Moreno Mannini

Moreno Mannini
Personal information
Date of birth	15 August 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth	Imola, Italy
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Youth career
1976–1980	Imolese
Senior career*
Years	Team
1980–1981	Imolese
1981–1982	Forlì
1982–1984	Como
1984–1999	Sampdoria
1999–2000	Nottingham Forest
2000	Imolese
Total
International career
1992–1993	Italy
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Moreno Mannini (Italian pronunciation: [moˈrɛːno manˈniːni]; born 15 August 1962) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a right-back.

Club career

Born in Imola, Province of Bologna, Mannini started playing professionally with Calcio Como in Serie B, appearing in 36 games in his second season as the Lombardy team promoted to Serie A. In the following off-season he signed with fellow top-divisioner U.C. Sampdoria, where he remained for the following 15 years almost always as an undisputed starter. In the late 1980s and early 1990s he was part of a defensive sector which also included Gianluca Pagliuca, Luca Pellegrini, Pietro Vierchowod and Amedeo Carboni, with Roberto Mancini and Gianluca Vialli providing the goals.

During his spell with Samp, Mannini won four Coppa Italia and the 1991 national championship, scoring a crucial goal in the latter competition on 19 May in a 3–0 home win against U.S. Lecce. He also appeared in two UEFA finals in the 1990s, winning the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup against R.S.C. Anderlecht and losing the European Cup against FC Barcelona, the latter match played at Wembley.

In the 1999 summer, following Sampdoria's top level relegation, 37-year-old Mannini – who appeared in 510 official games for the club, netting eight times – left Genoa and signed for Nottingham Forest in the Football League Championship, reuniting at the English side with former Sampdoria teammate (and manager) David Platt. He made his official debut on 7 August 1999 in a 3–1 away loss against Ipswich Town,^[1] leaving in the following transfer window and closing out his career after a few months with his first team, amateurs Imolese Calcio 1919.

International career

Mannini gained ten caps for Italy, his debut coming on 19 February 1992 at nearly 30 years of age, in a 4–0 friendly win with San Marino in Cesena.

Barred by Giuseppe Bergomi first and Antonio Benarrivo later, he never attended any major international tournament, however.

Honours

Sampdoria

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1989–90; runner-up 1988–89
Serie A: 1990–91
Coppa Italia: 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1993–94; runner-up 1985–86, 1990–91
Italian Supercup: 1991; runner-up 1988, 1989, 1994
European Cup: runner-up 1991–92

References

^ Moreno Mannini; at Sporting Heroes

External links

Moreno Mannini at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
National team data (in Italian) ^{[dead link]}
Moreno Mannini at National-Football-Teams.com
Moreno Mannini at Soccerbase

[1] Moreno Mannini; at Sporting Heroes

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