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:[moˈrɛːnomanˈniːni];born 15 August 1962) is an Italian former professionalfootballerwho played as aright-back.

Club career

Born inImola,Province of Bologna,Mannini started playing professionally withCalcio ComoinSerie B,appearing in 36 games inhis second seasonas theLombardyteam promoted toSerie A.In the following off-season he signed with fellow top-divisionerU.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 includedGianluca Pagliuca,Luca Pellegrini,Pietro VierchowodandAmedeo Carboni,withRoberto ManciniandGianluca Vialliproviding the goals.

During his spell withSamp,Mannini won fourCoppa Italiaand the1991 national championship,scoring a crucial goal in the latter competition on 19 May in a 3–0 home win againstU.S. Lecce.He also appeared in twoUEFAfinals in the 1990s,winningtheUEFA Cup Winners' CupagainstR.S.C. AnderlechtandlosingtheEuropean CupagainstFC Barcelona,the latter match played atWembley.

In the 1999 summer, followingSampdoria's top level relegation,37-year-old Mannini – who appeared in 510 official games for the club, netting eight times – leftGenoaand signed forNottingham Forestin theFootball 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 againstIpswich Town,^[1]leaving in the followingtransfer windowand closing out his career after a few months with his first team, amateurs Imolese Calcio 1919.

International career

Mannini gained tencapsforItaly,his debut coming on 19 February 1992 at nearly 30 years of age, in a 4–0friendlywin withSan MarinoinCesena.

Barred byGiuseppe Bergomifirst andAntonio Benarrivolater, he never attended any major international tournament, however.

Honours

Sampdoria

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:1989–90;runner-up1988–89
Serie A:1990–91
Coppa Italia:1984–85,1987–88,1988–89,1993–94;runner-up1985–86,1990–91
Italian Supercup:1991;runner-up1988,1989,1994
European Cup:runner-up1991–92

References

^Moreno Mannini;at Sporting Heroes

External links

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

[1] Moreno Mannini;at Sporting Heroes

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