 March 1976 in Siena) is an Italian footballer, who plays in the position of striker. He plays in England for Manchester City

Corradi began his career in Italy with Cagliari. Here, he was loaned out to Montevarchi and Andria. In 2001 he signed for Chievo (jointly with Inter), where he spent one season. He return to Inter in the summer of 2002, but after Inter signed Hernán Crespo, Corradi left for Lazio (part of transfer) after playing just one game, against Sporting Clube de Portugal.

Corradi signed for Valencia in the summer of 2004, along with Lazio teammate Stefano Fiore, in a deal which also repaid unpaid transfer fees incurred when Gaizka Mendieta moved from Valencia to Lazio. However, once compatriot coach Claudio Ranieri left the club, he found his first team appearances becoming less frequent. He was loaned to Parma for the 2005/06 season, before being sold by Valencia to Manchester City on 20th July 2006.

He received 2 yellow cards on his debut in FA Premier League. This has since been followed up by 2 yellow cards against Manchester United, the second for diving, resulting in his sending off.

Big Bernard scored 2 goals for Manchester City on the 18th of November 2006 against Fulham. This made him the first ever Italian footballer to score for Man City.

He has 13 caps for Italy, scoring two goals. He was also selected for their Euro 2004 squad.

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