Antonio Mance

Antonio Mance

Personal information
Date of birth	(1995-08-07) 7 August 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth	Rijeka, Croatia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Zalaegerszeg
Number	19
Youth career
2004–2006	Orijent
2006–2011	Rijeka
2011–2013	Pomorac Kostrena
2013–2014	Istra 1961
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2015	Istra 1961	5	(0)
2012–2013	→ Pomorac Kostrena (loan)	2	(0)
2015–2017	Domžale	41	(13)
2017–2019	Trenčín	52	(21)
2019	→ Nantes (loan)	5	(0)
2019–2023	Osijek	55	(11)
2020–2021	→ Puskás Akadémia (loan)	26	(7)
2021–2022	→ Erzgebirge Aue (loan)	8	(0)
2023	Debrecen	17	(2)
2023–	Zalaegerszeg	11	(6)
International career
2014	Croatia U19	3	(1)
2015	Croatia U20	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2023

Antonio Mance (born 7 August 1995) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Hungarian club Zalaegerszeg.

Club career

Mance is a product of youth system of Pomorac Kostrena. Then, he joined Istra 1961. He made his top division debut on 13 April 2014 against Hrvatski Dragovoljac. ^[1]

On 31 January 2019, Mance moved to Nantes on a loan, to replace the late Emiliano Sala, who died in a plane crash. ^[2]

After Mance's loan at Nantes finished, on 21 June 2019, he returned to Croatia and signed a four-year contract with Osijek. ^[3] The transfer fee was reported as €1 million.^{[ citation needed ]}

He joined 2. Bundesliga club Erzgebirge Aue on a season-long loan from Osijek in August 2021. ^[4] The loan was cut short in January 2022. ^[5] He made eight appearances without scoring a goal. ^[5]

In January 2023, Mance joined Hungarian club Debrecen on an eighteen-month contract. ^[6]

International career

Mance played for Croatia U19 and Croatia U20. ^[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 May 2021 ^{[8] [9] [10]}

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Pomorac	2012–13	Druga HNL	2	0	—		—		2	0
Istra 1961	2013–14	Prva HNL	5	0	0	0	—		5	0
	2014–15		—		—		—		0	0
	Total		5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Domžale	2015–16	Slovenian PrvaLiga	31	11	5	0	—		36	11
	2016–17		10	2	1	0	5	0	16	2
	Total		41	13	6	0	5	0	52	13
Trenčín	2016–17	Slovak Fortuna Liga	10	4	1	0	—		11	4
	2017–18		24	10	2	0	4	2	30	12
	2018–19		18	7	2	4	8	6	28	17
	Total		52	21	5	4	12	8	69	33
Nantes	2018–19	Ligue 1	5	0	1	1	0	0	6	1
Osijek	2019–20	Prva HNL	30	7	3	4	2	0	35	11
Puskás Akadémia	2020–21	OTP Bank Liga	26	7	4	3	0	0	30	10
Career total			161	48	19	12	19	8	199	68

Personal life

An younger brother of Armando Mance, Armando also works as Antonio's agent. ^[11]

Honours

NK Domžale

• Slovenian Cup: 2017 ^[12]

References

1. "ISTRA 1961 VS. HRVATSKI DRAGOVOLJAC 1 - 2". soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
2. "Officiel:le FC Nantes recrute Antonio Mance". footmercato.net. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
3. "Potpisao Antonio Mance!". nk-osijek.hr. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
4. "Erzgebirge Aue verpflichtet Mittelstürmer Antonio Mance". kicker (in German). 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
5. "Null-Tore-Stürmer Antonio Mance verlässt Erzgebirge Aue". MDR (in German). 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
6. "HORVÁT CSATÁRT IGAZOLT A DVSC" [CROATIAN STRIKER CONFIRMED BY DVSC]. dvsc.hu (in Hungarian). 23 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
7. "Antonio Mance". Croatian Football Federation. 23 January 2015.
8. "Antonio Mance> Club Matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
9. "Antonio Mance" (in Slovenian). Slovenian PrvaLiga . Retrieved 12 August 2018.
10. "Antonio Mance" (in Croatian). hrnogomet. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
11. ARMANDO MANCE: Antonio je prošao veliku borbu, a kod Vahe može još napredovati - Novilist (in Croatian)
12. "Pokal Slovenije 2016–17" (in Slovenian). Nogometna Zvezda Slovenije. 31 May 2017.

External links

• Antonio Mance at Soccerway