Cristiano Bergodi
Italian footballer (born 1964)
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Cristiano Bergodi (born 14 October 1964) is an Italian professional football manager and former player, currently in charge of Liga I club Universitatea Cluj.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 October 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Bracciano, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Universitatea Cluj (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1975–1978 | Lazio | ||
| 1979–1980 | Casalotti | ||
| 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 | ||
| 2004 | Lazio (assistant) | ||
| 2005 | Lecce (assistant) | ||
| 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 | ||
| 2018–2020 | Voluntari | ||
| 2020 | Universitatea Craiova | ||
| 2021–2023 | Sepsi OSK | ||
| 2023–2024 | Rapid București | ||
| 2025– | Universitatea Cluj | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
Born in Bracciano, Lazio, Bergodi started to play at Pescara Calcio 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.
Managerial 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 București, before achieving his first major successes as Rapid București manager, winning the Romanian Supercup on 27 July 2007. He also coached Liga I team CFR Cluj during the 2006–07 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".[1]
In January 2009, after a break, he signed a half year contract with an extension for another two years with Liga I club Politehnica Iași.[2]
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.[3]
In July 2010 he was presented as new head coach of Italian Serie B club Modena.[4] On 14 November 2011, he was sacked.[5] 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.[6]
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 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 Voluntari. He was sacked in January 2020.[7] On 8 May 2020, he signed a one-year contract with Universitatea Craiova.[8]
On 8 October 2021, he took charge of Liga I club Sepsi OSK.[9] He won the Cupa României in 2022, defeating defending champions, and former employers, CFR Cluj, in the final. Sepsi OSK also beat the same opposition to win the Supecupa României in 2022.
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Pescara | 1984–85 | Serie B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1985–86 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 1986–87 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 39 | 0 | ||||
| 1987–88 | Serie A | 29 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 0 | |||
| 1988–89 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 36 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 97 | 0 | 17 | 0 | – | – | 114 | 0 | ||||
| Lazio | 1989–90 | Serie A | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 1 | ||
| 1990–91 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 0 | ||||
| 1991–92 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 1 | ||||
| 1992–93 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 1 | ||||
| 1993–94 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | |||
| 1994–95 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | – | 33 | 1 | |||
| 1995–96 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | – | 21 | 0 | |||
| Total | 160 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | – | 186 | 4 | |||
| Padova | 1996–97 | Serie B | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 0 | ||
| 1997–98 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 1 | ||||
| 1998–99 | Serie C1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | |||
| Sliema Wanderers | 1999–00 | Maltese Premier League | 18 | 1 | ? | ? | 2[a] | 0 | – | 20 | 1 | |
| Career total | 318 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 361 | 6 | ||
Managerial statistics
- As of 17 August 2026
| Team | Country | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Imolese |  |
27 December 2002 | 30 June 2003 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 42.11 |
| Sassuolo | |
25 November 2003 | 30 June 2004 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 25.00 |
| Național București |  |
18 November 2005 | 30 June 2006 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 36.36 |
| CFR Cluj | |
5 October 2006 | 25 May 2007 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 61.54 |
| Rapid București | |
1 July 2007 | 8 October 2007 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Politehnica Iași | |
19 January 2009 | 15 June 2009 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 35.29 |
| Steaua București | |
1 July 2009 | 18 September 2009 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 71.43 |
| Modena | |
12 July 2010 | 14 November 2011 | 61 | 18 | 24 | 19 | 29.51 |
| Modena | |
26 February 2012 | 30 June 2012 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 46.67 |
| Pescara | |
20 November 2012 | 3 March 2013 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 20.00 |
| Brescia | |
30 September 2013 | 3 March 2014 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 35.00 |
| Rapid București | |
15 April 2015 | 1 June 2015 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 37.50 |
| ASA Târgu Mureș | |
22 September 2015 | 17 December 2015 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 33.33 |
| Modena | |
28 March 2016 | 30 June 2016 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11.11 |
| Voluntari | |
8 November 2018 | 6 January 2020 | 49 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 20.41 |
| Universitatea Craiova | |
7 May 2020 | 9 November 2020 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 77.78 |
| Sepsi OSK | |
10 October 2021 | 8 June 2023 | 84 | 40 | 19 | 25 | 47.62 |
| Rapid București | |
10 July 2023 | 16 April 2024 | 37 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 43.24 |
| Universitatea Cluj | |
23 October 2025 | present | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 59.52 |
| Total | 509 | 210 | 139 | 160 | 41.26 | |||
Honours
Player
Pescara
Sliema Wanderers
- Maltese Cup: 1999–2000
Coach
Național București
- Cupa României runner-up: 2005–06
Rapid București
Sepsi OSK
Universitatea Cluj
- Cupa României runner-up: 2025–26
- Supercupa României runner-up: 2026
Individual
- Gazeta Sporturilor Romania Coach of the Month: May 2022,[10] July 2022[11]