| Gianluca Mancini | |
| Upright: | 1.1 |
| Full Name: | Gianluca Mancini |
| Birth Date: | 17 April 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Pontedera, Italy |
| Height: | 1.90 m |
| Position: | Centre-back |
| Currentclub: | Roma |
| Clubnumber: | 23 |
| Youthyears1: | 2006–2015 |
| Youthclubs1: | Fiorentina[1] |
| Years1: | 2015–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Perugia |
| Caps1: | 25 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2017–2020 |
| Clubs2: | Atalanta |
| Caps2: | 41 |
| Goals2: | 6 |
| Years3: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs3: | → Roma (loan) |
| Caps3: | 32 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2020– |
| Clubs4: | Roma |
| Caps4: | 138 |
| Goals4: | 9 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2017–2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Italy U21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 13 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2019– |
| Nationalteam2: | Italy |
| Nationalcaps2: | 14 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 23:48, 18 August 2024 (UTC) |
Gianluca Mancini (pronounced as /it/; born 17 April 1996) is an Italian footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Roma and the Italy national team.
Mancini left for Perugia on loan in mid–2015, with an option to purchase. Mancini made his professional debut in the Serie B for Perugia on 11 September 2015 in a game against Pescara.[2]
After a brief return to Florence,[3] by the club excising the counter-option.[4] on 1 August 2016, Fiorentina announced that they had sold Mancini to Perugia outright[5] for free.[4] It was later revealed that Fiorentina was eligible to 50% future transfer fee.
In January 2017, Mancini and Alessandro Santopadre,[6] son of Massimiliano Santopadre, chairman of Perugia, were signed by Atalanta for €200,000 and €1 million transfer fees respectively.[7] They were immediately loaned back to Perugia from Atalanta.[8] The deal was later accused by the prosecutor as a manipulation of transfer fees, which overstated the price-tag of Santopadre and understated Mancini.[9] The chairman and both clubs were acquitted of any wrongdoing in July 2018.[7]
Mancini made his Serie A debut in a 1–1 draw against his former team Fiorentina, replacing Rafael Toloi after 25 minutes.[10]
On 4 February 2018, he scored his first goal in a 1–0 for Atalanta against Chievo in Serie A.[11]
On 17 July 2019, Mancini joined Roma on loan with a conditional obligation to buy for €13 million plus bonuses and a 10 per cent sell on fee.[12]
On 1 September 2017, Mancini made his international debut with the Italy U21 team in a 3–0 friendly loss against Spain.[13]
On 15 March 2019, Gianluca Mancini received a call up from Roberto Mancini for Italy's UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Finland and Liechtenstein.[14] On 26 March, he made his senior international debut in a 6–0 home win over Liechtenstein.[15]
He took part in the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.[16]
Mancini is a tall and physically strong central defender capable of playing in both a three or a four-man defensive line. Among his strengths are his excellent heading ability, which makes him a likely goal threat in the opposition's penalty box. Besides his regular position, he can also play as a right–sided full-back and a defensive midfielder, mainly out of necessity.[17] He has cited Marco Materazzi as his favourite defender of all time.[18]
In December 2019, Gianluca married his long-term partner Elisa, together they have two daughters.[19] Despite sharing a surname, he is not related to Italian football manager Roberto Mancini.
| Season | League | Coppa Italia | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Perugia | 2015–16 | Serie B | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||||
| Atalanta | 2017–18 | Serie A | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 35 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 41 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 48 | 7 | ||||
| Roma (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie A | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 41 | 1 | ||
| Roma | 2020–21 | Serie A | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | 41 | 5 | ||
| 2021–22 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | — | 46 | 1 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | — | 51 | 1 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | — | 49 | 7 | ||||
| 2024–25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 170 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 52 | 5 | — | 229 | 15 | ||||
| Career total | 236 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 55 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 307 | 23 | |||
| Italy | 2019 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 14 | 0 | ||
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