Matteo Mancosu

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Matteo Mancosu
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-12-22) 22 December 1984 (age 38)
Place of birth Cagliari, Italy
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2000–2001 Scuola Calcio Johannes [1] [2]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2004 Atletico Calcio 73 (7)
2004–2006 Nuorese 54 (20)
2006–2010 Villacidrese 113 (46)
2010–2011 Latina 20 (5)
2011–2012 Vigor Lamezia 37 (20)
2012–2015 Trapani 88 (55)
2015–2016 Bologna 26 (1)
2016 → Carpi (loan) 15 (1)
2016–2018 Montreal Impact 61 (12)
2019–2021 Virtus Entella 77 (17)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 May 2021

Matteo Mancosu (born 22 December 1984) is an Italian former footballer who played as a forward. A right-footed player, although he was usually deployed in the centre as a main striker, he was also capable of playing as a winger on either flank.

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Club career

Atletico Elmas and Atletico Calcio

Born in Cagliari, Sardinia, Mancosu played in the youth team of the Scuola Calcio Johannes [2] of Cagliari, and while he was not able to pass any of several trials with Cagliari, the main Sardinian football team, he managed to break into the squad of the Atletico Elmas in Serie D. [1] Mancosu played 4 seasons in Serie D with Atletico Elmas, which was renamed Atletico Calcio in 2002, scoring 7 goals in 73 matches. [3]

Nuorese

Mancosu moved down in Eccellenza in November 2004, to play with Nuorese. In his first year, he contributed to the promotion of the Sardinian club scoring 14 goals in 31 matches. [3] He also played for Nuorese in Serie D the next season, scoring 6 goals in 23 matches. [3]

Villacidrese

Mancosu moved to another Sardinian team in 2006. He will play the next 4 seasons for Villacidrese. In his first 3 seasons there, in 91 matches in Serie D Mancosu scored 43 goals, 18 of whose while leading them to promotion in 2008–2009. [3] Mancosu played the fourth and final season for Villacidrese in Seconda Divisione, scoring 7 goals in 22 matches. [3]

Latina

Mancosu moved to his first team outside Sardinia only in 2010–2011, at the age of 25. He played for one season for Latina in Seconda Divisione, scoring just 5 goals in 20 matches. [3]

Vigor Lamezia

Mancosu moved then to Vigor Lamezia in 2011–2012. He played for the Calabrian side only that season, in Seconda Divisione, and he went to score 20 goals in 37 matches, [3] a career best.

Trapani

Mancosu finally got the chance to debut in Prima Divisione when he joined Trapani in the summer of 2012. Specifically selected to improve a squad that had been very close to the promotion the previous year, Mancosu lead the Sicilian side to a historic first promotion in Serie B scoring 15 times in 29 matches. [3] Mancosu has been leading the forward line of Trapani also during the 2013–14 Serie B season, scoring 19 goals in the first 27 matches, a record for a rookie. [4] He finished the season as the top-scorer in Serie B with 26 goals in 40 appearances. [5]

Bologna

On 26 January 2015, Mancosu was acquired by Bologna [5] for €1.1 million in a 2+1⁄2-year contract. [6] On 22 August 2015, he made his Serie A debut on the opening fixture of the 2015–16 Serie A season, a 2–1 defeat against Lazio at the age of 30, scoring his first goal in Serie A in the same match. [7]

Loans to Carpi

On 12 January 2016, he was loaned out by Bologna to Carpi. [8] Carpi also had a buy option and an obligation to purchase his contract outright if Carpi was not relegated. [9] He scored his first goal for the team on his club debut, on 13 January, in a 2–1 away defeat to Milan in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia. [10] At the end of season Mancosu returned to Bologna, as the conditional obligation was not achieved nor the option was activated.

Montreal Impact

On 7 July 2016, Mancosu was sent on loan once again, to Canadian side Montreal Impact in Major League Soccer on a one-year loan. [11] [12] The club was also owned by Joey Saputo, chairman of Bologna. Mancosu made his debut for the club coming on as a substitute in a 3–1 home defeat to New York City F.C. on 17 July. [13]

On 2 March 2017, it was announced that Mancosu had signed a two-year deal with Montreal Impact. [14]

Virtus Entella

Mancosu joined Virtus Entella of the Italian Serie C on 8 January 2019. [15]

Personal life

Mancosu has two younger brothers, Marco and Marcello, who are also footballers. [16]

Honours

Individual

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  8. ↑ "Bologna, Mancosu in prestito al Carpi" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
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