Antonino Bernardini (born 21 June 1974) is an Italian

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and former

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, who played as a

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Club career

Bernardini started his career at

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. He played his first Serie A games on 19 February 1995 against

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. In summer 1996 he returned to

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and transferred to

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at Serie B next season. He won promotion with team which finished 4th. He played twice for Perugia at Serie A before joined the league rival

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in October 1998. In summer 1999 he was signed by

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of Serie B and won promotion again as champion. But in the following season he followed the team relegated back to Serie B. In July 2003, he was signed by league rival

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which newly relegated along with teammate Michele Marcolini. In exchange, Vicenza hired

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and

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. He won promotion again as 5th place due to expansion of Serie A. After just played 6 time in 2007–08 season, he rejoined Vicenza in January 2008. In January 2010, he signed a contract until end of season with AlbinoLeffe after terminated his contract with Vicenza in mutual consent.

International career

Bernardini was a member of the

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that won the

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; he also took part at the

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later that year.

Honours

;Vicenza *

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Champion: 1999–2000. ;Italy under-21 *

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winner:

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References

External links

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* Italian men's footballers Italy men's under-21 international footballers Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Italy AS Roma players Torino FC players AC Perugia Calcio players US Salernitana 1919 players LR Vicenza players Atalanta BC players UC AlbinoLeffe players Serie A players Serie B players Footballers from Rome Men's association football midfielders 1974 births Living people {{Italy-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub