Bernardi's current-season form is down 84% on last season (Season 32→5), while his Rating eased 24→9. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 41).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Colon Santa Fe · 9th	12	1	0	—	9	5
2024/25	Colon Santa Fe	32	2	0	—	—	—
2022/23	Colon Santa Fe · 25th	38	3	2	6.75	24	32
2021/22	Colon Santa Fe · 7th	31	4	2	6.76	27	29
2020/21	Colon Santa Fe · 3rd	9	3	2	7.11	30	41

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 8 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headCentral midfielder

Cristian Oscar Bernardi is a 36-year-old central midfielder at Colon Santa Fe, rated 8.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 351st of 413 on scout potential in the Primera Nacional. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (30.8% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Bernardi.

Judged on this season alone, Bernardi graded 5 — a solid campaign that ranks top 35% of the 122 central midfielders in the Primera Nacional, on 1 goal, 0 assists and 0 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 32 → 5). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 9, 106th of 122 of the 122 central midfielders in the Primera Nacional. At 36 Bernardi is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 0.5 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2020/21Trending down

Current potential106th of 122 central midfielders · Primera Nacional · 12 apps Current season42nd of 122 central midfielders · Primera Nacional · 12 apps42nd-best central midfielder in the Primera Nacional351st in the Primera Nacional · potential106th-highest potential central midfielder in the Primera Nacional

8.9

Ratingi

106th of 122 central midfielders

4.8

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

30.8%

Minutes

limited game time

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · Colon Santa Fe finished 9th of 18 · a mid-table side

Def. / 90

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Tackles

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Interceptions

Clean sheets

0 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 12 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Watch points

Game time. Only 30.8% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 36, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 8.9, Bernardi carries the 106th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Primera Nacional of 122 — though on just 12 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (0 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %30.8%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900.095

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.095

Defensive actions / 900

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Cards / 900.286

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 22–27 (~2), then tapers with age. At 36, Bernardi sits on 0.5, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Bernardi's projected Rating — 8.9 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the Primera Nacional with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Passing

Assists0

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3

Red cards0

Transfer history

€0.1M total transfer fees · 6 moves

Atlanta2025/26 – nowFree

Colon Santa Fe2023/24 – 2025/26Free

Fortaleza EC2022/23 – 2023/24Free

Colon Santa Fe2016/17 – 2022/23€ 100K

Instituto Cordoba(back from loan)2011/12 – 2016/17

Gimnasia Concepción(on loan)2010/11 – 2011/12

Instituto Cordobauntil 2010/11

About Cristian Oscar Bernardi

Cristian Oscar Bernardi is a 36-year-old central midfielder who plays for Colon Santa Fe, born on March 10, 1990 in Córdoba, standing 179 cm tall. He is from Argentina. Colon Santa Fe currently sit 9th of 18 in the Primera Nacional.

This season

In the current season, Cristian Oscar Bernardi has made 12 appearances with 1 goal and 0 assists across 943 minutes, with 3 yellow cards. His season has spanned the Primera Nacional and the Copa Argentina.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Cristian Oscar Bernardi at 8.9 with a Season form score of 4.8, ranking 351st of 413 central midfielders in the Primera Nacional. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 13 recorded seasons, Cristian Oscar Bernardi has totalled 304 club appearances with 33 goals and 8 assists for 2 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2015/16, with 40 appearances for Instituto Cordoba.

Cristian Oscar Bernardi's career has also included time at Atlanta, Fortaleza EC, Instituto Cordoba and Gimnasia Concepción.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Colon Santa Fe finished 9th of 18 · a mid-table side

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