Cristiano Bergodi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 October 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Bracciano, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Rapid București (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1980–1984 | Pescara | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1984–1989 | Pescara | 97 | (0) |
| 1989–1996 | Lazio | 160 | (4) |
| 1996–1999 | Padova | 43 | (1) |
| 1999–2000 | Sliema Wanderers | 18 | (1) |
| Total | 318 | (6) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2002–2003 | Imolese | ||
| 2003–2004 | Sassuolo | ||
| 2005–2006 | Naţional București | ||
| 2006–2007 | CFR Cluj | ||
| 2007 | Rapid București | ||
| 2009 | Politehnica Iași | ||
| 2009 | Steaua București | ||
| 2010–2011 | Modena | ||
| 2012 | Modena | ||
| 2012–2013 | Pescara | ||
| 2013–2014 | Brescia | ||
| 2015– | Rapid București | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Cristiano Bergodi (born 14 October 1964 in Bracciano, Lazio) is an Italian association football manager and former player. He is the head coach of Romanian club Rapid București.
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 I 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 Iași he was appointed Steaua Bucharest's new manager. He replaced Marius Lăcătuș. 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 and Sheriff Tiraspol (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.
He returned to Rapid Bucureşti in April 2015. He will try to help them avoid relegation.
References
- ↑ "Bergodi a plecat, Rednic, pregătit să-i ia locul" (in Romanian). Gandul.info. 9 October 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2008.
- ↑ "Bergodi la Iaşi". 20 January 2009.
- ↑ "Cristiano Bergodi este antrenorul Stelei!". 13 June 2009.
- ↑ "Cristiano Bergodi è il nuovo allenatore del Modena F.C.". Modena FC. 12 July 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
- ↑ "Modena, esonerato Bergodi. Panchina a Cuttone" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ↑ "PESCARA, ECCO BERGODI L'ex Modena prende il posto di Stroppa". Sport Mediaset. 20 October 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
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