Cristiano Bergodi

Cristiano Bergodi

Personal information
Date of birth	(1964-10-14) 14 October 1964
Place of birth	Bracciano, Italy
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Modena (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)
Managerial career
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
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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 was eliminated from the UEFA Cup in first round, Bergodi resigned, declaring Rapid was "a club of amateurs".

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.

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.

On July 2010 he was presented as new head coach of Italian Serie B club Modena. On 14 November 2011 he was sacked. 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.

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 tried to help them avoid relegation, but he was unable to do it. Between September and December 2015, he coached ASA Târgu Mureș.