- Bernardo Corradi
Football player infobox
playername = Bernardo Corradi
fullname = Bernardo Corradi
height = Height|m=1.89
weight = 86 kg
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1976|3|30
cityofbirth =Siena
countryofbirth =Italy
currentclub = Reggina
clubnumber = 9
position =Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1997–2001
1997–1998
1998–1999
2001–2002
2002
2002–2004
2004–2006
2005–2006
2006–2008
2007–2008
2008–
clubs = Cagliari
→ Montevarchi (loan)
→ Fidelis Andria (loan)
→ Chievo
Internazionale
Lazio
Valencia
→ Parma (loan)
Manchester City
→ Parma (loan)Reggina
caps(goals) = 55 (10)
26 0(5)
31 0(8)
32 (10)
00 0(0)
69 (23)
27 0(6)
36 (10)
25 0(3)
27 0(5)
00 0(0)
nationalyears = 2003–2004
nationalteam = Italy
nationalcaps(goals) = 13 0(2)
pcupdate =May 18 2008
ntupdate =September 4 2004 Bernardo Corradi (born
30 March ,1976 inSiena ) is an Italian footballer, who plays in the position ofstriker . He plays inSerie A for Reggina.Football career
Corradi began his career in
Italy with Cagliari. Here, he was loaned out to Montevarchi and Andria. In 2001 he signed for Chievo (jointly with Inter), where he spent one season. He returned to Inter in the summer of 2002, but after Inter signedHernán Crespo , Corradi left for Lazio (part of transfer) after playing just one game, againstSporting Clube de Portugal .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 whenGaizka Mendieta moved from Valencia to Lazio. However, once compatriot coachClaudio 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 20th July, signing a three year contract with the Manchester club. [cite web | title=City confirm Corradi deal|work=Manchester City official website| url=http://www.mcfc.co.uk/default.sps?pageid=115&pagegid=%7BDBD12D53%2D8346%2D431D%2DA04F%2D5D0F8664DE80%7D&newsid=347873&siteid=&pageno=&newscategory=1051&frommonth=5&fromyear=2006&tomonth=7&toyear=2006| accessdate=March 25 | accessyear=2007]
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 . [cite web | title=Chelsea 3 City 0|work=Manchester Evening News| url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/manchester_city/s/221/221168_chelsea_3_city_0.html| accessdate=March 25 | accessyear=2007] 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, becoming the first Italian to score for the Blues. In December Corradi was again sent off for two yellow cards, this time againstManchester United . The sending off in the derby infuriatedStuart Pearce , when asked onMatch 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 toEmile Mpenza , as he only scored three league goals during the 06/07 season. 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 hasn't featured in any of the in the Premiership or Carling Cup sides and has rejoinedSerie A clubParma FC on loan 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 now has a tally of 5 goals in 15 starts, and has been given the captains armband.
Reggina
On
30 July 2008 , Manchester City confirmed that Corradi had been released from the final year of his contract, to return toItaly , and play for Reggina.International career
He has 13 caps for Italy, scoring two goals. He was also selected for their
Euro 2004 squad.Honours
*
European Super Cup winner 2004
*Coppa Italia winner 2004References
External links
*soccerbase|id=26033|name=Bernardo Corradi
* [http://www.bernardocorradi.it/ Bernardo Corradi official website] (in Italian)
* [http://archivio.inter.it/cgi-bin/giocatori-scheda?codice=G0738&L=en archivio.inter.it]
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