Bernardo Corradi

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Bernardo Corradi

Personal information
Date of birth	30 March 1976 (1976-03-30) (age 33)
Place of birth	Siena, Italy
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Udinese
Number	9
Youth career
	Siena
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1994–1996	Poggibonsi	47	(9)
1996–1997	Ponsacco	31	(6)
1997–2000	Cagliari	22	(0)
1997–1998	→ Montevarchi (loan)	26	(5)
1998–1999	→ Fidelis Andria (loan)	31	(7)
2000–2002	Chievo	68	(22)
2002	Internazionale	0	(0)
2002–2004	Lazio	64	(20)
2004–2006	Valencia	21	(3)
2005–2006	→ Parma (loan)	36	(10)
2006–2008	Manchester City	25	(3)
2007–2008	→ Parma (loan)	27	(5)
2008–2009	Reggina	30	(10)
2009–	Udinese	10	(0)
National team
2003–2004	Italy	13	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Bernardo Corradi (born 30 March 1976) is an Italian footballer, who plays in the position of striker, he plays for Serie A side Udinese Calcio. He was an Italian internationals.

Football career

Early career

Corradi began his career in Italy with Siena, at that time at Serie C1. He then left for U.S. Poggibonsi at Serie C2, which the club is located in the Province of Siena, Tuscany. He played two seasons, one at Serie C2, one at Serie D. In 1996 he left for Serie C2 club A.S.D. Mobilieri Ponsacco Calcio, also located in Tuscany. In mid-1997, he joined Cagliari of Sardinia island. But after played two matches, he was loaned to Montevarchi in November, his third Tuscany club. In the next season, he moved back to south for Andria. In 1999, he returned to Cagliari and played his first Serie A match.

Chievo & Inter

In 2000, Corradi jointly-signed by Chievo and Internazionale. Using his height as ability, he started showing his talent as central forward and scored his first Serie A goal at Chievo. He stayed at Chievo for two seasons, until Internazionale paid €4 million to the Verona based club to bought back the remain registration rights.^[1]

Considered the ideal understudy to Christian Vieri, he played his first and only match for Inter against Sporting Clube de Portugal.

But rumor Lazio also likes to sign him. After Ronaldo successfully transferred to Real Madrid, Inter also finished the last minute deal with Lazio to sign their flagship striker Hernán Crespo, and sent Corradi to opposite direction as part of the deal.^[2]

Lazio

At Lazio, Corradi formed the striking pair with Claudio López, made Enrico Chiesa and Simone Inzaghi played as substitute. He was offered a contract extension in July 2003.^[3] In the second season, he was the first choice, and partnered with Roberto Muzzi, Lopez or Inzaghi.

Valencia

Corradi signed for Valencia in the summer of 2004, along with Lazio teammate Stefano Fiore, in a deal which also repaid unpaid transfer fees incurred when Gaizka Mendieta moved from Valencia to Lazio.^[4] However, once compatriot coach Claudio Ranieri left the club, he found his first team appearances becoming less frequent. He was loaned to Parma for the 2005/06 season, where he scored ten times in 36 appearances.

Manchester City

In the 2006 close season he was sold by Valencia to Manchester City for an undisclosed fee on 20 July, signing a three year contract with the Manchester club.^[5]

Corradi made his Manchester City debut in the opening match of the 2006-07 Premier League season against Chelsea, but was sent off after receiving a second yellow card due to his reaction to an incident involving Michael Essien.^[6] It took Corradi until his 13th Manchester City appearance before he scored his first goals for the club, when he scored twice against Fulham on 18 November 2006,^[7] becoming the first Italian to score for the Blues. In December Corradi was again sent off for two yellow cards, this time against Manchester United. The sending off in the derby infuriated Stuart Pearce, when asked on Match of the Day about it he said "I'm not gonna stand here like nineteen other Premiership managers and give you some bullshit story. He dived. I'll talk to the player. It won't happen again" Corradi lost his starting place to Emile Mpenza, as he only scored three league goals during the 06/07 season, his other goal coming in a defeat to Portsmouth in February.^[8] Corradi looked to be leaving Manchester City after his poor season. When Sven-Göran Eriksson was appointed the new manager of Manchester City, Bernardo was given a chance to impress and took it well by scoring four goals in City's 07/08 pre-season. However, he didn't feature in any of the Premiership or Carling Cup games and was subsequently loaned out to Serie A side Parma FC for the rest of the season.

Corradi impressed during his first couple of appearances for his new club, but again got himself into disciplinary problems, when he was sent off in the first half, during a match with Roma.

Corradi had a tally of 5 goals in 15 starts, and was given the captain's armband.

Reggina

On 30 July 2008, Manchester City confirmed that Corradi had been released from the final year of his contract, to return to Italy, and play for Reggina. On 31 May 2009 the Striker has left Reggina through contract termination.^[9]

Udinese

On 3 July 2009 Udinese Calcio have signed the striker on a free transfer.^[10].

International career

He has 13 caps for Italy, scoring two goals. At national team, he was considered as a replacement of Christian Vieri. He was also selected for their Euro 2004 squad. Along with Marco Di Vaio, he was call-up by new national team coach Marcello Lippi in the first few matches, but after the rise of Luca Toni and Alberto Gilardino, co-currently with Corradi poorly played in Spain, he did not received any call-up again.

Career statistics

Club statistics

As of 3 December 2009

¹Include 1 match at 2004 UEFA Super Cup
²Include 2 matches at 2004 Supercopa de España

International statistics

International appearances and goals
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Goal	Competition
1.	12 February 2003	Genoa, Italy	Portugal	1–0	1	Friendly
2.	29 March 2003	Palermo, Italy	Finland	2–0	0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
3.	30 April 2003	Geneva, Switzerland	Switzerland	2–1	0	Friendly
4.	3 June 2003	Campobasso, Italy	Northern Ireland	2–0	1
5.	11 June 2003	Helsinki, Finland	Finland	2–0	0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
6.	20 August 2003	Stuttgart, Germany	Germany	1–0	0	Friendly
7.	10 September 2003	Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	1–1	0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
8.	18 February 2004	Palermo, Italy	Czech Republic	2–2	0	Friendly
9.	31 March 2004	Braga, Portugal	Portugal	2–1	0
10.	28 April 2004	Genoa, Italy	Spain	1–1	0
11.	30 May 2004	Rades, Tunisia	Tunisia	4–0	0
12.	22 June 2004	Guimarães, Portugal	Bulgaria	2–1	0	UEFA Euro 2004
13.	4 September 2004	Palermo, Italy	Norway	2–1	0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

• European Super Cup winner 2004
• Coppa Italia winner 2004

References

External links

• Bernardo Corradi career stats at Soccerbase
• Profile at FIGC (Italian)
• Profile at La Gazzetta dello Sport (Italian)
• Bernardo Corradi official website (in Italian)
• archivio.inter.it

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