Maniero began his youth career with Juventusin the late 1990s,[citation needed] and was promoted to the Primavera reserve team in 2005.[1] As a player of the under-20 team, Maniero also received some call ups by Didier Deschamps for the senior side in various Coppa Italia and Serie B matches, specifically in matches against AlbinoLeffe, Lecce, and Genoa, appearing as an unused substitute on the bench. This was the season when Juventus were relegated to the second division for the first time in their history following the Calciopoli scandal, and Maniero was eventually part of the team that led Juventus back to Serie A that year.
In June 2007, Maniero was not part of Claudio Ranieri's first team plans and so, he was loaned out to Ascoli, together with fellow Juventus youth player Andrea Luci.[2] With Ascoli, Maniero managed a single goal in 21 league appearances, and following his loan stint with Ascoli, he was again loaned out to another Serie B club Bari,[3] along with fellow Juventus loaneesDavide Lanzafame, Raffaele Bianco, and Rej Volpato. While Lanzafame and Bianco established themselves well with the club, Maniero failed to settle and gain regular action, as the attacker made zero official appearances in six months with the biancorossi.
Following his disappointing spell with Bari, Maniero was sub-loaned out to Italian third division side, Lumezzane.[4] During his loan period with Lumezzane, Maniero made his first 13 league appearances, and he also scored 2 goals.
In July 2009, another third division club Arezzo officially announced the engagement of Maniero.[5] Maniero had a successful season with the Lega Pro Prima Divisione side, establishing himself as a starter and scoring 12 goals in 31 league appearances.
Pescara
In August 2010 Maniero joined Pescara ahead of the 2010–11 Serie B campaign in co-ownership deal, for €450,000.[6] Co-currently Juventus signed Luca Del Papa from Pescara also in co-ownership deal for €300,000.[6] On the same day Pescara signed Raffaele Alcibiade in temporary deal from Juve. Maniero, however, failed to score regularly in Serie B. On 31 August 2012 he left for Serie B newcomer Ternana after Maniero was excluded from Pescara's Serie A plan.[7] Ternana also got midfielder Antonino Ragusa and defender Riccardo Brosco from Pescara on the same day.
On 19 June 2013 the co-ownership between Pescara and Juventus were terminated, which saw Maniero now 100% under Pescara's contract for free as well as Del Papa under Juve for €100,000.[8][9]
Catania
On 14 January 2015 he was signed by Calcio Catania.[10] He wore no.7 shirt for his new team, vacated by Marcelinho.[11] Catania was expelled (relegated) from 2015–16 Serie B due to a match-fixing scandal.
Bari
On 31 August 2015 Maniero was signed by Serie B club Bari.[12]
Novara
On 4 August 2017 Maniero was signed by another Serie B club Novara.[13]
On 11 September 2020 he signed a 3-year contract with Avellino.[15]
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