Vagner Mancini
Mancini in 2021
Personal information
Full name Vagner do Carmo Mancini
Date of birth (1966-10-24) 24 October 1966 (age 57)
Place of birth Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ceará (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1989 Guarani 13 (3)
1990–1991 Portuguesa 33 (10)
1992 Bragantino 14 (1)
1994 Botafogo-SP
1995 Grêmio 16 (1)
1996 São José-SP
1997 Coritiba 12 (0)
1998 Ponte Preta 9 (1)
1999 Sãocarlense
2000 → Etti Jundiaí (loan)
2002 Ceará
2003 Figueirense 13 (0)
2003 Sport
2004 Ituano
2004 Paulista
Managerial career
1999 Sãocarlense (caretaker)
2004–2007 Paulista
2007 Al Nasr
2008 Grêmio
2008–2009 Vitória
2009 Santos
2009 Vitória
2010 Vasco da Gama
2010 Guarani
2011 Ceará
2011–2012 Cruzeiro
2012 Sport
2013 Náutico
2013 Atlético Paranaense
2014 Botafogo
2015–2016 Vitória
2017 Chapecoense
2017–2018 Vitória
2019 São Paulo (interim)
2019 Atlético Mineiro
2020 Atlético Goianiense
2020–2021 Corinthians
2021 América Mineiro
2021–2022 Grêmio
2022–2023 América Mineiro
2023– Ceará
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vagner do Carmo Mancini (born 24 October 1966) is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current head coach of Ceará.

Playing career

Born in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Mancini started his career with Guarani in 1988. He subsequently went on to represent Portuguesa, Bragantino and Botafogo-SP before joining Grêmio in 1995.

Mancini featured sparingly for the club during the season, being crowned champions of 1995 Copa Libertadores but losing the 1995 Copa do Brasil to Corinthians; he was sent off in the first leg of the latter competition's final.[1] Subsequently, he went on to play for São José-SP, Coritiba, Ponte Preta, Sãocarlense, Ceará, Figueirense, Sport, Ituano and Paulista, retiring with the latter in 2004 at the age of 37.

In 1999, while injured at Sãocarlense, Mancini took over as an interim coach for ten days.[2]

Coaching career

In May 2004, while still actively playing for Paulista, Mancini opted to retire after receiving a coaching offer.[3] He was crowned champions of the 2005 Copa do Brasil with the side before accepting an offer from Al Nasr SC in April 2007.[4]

On 10 December 2007, Mancini returned to Brazil after being appointed head coach of former club Grêmio.[5] He was sacked the following 14 February, despite being unbeaten,[6] and was named Vitória head coach on 25 March.[7]

On 15 February 2009, Mancini left Vitória and was announced as head coach of Santos.[8] Relieved from his duties on 13 July,[9] he returned to Vitória on 12 August.[10]

On 11 December 2009, Mancini was appointed head coach of Vasco da Gama,[11] but was dismissed on 25 March of the following year.[12] On 15 April 2010 he was presented at another club he represented as a player, Guarani,[13] but after failing to avoid relegation, he resigned on 5 December.[14]

On 26 September 2011, after a short stint at Ceará,[15] Mancini was appointed as new head coach of Cruzeiro.[16] The following 10 May, he resigned after being knocked out of two competitions in the same week.[17]

On 15 May 2012, Mancini signed with Sport (another club he represented as a player) until the end of the year.[18] He was sacked on 11 August,[19] and joined Náutico the following 1 February.[20]

Dismissed on 8 April 2013,[21] Mancini was appointed at the helm of Atlético Paranaense on 10 July,[22] with the club in the relegation places. He managed to reach the finals of the 2013 Copa do Brasil, while also finishing third in the league; his contract, nonetheless, was not renewed.

After two consecutive relegations with Botafogo[23] and Vitória,[24] Mancini was appointed as new head coach of Chapecoense on 9 December 2016.[25] He was relieved from his duties on 4 July 2017, after a 3–3 draw against Fluminense.[26]

On 25 July 2017, Mancini returned to Vitória for a fourth stint,[27] and managed to narrowly avoid relegation at the end of the season. On 29 July of the following year, after a 4–0 loss at Atlético Paranaense, he was dismissed.[28]

On 2 January 2019, Mancini joined São Paulo FC as the club's technical coordinator.[29] On 14 February, he was named interim coach after the club announced a deal with Cuca, out due to health problems;[30] in April, as Cuca was given the green light to manage, he returned to his previous role.

On 14 October 2019, after leaving São Paulo, Mancini was appointed head coach of Atlético Mineiro until the end of the season,[31] and left the club after four wins in 13 matches. On 25 June 2020, he replaced dismissed Cristóvão Borges at the helm of fellow top tier side Atlético Goianiense.

On 12 October 2020, Mancini was appointed head coach of Corinthians, signing a contract until the end of 2021.[32] On 16 May of the following year, after being knocked out of the 2021 Campeonato Paulista, he was sacked.[33]

On 19 June 2021, Mancini was appointed head coach of another top tier side, América Mineiro.[34] He resigned on 14 October,[35] and was named at the helm of Grêmio for a second spell just hours later.[36]

Mancini was unable to avoid Grêmio's relegation, and was subsequently sacked on 14 February 2022.[37] On 12 April, he returned to América in the place of Marquinhos Santos.[38]

On 7 August 2023, Mancini was dismissed by América after a poor league run.[39] Late in the month he returned to Ceará, with the club in the second division.[40]

Personal life

Mancini is son of the also footballer Vastinho. His son, Matheus, is a centre back who current plays for Confiança.

Coaching statistics

As of 30 March 2024
Coaching record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Paulista Brazil 17 May 2004 29 April 2007 155 63 39 53 249 224 +25 040.65
Grêmio Brazil 10 December 2007 14 February 2008 6 4 2 0 10 3 +7 066.67 [6]
Vitória Brazil 25 March 2008 14 February 2009 54 25 9 20 88 67 +21 046.30 [8]
Santos Brazil 15 February 2009 13 July 2009 29 14 9 6 48 36 +12 048.28 [9]
Vitória Brazil 12 August 2009 6 December 2009 23 6 6 11 28 37 −9 026.09 [41]
Vasco da Gama Brazil 11 December 2009 25 March 2010 18 10 4 4 29 13 +16 055.56
Guarani Brazil 15 April 2010 5 December 2010 38 8 13 17 33 53 −20 021.05 [42]
Ceará Brazil 31 March 2011 11 September 2011 36 16 8 12 57 48 +9 044.44
Cruzeiro Brazil 26 September 2011 10 May 2012 30 14 7 9 59 36 +23 046.67 [43]
Sport Recife Brazil 15 May 2012 11 August 2012 15 3 4 8 12 22 −10 020.00 [19]
Náutico Brazil 1 February 2013 7 April 2013 14 9 0 5 36 16 +20 064.29 [44]
Atlético Paranaense Brazil 10 May 2013 28 December 2013 42 20 12 10 61 42 +19 047.62
Botafogo Brazil 16 April 2014 10 December 2014 42 10 7 25 38 61 −23 023.81 [23]
Vitória Brazil 4 June 2015 10 September 2016 76 33 19 24 113 86 +27 043.42 [41]
Chapecoense Brazil 9 December 2016 4 July 2017 46 21 10 15 64 53 +11 045.65 [45]
Vitória Brazil 25 July 2017 29 July 2018 63 27 15 21 100 88 +12 042.86 [46]
São Paulo (interim) Brazil 14 February 2019 April 2019 9 3 4 2 8 6 +2 033.33 [47]
São Paulo (interim) Brazil 26 September 2019 27 September 2019 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
Atlético Mineiro Brazil 14 October 2019 11 December 2019 13 4 5 4 15 14 +1 030.77
Atlético Goianiense Brazil 25 June 2020 11 October 2020 18 5 6 7 18 23 −5 027.78 [48]
Corinthians Brazil 11 October 2020 16 May 2021 45 20 13 12 57 46 +11 044.44 [33]
América Mineiro Brazil 19 June 2021 14 October 2021 21 7 9 5 24 23 +1 033.33 [49]
Grêmio Brazil 14 October 2021 14 February 2022 18 9 3 6 31 26 +5 050.00 [37]
América Mineiro Brazil 12 April 2022 7 August 2023 94 37 21 36 132 125 +7 039.36
Ceará Brazil 30 August 2023 present 28 11 10 7 42 32 +10 039.29
Total 934 379 235 320 1,348 1,179 +169 040.58 —

Honours

Player

Grêmio
Figueirense

Coach

Paulista
Vitória
Ceará
Chapecoense

References

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  2. ^ "Atlético-PR anuncia contratação de Vagner Mancini como técnico" [Atlético-PR announce signing of Vagner Mancini as manager] (in Portuguese). Terra. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
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  16. ^ "Vágner Mancini é o novo técnico do Cruzeiro para o restante da temporada" (in Portuguese). Cruzeiro EC. 26 September 2011.
  17. ^ "Cruzeiro é eliminado e Vágner Mancini pede demissão" [Cruzeiro is knocked out and Vágner Mancini quits] (in Portuguese). O Globo. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  18. ^ "Vágner Mancini é o novo técnico do Sport" [Vágner Mancini is the new manager of Sport]. GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). 15 May 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
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  20. ^ "Vagner Mancini é o novo técnico do Náutico" [Vagner Mancini is the new manager of Náutico] (in Portuguese). Terra. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
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  23. ^ a b "Mancini é avisado de saída e descarta decepção: "Desejo sorte ao Botafogo"" [Mancini is warned about exit and discards disappointment: "I wish good luck to Botafogo"] (in Brazilian Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  24. ^ "Vagner Mancini assume o Vitória pela 3ª vez na carreira" (in Portuguese). 2015-06-04. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
  25. ^ "Vagner Mancini será o treinador da Chapecoense em 2017" [Vagner Mancini will be the manager of Chapecoense in 2017]. GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). 9 December 2016.
  26. ^ "Vagner Mancini não resiste a resultados e é demitido da Chapecoense" [Vagner Mancini cannot hold on over results and is dismissed from Chapecoense] (in Portuguese). ESPN Brasil. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  27. ^ "Reestruturação em andamento" [Rebuilding on its way] (in Portuguese). EC Vitória. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  28. ^ "COMUNICADO OFICIAL" [OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT] (in Portuguese). EC Vitória. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  29. ^ "Vagner Mancini é o novo coordenador técnico do São Paulo" [Vagner Mancini is the new technical coordinator of São Paulo] (in Brazilian Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  30. ^ "São Paulo contrata Cuca" [São Paulo sign Cuca] (in Brazilian Portuguese). São Paulo FC. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  31. ^ "Vagner Mancini é o novo técnico do Atlético" [Vagner Mancini is Atlético's new manager] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Clube Atlético Mineiro. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  32. ^ "Vagner Mancini é o novo treinador do Corinthians" [Vagner Mancini is the new manager of Corinthians] (in Brazilian Portuguese). SC Corinthians Paulista. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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  35. ^ "Vagner Mancini deixa o comando do América" [Vagner Mancini leaves América] (in Brazilian Portuguese). América Futebol Clube. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
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  38. ^ "Após saída de Marquinhos Santos, América-MG confirma retorno de Vagner Mancini ao clube" [After Marquinhos Santos' departure, América-MG confirm the return of Vagner Mancini to the club] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
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  46. ^ "Mancini não resiste à goleada diante do Atlético-PR e é demitido do Vitória" [Mancini does not resist to routing against Atlético-PR and is fired from Vitória] (in Brazilian Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  47. ^ "São Paulo: Mancini será o técnico contra o Flamengo após saída de Cuca" [São Paulo: Mancini will be the manager against Flamengo after Cuca's departure] (in Brazilian Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  48. ^ "Vágner Mancini" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebol de Goyaz. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  49. ^ "Vagner Mancini deixa o América para ser novo técnico do Grêmio" [Vagner Mancini leaves América to become the new manager of Grêmio] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Hoje em Dia. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.

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Ceará – current squad
Current Campeonato Brasileiro Série B head coaches
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