Cristiano Bergodi

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Cristiano Bergodi
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-10-14) 14 October 1964
Place of birthBracciano, Italy
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current clubBrescia (head coach)
Youth career
1980–1984Pescara
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1984–1989Pescara97(0)
1989–1996Lazio160(4)
1996–1999Padova43(1)
1999–2000Sliema Wanderers18(1)
Total318(6)
Teams managed
2002–2003Imolese
2003–2004Sassuolo
2005–2006Naţional Bucureşti
2006–2007CFR Cluj
2007Rapid Bucureşti
2009Politehnica Iaşi
2009Steaua Bucureşti
2010–2011Modena
2012Modena
2012–2013Pescara
2013–Brescia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Cristiano Bergodi (born 14 October 1964 in Bracciano, Lazio) is an former Italian association football player and current manager of Brescia.

Career

Playing career

Bergodi started to play in the country's first division (Serie A) in 1987, for Pescara Calcio, playing with a total of eight seasons.

He most notably played for Lazio, where he spent seven seasons in the top flight, and retired in 2000 after a brief stint at Maltese club Sliema Wanderers.

Coach career

After he retired, Bergodi started working as a coach. After a couple of minor league experiences in Italy, he moved into Romanian football, initially with National Bucharest, before achieving his first major successes as Rapid Bucharest manager, winning the Romanian Supercup on 27 July 2007. He also coached Liga 1 team CFR Cluj during the 2006–2007 season, achieving a place in UEFA Cup.

On 6 October 2007, shortly after Rapid were eliminated from the UEFA Cup in first round, Bergodi resigned, declaring Rapid was "a club of amateurs".[1]

In January 2009, after a break, he signed a half year contract with an extension for another 2 years with Liga I club FC Politehnica Iași.[2]

In June 2009, after his short stint with Politehnica Iaşi he was appointed Steaua's new manager. He replaces Marius Lăcătuş, Bergodi works in Romania since 2005 . On 18 September 2009, Bergodi was sacked by Gigi Becali for not allowing him to join the team in the locker at the half-time of the match between Steaua Bucureşti against Sheriff (0–0). Becali's decision attracted extremely negative critics from Steaua fans.[3]

On July 2010 he was presented as new head coach of Italian Serie B club Modena.[4] On 14 November 2011 he was sacked.[5] On 26 February 2012 he was recalled by the same team as head coach.

On 20 November 2012 he, already former player of Pescara for a total of eight seasons, was named new coach of same club, now in Serie A en place of the resigned Giovanni Stroppa.[6]

He was assisted by Luigi Ciarlantini as vice, Fabrizio Ferron as goalkeeper coach, Raffaele Longo as Collaboratori tecnico and Marco Oneto as Preparatore atletico.

References

  1. "Bergodi a plecat, Rednic, pregătit să-i ia locul" (in Romanian). Gandul.info. 9 October 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2008. 
  2. "Bergodi la Iaşi". 20 January 2009. 
  3. "Cristiano Bergodi este antrenorul Stelei!". 13 June 2009. 
  4. "Cristiano Bergodi è il nuovo allenatore del Modena F.C.". Modena FC. 12 July 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2010. 
  5. "Modena, esonerato Bergodi. Panchina a Cuttone" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2011. 
  6. "PESCARA, ECCO BERGODI L'ex Modena prende il posto di Stroppa". Sport Mediaset. 20 October 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2012. 
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