Francesco Mancini (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francesco Mancini | ||
| Date of birth | 10 October 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Matera, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Pescara (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1984-1985 | Matera | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1985-1987 | Matera | 57 | (0) |
| 1987 | Bisceglie | 0 | (0) |
| 1987-1997 | Foggia | 235 | (0) |
| 1995-1996 | → Lazio (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1997-2000 | Bari | 95 | (0) |
| 2000-2003 | Napoli | 82 | (0) |
| 2003-2004 | Pisa | 38 | (0) |
| 2005 | Sambenedettese | 14 | (0) |
| 2005-2006 | Teramo | 32 | (0) |
| 2006-2007 | Salernitana | 18 | (0) |
| 2007-2008 | Martina | 14 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Francesco Mancini (born 10 October 1968 in Matera) is an Italian former footballer, best known for his association with Foggia during the 1990s. He is currently working as goalkeeping coach of Pescara.
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[edit] Football career
Mancini started his career at hometown club Matera.
[edit] Foggia
He joined Bisceglie in summer 1987, and left for U.S. Foggia of Serie C1 in October 1987, where he spent a decade on. He played in Serie A between 1991 and 1995.
He played 2 Serie B games for Foggia in 1995-96 season, before left on loan to S.S. Lazio in November 1995.
He played another Serie B season for Foggia in summer 1996.
[edit] Bari
In summer 1997, he joined A.S. Bari of Serie A, where he played 95 games in three Serie A seasons.
[edit] Napoli
In October 2000, he transferred to S.S.C. Napoli of Serie A, to replace young keeper Ferdinando Coppola who sold to Bologna. His first choice place was lost to new signing Alberto Fontana in January 2001. He regain his first choice due to Napoli relegated to Serie B. In 2002-03 season, with the backup of Marco Storari and then Emanuele Manitta, he still made 27 appearances at age of 35.
[edit] Late career
In summer 2003, he joined Pisa of Serie C1 due to Napoli choose to sign Manitta permanently.
In January 2005, he transferred to Sambenedettese of Serie C1, in exchange with Domenico Di Dio.
He then played for Teramo, Salernitana and A.C. Martina, all in Serie C1.
[edit] Post-playing career
On July 2010 he was announced as new goalkeeping coach of former club Foggia, where he will work as part of the backroom staff of his mentor Zdeněk Zeman. Later on July 2011, he followed Zeman at Serie B club Pescara.[1]
[edit] Honours and awards
- Serie B champions: 1991 (Foggia)
[edit] References
- ^ "Pescara, ecco lo staff tecnico di Zdenek Zeman" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 1 July 2011. http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/?action=read&id=278563. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
[edit] External links
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Italian footballers
- F.C. Matera players
- U.S. Foggia players
- S.S. Lazio players
- A.S. Bari players
- S.S.C. Napoli players
- Pisa Calcio players
- Salernitana Calcio 1919 players
- A.C. Martina players
- S.S. Sambenedettese Calcio players
- Serie A footballers
- Serie B footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- People from Matera
