Bernardo Corradi

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Bernardo Corradi (born 30 March 1976 in Siena) is an Italian footballer, who plays in the position of striker. He plays in Italy for Parma currently on loan from Manchester City FC.

[edit] Football career

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 returned 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.

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[edit] Valencia

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, where he scored ten times in 36 appearances.

[edit] Manchester City

In the 2006 close season he was sold by Valencia to Manchester City for an undisclosed fee on 20th July, signing a three year contract with the Manchester club.^[1]

Corradi made his Manchester City debut in the opening match of the 2006-07 Premier League season against Chelsea, but was sent off after receiving a second yellow card due to his reaction to an incident involving Michael Essien.^[2] It took Corradi until his 13th Manchester City appearance before he scored his first goals for the club, when he scored twice against Fulham on 18 November 2006, becoming the first Italian to score for the Blues. In December Corradi was again sent off for two yellow cards, this time against Manchester United. The sending off in the derby infuriated Stuart Pearce, when asked on Match of the Day about it he said "I'm not gonna stand here like nineteen other Premiership managers and give you some bullshit story. He dived. I'll talk to the player. It won't happen again" Corradi lost his starting place to Emile Mpenza, as he only scored three league goals during the 06/07 season. Corradi looked to be leaving Manchester City after his poor season. When Sven-Göran Eriksson was appointed the new manager of Manchester City, Bernardo was given a chance to impress and took it well by scoring four goals in City's 07/08 pre-season. However he hasn't featured in any of the in the Premiership or Carling Cup sides and has rejoined Serie A club Parma FC on loan for the rest of the season.

Corradi impressed during his first couple of appearances for his new club, but again got himself into disciplinary problems, when he was sent off in the first half, during a match with Roma.

Corradi now has a tally of 5 goals in 15 starts, and has been given the captains armband.

[edit] International career

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

[edit] Honours

• European Super Cup winner 2004
• Coppa Italia winner 2004

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Bernardo Corradi career stats at Soccerbase
• Bernardo Corradi official website (in Italian)
• archivio.inter.it

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