Cristiano Bergodi (born 14 October 1964) is an Italian former professional

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and a professional football

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, currently in charge of Romanian side

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. He played as a defender.

Club career

Born in

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, Bergodi started to play in the country's first division (

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) in 1987, for

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, playing with a total of eight seasons. He most notably played for

, where he spent seven seasons in the top flight, and retired in 2000 after a brief stint at

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club

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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

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n football, initially with National Bucharest, before achieving his first major successes as Rapid Bucharest manager, winning the

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on 27 July 2007. He also coached

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team

CFR Cluj Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, which competes in the Liga I. It was founded in 1907 as ''Kolozsvári Vasutas Sport Club'', wh ...

during the 2006–2007 season, achieving a place in

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. On 6 October 2007, shortly after Rapid was eliminated from the

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

club FC Politehnica Iași. In June 2009, after his short stint with Politehnica Iași he was appointed Steaua Bucharest's new manager. He replaced

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. On 18 September 2009, Bergodi was sacked by

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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. In July 2010 he was presented as new head coach of Italian

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club

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. 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

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for a total of eight seasons, was named new coach of same club, now in

en place of the resigned

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. He returned to

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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

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 Fotbal Club Voluntari (), commonly known as FC Voluntari or simply Voluntari, is a Romanian professional football club based in Voluntari, Ilfov County, which competes in the Liga I. Founded in 2010, it has been playing since the 2015–16 sea ...

. He was sacked in January 2020. On 8 May 2020, he signed a one-year contract with

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. On 8 October 2021, he took charge of

club

Honours

Player

;Pescara *

: 1986–87 ;Sliema Wanderers *

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: 1999–2000

Manager

;Național București * Cupa României runner-up: 2005–06 ;Rapid București *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României ( en, Romanian Supercup) is a Romanian football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994 ...

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;Sepsi OSK * Cupa României: 2021–22 *

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References

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