Bernardo Corradi

Early career

Corradi began his career in Italy with Siena, at that time at Serie C1. He then left for Poggibonsi of Serie C2. He played there for two seasons, one in Serie C2 and the second in Serie D. In 1996, he left for Serie C2 club Ponsacco, also located in Tuscany. In mid-1997, he joined Cagliari of Sardinia, and after two matches, he was loaned to Montevarchi in November. In the next season, he was loaned to Andria. In 1999, he returned to Cagliari and played his first Serie A match.

Chievo and Inter Milan

In 2000, Corradi was jointly signed by Chievo and Inter Milan. Using his height as ability, he started showing his talent as a central forward and scored his first Serie A goal at Chievo. He stayed at the club for two seasons, until Inter paid €4 million to purchase him outright. Considered the ideal understudy to Christian Vieri, he played his first and only match for Inter against Sporting CP. After Ronaldo left the club for Real Madrid, Inter signed Lazio's Hernán Crespo, and sent Corradi in the opposite direction as part of the deal, in which Crespo was valued at €38 million and Corradi at €12 million. Lazio later brought down Corradi's value to €5.5 million and the rest deferred to amortize in a 10-year special amortization fund.

Lazio

At Lazio, Corradi scored on his debut, and formed a strike partnership with Claudio López, while Enrico Chiesa and Simone Inzaghi played as substitutes. He was offered a contract extension in July…

Corradi won a total of 13 caps for Italy between 2003 and 2004, scoring two goals. He was considered as a replacement for Christian Vieri when he was first called up to the national team under Giovanni Trapattoni in February 2003; he debuted on 12 February, scoring the only goal of the match in a 1–0 friendly home win over Portugal. He was later included in their Euro 2004 squad, making one appearance throughout the tournament in his nation's 2–1 win over Bulgaria in their final group match, although Italy were eliminated in the first round on head-to-head record, despite not losing a match, following a three-way five-point tie with Denmark and Sweden. Along with Valencia teammate Marco Di Vaio, he was played up front by new Italy national football team coach Marcello Lippi in the first few matches of qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in late 2004. After the rise of Luca Toni and Alberto Gilardino, while Corradi struggled at Valencia, he did not receive an international call-up again.

Often described as an "old-fashioned" centre forward in the Italian media, Corradi was a tall, powerful, and physically strong striker, with an eye for goal, who excelled in the air; he was also known for his work-rate off the ball, and his ability to press defenders in order to help his team win back possession. During his prime, his playing style drew comparisons with that of Pierluigi Casiraghi.

In 2017, Corradi joined the Italy national youth team as an assistant to Italy U17 head coach Carmine Nunziata. He subsequently worked as head coach of the Italy U16 and Italy U18, before returning to the Under-17 team in 2020, this time as a head coach. From August 2023, he managed Italy U19.

Sampdoria

On 25 June 2026, Corradi was appointed head coach of Serie B club Sampdoria, who had finished 13th in the 2025–26 season under caretaker Attilio Lombardo. It was his first job as a club head coach, and he arrived after a season as a technical assistant to Massimiliano Allegri at Milan, where he had agreed to terminate the final year of his contract. Sampdoria's football chief executive Jesper Fredberg said Corradi had stood out in the selection process for the clarity of his ideas, while sporting director Américo Branco pointed to his preference for a modern, attacking style of play. The appointment was poorly received by sections of the club's supporters, who had already protested at the Bogliasco training ground before it was confirmed. Sampdoria were bottom of the table with one point from their opening four matches of the 2026–27 season when they came from behind to beat Catanzaro 2–1 at home on 19 September 2026, with Lorenzo Insigne equalising and Tjaš Begić scoring the winner after the side had been reduced to ten men. Corradi called it a scrappy win that his players had deserved, but it proved to be his only victory in charge. A 4–1 defeat at Avellino, in…