Using his height as ability, he started showing his talent as central forward and scored his first Serie A goal at Chievo.

At Lazio, Corradi scored on his debut, and formed a strike partnership with Claudio López, while Enrico Chiesa and Simone Inzaghi played as substitutes.

However, once compatriot coach Claudio Ranieri left the club, he found his first team appearances becoming less frequent, as he fell out of form.

In the 2006 close season, he was sold by Valencia to Manchester City for an undisclosed fee on 20 July, signing a three-year contract with the Premier League club.

[8] 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.

In December, Corradi was again sent off for two yellow cards, this time against Manchester United, with the second for attempting to win a penalty by diving.

On 30 July 2008, Manchester City confirmed that Corradi had been released from the final year of his contract, to return to Italy, and play for Reggina.

[19][22] 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.

[19] After the rise of Luca Toni and Alberto Gilardino, while Corradi struggled at Valencia, he did not receive an international call-up again.

[19] 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.

From August 2023, he has managed Italy U19 [25] Bernardo Corradi (in couple[26] with the dancer Stefano De Martino) in May–June 2017 is one of the tutors/mentors[26] in the second season of Selfie – Le cose cambiano, a talent show produced by Fascino PGT[27] of Maria De Filippi and aired by Canale 5 with Simona Ventura as presenter.