Andrea Mancini

For another footballer, see Andrea Mancini (footballer, born 1996).

Andrea Mancini

Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-08-13) 13 August 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth	Genoa, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Sampdoria (sporting director)
Youth career
2005–2009	Inter Milan
2008–2009	→ Monza (loan)
2009–2010	Bologna
2010–2011	Manchester City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2012	Manchester City	0	(0)
2011	→ Oldham Athletic (loan)	1	(0)
2012	→ Fano (loan)	7	(0)
2012–2013	Real Valladolid B	7	(0)
2013–2014	Budapest Honvéd	11	(0)
2015	Haladás	2	(0)
2016	D.C. United	0	(0)
2016–2017	New York Cosmos	2	(0)
Total		30	(0)
Managerial career
2019–2023	Fiorentina (scout)
2023–	Sampdoria (sporting director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrea Mancini (born 13 August 1992) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, currently sporting director at Serie B club Sampdoria. ^{[1] [2]}

Playing career

Internazionale Primavera

Mancini started his career at Inter Milan where his father was the first team coach. He started as a member of the Giovanissimi Regionali team in the 2005–06 season, and had moved up to the Allievi Regionali team for the 2007–08 season. The next season (2008–09), he left Inter for a loan spell with the Monza youth team, along with a number of other young Inter players that included his elder brother, Filippo. He was released from Inter as a free agent in June 2009. ^{[3] [ citation needed ]}

Manchester City

Mancini was signed up by the Manchester City 'Under-21' youth team in November 2010 ^{[4] [5]} after he was released by his former club Bologna in Italy. He scored 3 goals for Bologna reserve. ^[6]

Oldham Athletic (loan)

On 3 November 2011, Mancini started a one-month loan spell at Oldham Athletic along with his Elite Development Squad teammate Luca Scapuzzi. ^[7] He made his debut two days later as a late substitute in the Latics' home defeat to local rivals Bury ^[8] and was also an 85th-minute substitute for the home side in the Football League Trophy quarter-final game against Crewe Alexandra three days later. ^[9] Mancini extended his loan for a further month despite only appearing twice as a substitute so far. ^[10] Andrea Mancini was sent back to his parent club after a disappointing loan spell, only making two substitute appearances in two months for the club. ^[11]

Return to Manchester City

After spells at Fano and Oldham Athletic on loan, Andrea returned to Manchester City. On 25 May 2012 Manchester City released Andrea. Andrea only spent a year at the English club making no senior appearances. Mancini was on trial with League One side Bournemouth during the 2012/13 pre-season.

Valladolid B

On 27 July 2012 Andrea signed a 1-year contract with Spanish club Real Valladolid B.

Budapest Honvéd

On 19 June 2013, Mancini was signed by Hungarian League club Budapest Honvéd. ^[12] On 12 July 2013, Roberto Mancini watched his son live playing in the UEFA Europa League 2013–14 season against Čelik Nikšić. The match ended with a 9–0 victory for Budapest Honvéd.

On 29 October 2014, Mancini terminated his contract with Budapest Honvéd. ^[13]

During his period in Budapest, Mancini played 23 matches and scored 2 goals. He made 11 appearances in the Hungarian League.^{[ citation needed ]}

Szombathely

On 20 January 2015, Mancini was signed by Hungarian League club Szombathely. ^[14]

D.C. United

On 5 March 2016, Mancini signed with D.C. United of Major League Soccer. ^[15]

New York Cosmos

On 9 September 2016 Mancini signed with New York Cosmos of North American Soccer League. ^[16]

Post-playing career

In 2018, Mancini completed a sporting director course. ^[17] After a short-lived career as a football agent, he worked at Fiorentina alongside sporting director Daniele Pradè.^{[ citation needed ]}

In July 2023, he joined Sampdoria as part of the club's non-playing staff, working in the scouting and transfer area as a collaborator to technical area director Nicola Legrottaglie, ^[18] being subsequently named the club's new sporting director shortly afterwards. ^{[19] [20]}

Personal life

He is the youngest son of former Italian international Roberto Mancini, currently the head coach of the Saudi Arabia national team. ^[21]

Honours

New York Cosmos

• NASL: 2016

References

1. "Andrea Mancini: il figlio d'arte innamorato dell'Ungheria e dei quattro colori blucerchiati". Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
2. Mancini junior, da Genova a Budapest: racconti, retroscena ed emozioni del giovane Andrea... gianlucadimarzio.com
3. "Comunicati Segreteria N°10 (2009–10) (user copy)". Lega Calcio (in Italian). 27 July 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2011– via Scribd.
4. "Newcastle United 1 – 0 City (EDS match report)". Manchester City F.C. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2011. The British media does not report the movement of academy level players (as they are not sufficiently newsworthy) so the chances of finding a contemporaneous press release reporting Andrea's actual date of signing for MCFC is next to none. This match report establishes that he was already signed up and being teamsheeted for EDS games by mid-November 2010.
5. "(06/11/2010)- Ajax Game Update". Manchester City F.C. November 2010. Archived from the original on 28 August 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011. This item suggests that Andrea played against a Jong Ajax side in a friendly youth game in Holland only a few days prior (6 November) which was one of a series of matches organized to help establish the viability of and promote the planned NextGen series competition. This games possibly also served as Andrea's EDS trial if he had not already been signed up by that date.
6. "Full Soccer". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
7. "Latics loan City strikers". Sky Sports. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
8. "Second-half Report". Oldham Athletic A.F.C. 5 November 2011. Archived from the original on 8 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
9. "Oldham 3 – 1 Crewe". BBC Sport. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
10. "Andreas Mancini extends Oldham Athletic loan spell". BBC Sport. 9 December 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
11. "Latics loan updates". Oldham Athletic A.F.C. 9 January 2012. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
12. "Honvéd: Roberto Mancini fia Kispesten folytatja – sajtóhír". Nemzeti Sport. 19 June 2013.
13. "Andrea Mancini: Nehéz elképzelni, mekkora terhet jelent a név – exkluzív". Nemzeti Sport. 29 October 2014.
14. "Haladás: Mancini, Alcibiade és Branescu is aláírt". Nemzeti Sport. 20 January 2015.
15. Amoyal, David. "MLS, DC United officially signs Andrea Mancini". Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
16. Amoyal, David. "NASL, New York Cosmos officially signs Andrea Mancini".
17. "Chi è Andrea Mancini? Il figlio di Roberto sbarca alla Sampdoria: che ruolo ricopre" (in Italian). OASport.it. 8 July 2023.
18. "Sampdoria, Legrottaglie e Mancini: "Non vendiamo sogni ma saremo competitivi"" (in Italian). Il Secolo XIX. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
19. "Mancini, il figlio nuovo ds Samp rivela retroscena sulla scelta del papà" (in Italian). Virgilio Sport. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
20. "Exclusive: Roberto Mancini's son Andrea on new role working with Andrea Pirlo and cheering on Man City in the title race". CaughtOffside.com. 20 December 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
21. "Oldham sign Man City's Luca Scapuzzi & Andreas Mancini". BBC Sport. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.