Cristiano Bergodi

Cristiano Bergodi (born 14 October 1964) is an Italian former professional footballer and a professional football manager. He played as a defender.

Cristiano Bergodi
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-10-14) 14 October 1964
Place of birth Bracciano, Italy
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
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
2015 ASA Târgu Mureș
2016 Modena
2018–2020 Voluntari
2020 Universitatea Craiova
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Bracciano, Lazio, 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.

Managerial 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 was 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]

In 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 returned to Rapid București in April 2015. He tried to help them avoid relegation, but he was unable to do it. Between September and December 2015, he coached ASA Târgu Mureș.

He successively served as head coach of Modena in the Serie B league from March to June 2016, failing to save the club from relegation.

On 8 November 2018, he returned to Romania and took control of FC Voluntari. He was sacked in January 2020.[7] On 8 May 2020, he signed a one-year contract with CS Universitatea Craiova.[8]

Honours

Player
Sliema Wanderers

Manager
Rapid București

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. Archived from the original on 23 March 2009. Retrieved 26 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. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  5. "Modena, esonerato Bergodi. Panchina a Cuttone" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport. 14 November 2011. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. 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.
  7. "Cristiano Bergodi a fost dat afară de la Voluntari". DigiSport. 1 January 2020.
  8. "Cristiano Bergodi este noul antrenor al echipei Universitatea Craiova". News.ro. 8 May 2020.
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