Cristiano Bergodi (born 14 October 1964) is an Italian former professional
footballer
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and a professional football
manager
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, currently in charge of Romanian side
Sepsi OSK. He played as a
defender.
Club career
Born in
Bracciano,
Lazio
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, Bergodi started to play in the country's first division (
Serie A
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) in 1987, for
Pescara Calcio
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The club was formed in 1936 and currently plays in Serie C. Pescara has competed in seven seasons in Serie A, 1977–78, ...
, playing with a total of eight seasons.
He most notably played for
Lazio
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, where he spent seven seasons in the top flight, and retired in 2000 after a brief stint at
Maltese club
Sliema Wanderers
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.
Managerial career
After he retired, Bergodi started working as a coach. After a couple of minor league experiences in Italy, he moved into
Romania
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n football, initially with
National Bucharest, before achieving his first major successes as
Rapid Bucharest
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manager, winning the
Romanian Supercup
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on 27 July 2007. He also coached
Liga I
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team
CFR Cluj
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during the
2006–2007 season, achieving a place in
UEFA Cup
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.
On 6 October 2007, shortly after Rapid was eliminated from the
UEFA Cup
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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
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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
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. On 18 September 2009, Bergodi was sacked by
Gigi Becali
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Becali was a Member of the European Parliament between June 2009 and December 2012, and a Memb ...
for not allowing him to join the team in the locker at the half-time of the match between Steaua and
Sheriff Tiraspol
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(0–0). Becali's decision attracted extremely negative critics from Steaua fans.
In July 2010 he was presented as new head coach of Italian
Serie B
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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
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for a total of eight seasons, was named new coach of same club, now in
Serie A
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en place of the resigned
Giovanni Stroppa
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Club career
AC Milan and loan to Monza
Stroppa started his playing career in A ...
.
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
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. He was sacked in January 2020. On 8 May 2020, he signed a one-year contract with
CS Universitatea Craiova
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.
On 8 October 2021, he took charge of
Liga I
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club
Sepsi OSK.
Honours
Player
;Pescara
*
Serie B
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:
1986–87
;Sliema Wanderers
*
Maltese Cup
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: 1999–2000
Manager
;Național București
*
Cupa României runner-up:
2005–06
;Rapid București
*
Supercupa României:
2007
;Sepsi OSK
*
Cupa României:
2021–22
*
Supercupa României:
2022
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References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bergodi, Cristiano
1964 births
Living people
People from Bracciano
Association football defenders
Italian footballers
S.S. Lazio players
Delfino Pescara 1936 players
Calcio Padova players
Sliema Wanderers F.C. players
Serie A players
Serie B players
Expatriate footballers in Malta
Italian football managers
Italian expatriate football managers
U.S. Sassuolo Calcio managers
FC Progresul București managers
CFR Cluj managers
FC Rapid București managers
FC Steaua București managers
ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș managers
Modena F.C. managers
Delfino Pescara 1936 managers
FC Voluntari managers
CS Universitatea Craiova managers
Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe managers
Serie A managers
Liga I managers
Italian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Expatriate football managers in Romania
Footballers from Lazio
Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital