Career
Playing career
Bergodi started to play 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. Coach career
After he retired, Bergodi started working as a coach.
In January 2009, after a break, he signed a half year contract with an extension for another 2 years with Liga I club Football Club Politehnica Iași.
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.
On July 2010 he was presented as new head coach of Italian Serie B club Modena.
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 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.
He was assisted by Luigi Ciarlantini as vice, Fabrizio Ferron as goalkeeper coach, Raffaele Longo as Collaboratori tecnico and Marco Oneto as Preparatore atletico.
He returned to Rapid Bucureşti in April 2015. He tried to help them avoid relegation, but he was unable to do lieutenant
Between September and December 2015, he coached American Statistical Association Târgu Mureș.
