Gianluca Mancini
Mancini with Roma in 2023
Personal information
Full name Gianluca Mancini
Date of birth (1996-04-17) 17 April 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Pontedera, Italy
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Roma
Number 23
Youth career
2006–2015 Fiorentina[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Perugia 25 (1)
2017–2020 Atalanta 41 (6)
2019–2020 → Roma (loan) 32 (1)
2020– Roma 129 (8)
International career‡
2017–2019 Italy U21 13 (0)
2019– Italy 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:19, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2024

Gianluca Mancini (Italian pronunciation: [dʒanˈluːka manˈtʃiːni]; born 17 April 1996) is an Italian footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Roma and the Italy national team.

Club career

Perugia

Mancini left for Perugia on loan in mid–2015, with an option to purchase. Mancini made his professional debut in the Serie B for Perugia on 11 September 2015 in a game against Pescara.[2]

After a brief return to Florence,[3] by the club excising the counter-option.[4] on 1 August 2016, Fiorentina announced that they had sold Mancini to Perugia outright[5] for free.[4] It was later revealed that Fiorentina was eligible to 50% future transfer fee.[6]

Atalanta

In January 2017, Mancini and Alessandro Santopadre,[7] son of Massimiliano Santopadre, chairman of Perugia, were signed by Atalanta for €200,000 and €1 million transfer fees respectively.[6] They were immediately loaned back to Perugia from Atalanta.[8] The deal was later accused by the prosecutor as a manipulation of transfer fees, which overstated the price-tag of Santopadre and understated Mancini.[9] The chairman and both clubs were acquitted of any wrongdoing in July 2018.[6]

Mancini made his Serie A debut in a 1–1 draw against his former team Fiorentina, replacing Rafael Toloi after 25 minutes.[10]

On 4 February 2018, he scored his first goal in a 1–0 for Atalanta against Chievo in Serie A.[11]

Roma

On 17 July 2019, Mancini joined Roma on loan with a conditional obligation to buy for €13 million plus bonuses and a 10 per cent sell on fee.[12]

International career

On 1 September 2017, Mancini made his international debut with the Italy U21 team in a 3–0 friendly loss against Spain.[13]

On 15 March 2019, Gianluca Mancini received a call up from Roberto Mancini for Italy's UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Finland and Liechtenstein.[14] On 26 March, he made his senior international debut in a 6–0 home win over Liechtenstein.[15]

He took part in the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.[16]

Style of play

Mancini is a tall and physically strong central defender capable of playing in both a three or a four-man defensive line. Among his strengths are his excellent heading ability, which makes him a likely goal threat in the opposition's penalty box. Besides his regular position, he can also play as a right–sided full-back and a defensive midfielder, mainly out of necessity.[17] He has cited Marco Materazzi as his favourite defender of all time.[18]

Personal life

In December 2019, Gianluca married his long-term partner Elisa, together they have two daughters.[19] Despite sharing a surname, he is not related to Italian football manager Roberto Mancini.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 March 2024[20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Coppa Italia Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Perugia 2015–16 Serie B 12 0 2 0 — — 14 0
2016–17 13 1 1 0 — 2[a] 0 16 1
Total 25 1 3 0 — 2 0 30 1
Atalanta 2017–18 Serie A 11 1 2 0 0 0 — 13 1
2018–19 30 5 2 0 3[b] 1 — 35 6
Total 41 6 4 0 3 1 — 48 7
Roma (loan) 2019–20 Serie A 32 1 2 0 7[b] 0 — 41 1
Roma 2020–21 Serie A 33 4 1 0 7[b] 1 — 41 5
2021–22 33 0 1 0 12[c] 1 — 46 1
2022–23 35 1 2 0 14[b] 0 — 51 1
2023–24 28 3 1 0 8[b] 1 — 37 4
Total 161 9 7 0 48 3 — 216 12
Career total 227 16 14 0 51 4 2 0 294 20
  1. ^ Appearances in Serie B promotion play-offs
  2. ^ a b c d e Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 24 March 2024[21]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Italy 2019 3 0
2020 1 0
2021 2 0
2022 3 0
2023 2 0
2024 1 0
Total 12 0

Honours

Roma

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Conosciamo i 'Giovanissimi' campioni d'Italia". Viola Channel (Press release) (in Italian). Florence: ACF Fiorentina. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 11 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Squad named for Fiorentina's 2016 summer training camp". Viola Channel (Press release). Florence: ACF Fiorentina. 2 July 2016. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  4. ^ a b ACF Fiorentina S.p.A. bilancio 2016-12-31. Registro delle Imprese (in Italian). Florence: C.C.I.A.A. 2017.
  5. ^ "Mancini al Perugia" [Mancini to Perugia]. Viola Channel (Press release) (in Italian). Florence: ACF Fiorentina. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  6. ^ a b c "(236) – DEFERIMENTO DEL PROCURATORE FEDERALE A CARICO DI: Santopadre Massimiliano (Presidente della Società AC Perugia Calcio Srl), Goretti Roberto (all'epoca dei fatti responsabile dell'area tecnica della Società AC Perugia Calcio Srl), Percassi Luca (Presidente della Società Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio SpA), Sartori Giovanni (all'epoca dei fatti responsabile dell'area tecnica della Società Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio SpA), Società AC Perugia Calcio Srl e Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio SpA - (nota №13057/571pf17-18GP/GC/blp del 07.06.2018)" (PDF). Tribunale Federale Nazionale. Comunicato Ufficiale (in Italian). 2018–19 (4). Italian Football Federation. 12 July 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Calcio Mercato" (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 31 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Calcio Mercato" (in Italian). Lega B. 14 February 2017. Archived from the original on 17 March 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Cessioni sospette, bufera sul Perugia: deferiti Santopadre e Goretti". Il Messaggero (in Italian). 8 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  10. ^ "Azzurrini in the league: First Serie A goal for Mandragora and Mancini makes debut". vivoazzurro.it. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  11. ^ "Serie A Team of the Week | Round 23 | Forza Italian Football". forzaitalianfootball.com. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  12. ^ "Official: Roma take Atalanta's Mancini". Football Italia. London: Tiro Media. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  13. ^ "Under 21, Spagna-Italia 3-0 in amichevole". La Gazzetta dello Sport - Tutto il rosa della vita (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  14. ^ "Italy: Pavoletti & Quag in, Balotelli out". Football Italia. 15 March 2019.
  15. ^ "Euro 2020: Italy hit Liechtenstein for six". Football Italia. 26 March 2019.
  16. ^ "Parte l'avventura europea: Di Biagio ufficializza la lista dei 23 Azzurrini" (in Italian). FIGC.it. 6 June 2019.
  17. ^ Raso, Emilio (28 October 2019). "Guidi: "Mancini nasce centrocampista, Zaniolo regalerà soddisfazioni. Sono innamorato di Riccardi"" (in Italian). www.siamolaroma.it.
  18. ^ "10 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT GIANLUCA MANCINI". A.S. Roma. 16 July 2019.
  19. ^ "Gianluca Mancini di nuovo papà: è nata la piccola Lavinia. La felicità del giocatore giallorosso e della moglie Elisa". www.leggo.it (in Italian). 2022-04-24. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  20. ^ "G. Mancini". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  21. ^ "Mancini, Gianluca" (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  22. ^ Honeyman, Sam (25 May 2022). "Roma 1–0 Feyenoord: Zaniolo strike wins the first Europa Conference League final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  23. ^ Lowe, Sid (31 May 2023). "Montiel edges Sevilla to seventh Europa League triumph with win over Roma". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  24. ^ "UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season 2020/21". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

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