Matteo Mancosu

Matteo Mancosu
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-12-22) 22 December 1984
Place of birth Cagliari, Italy
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Montreal Impact
(on loan from Bologna)
Number 21
Youth career
2000–2001 Scuola Calcio Johannes[1][2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Atletico Calcio 73 (7)
2004–2006 Nuorese 54 (20)
2006–2010 Villacidrese 113 (46)
2010–2011 Latina 20 (5)
2011–2012 Vigor Lamezia 37 (20)
2012–2015 Trapani 88 (51)
2015– Bologna 26 (1)
2016 → Carpi (loan) 12 (1)
2016– → Montreal Impact (loan) 15 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 October 2016.


Matteo Mancosu (born 22 December 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays for Montreal Impact on loan from Bologna as a forward.

Club career

Atletico Elmas and Atletico Calcio

Born in Cagliari, Sardinia, Mancosu played in the youth team of the Scuola Calcio Johannes[2] of Cagliari, and while he was not able to pass any of several trials with Cagliari, the main Sardinian football team, he managed to break into the squad of the Atletico Elmas in Serie D.[1] Mancosu played 4 seasons in Serie D with Atletico Elmas, which was renamed Atletico Calcio in 2002, scoring 7 goals in 73 matches.[3]

Nuorese

Mancosu moved down in Eccellenza in November 2004, to play with Nuorese. In his first year he contributed to the promotion of the Sardinian club scoring 14 goals in 31 matches.[3] He also played for Nuorese in Serie D the next season, scoring 6 goals in 23 matches.[3]

Villacidrese

Mancosu moved to another Sardinian team in 2006. He will play the next 4 seasons for Villacidrese. In his first 3 seasons there, in 91 matches in Serie D Mancosu scored 43 goals, 18 of whose while leading them to promotion in 2008–2009.[3] Mancosu played the fourth and final season for Villacidrese in Seconda Divisione, scoring 7 goals in 22 matches.[3]

Latina

Mancosu moved to his first team outside Sardinia only in 2010–2011, at the age of 25. He played for one season for Latina in Seconda Divisione, scoring just 5 goals in 20 matches.[3]

Vigor Lamezia

Mancosu moved then to Vigor Lamezia in 2011–2012. He played for the Calabrian side only that season, in Seconda Divisione, and he went to score 20 goals in 37 matches,[3] a career best.

Trapani

Mancosu finally got the chance to debut in Prima Divisione when he joined Trapani in the summer of 2012. Specifically selected to improve a squad that had been very close to the promotion the previous year, Mancosu lead the Sicilian side to a historic first promotion in Serie B scoring 15 times in 29 matches.[3] Mancosu has been leading the forward line of Trapani also during the 2013–14 Serie B season, scoring 19 goals in the first 27 matches, a record for a rookie.[4] He finished the season as the top-scorer in Serie B with 26 goals in 40 appearances.[5]

Bologna

On 26 January 2015, Mancosu was acquired by Bologna[5] for €1.1 million in a 2½-year contract.[6] On 22 August 2015, he made his Serie A debut on the opening fixture of the 2015–16 Serie A season, a 2–1 defeat against Lazio at the age of 30, scoring his first goal in Serie A in the same match.[7]

Loans to Carpi and Montreal

On 12 January 2016, he was loaned out by Bologna to Carpi.[8] Carpi also had a buy option and an obligation to purchase his contract outright if Carpi was not relegated.[9] He scored his first goal for the team on his club debut, on 13 January, in a 2–1 away defeat to Milan in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia.[10] At the end of season Mancosu returned to Bologna, as the conditional obligation was not achieved nor the option was activated.

On 7 July, he was sent on loan once again, to Canadian side Montreal Impact in Major League Soccer in a 1-year loan.[11][12] The club was also owned by Joey Saputo, chairman of Bologna. Mancosu made his debut for the club coming on as a substitute in a 3–1 home defeat to New York City F.C. on 17 July.[13]

Personal life

Two of Mancosu's brothers are professional footballers: the younger Marco Mancosu is a midfielder for Benevento in Prima Divisione, and the youngest, Marcello Mancosu, is also a striker as well, who plays on the right wing, and who has currently been loaned out to Prima Divisione side Pavia from Trapani.

Honours

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 Massimiliano Piras (2014-03-01). "Mancosu:"Esploso in ritardo? Ci sono tanti motivi. Sardegna? Sempre nel cuore"" (in Italian). Cagliari News 24. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
  2. 1 2 "Scuola Calcio Johannes Facebook page" (in Italian). Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Matteo Mancosu". Trapani Calcio official website (in Italian). Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  4. ↑ Nicola Binda (2014-04-04). "SuperMancosu: Il record di gol è un trampolino "Serie A Arrivo"" (in Italian). Gazzetta dello Sport.
  5. 1 2 3 "Matteo Mancosu ceduto al Bologna" (in Italian). Trapani Calcio. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Bologna F.C. 1909 S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2015, PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A. (in Italian)
  7. ↑ Nicola Berardino (22 August 2015). "Lazio-Bologna 2-1: Biglia e Kishna non perdonano, Mancosu non basta a Rossi" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Bologna, Mancosu in prestito al Carpi" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Mercato: ufficiale Mancosu!" (in Italian). Carpi F.C. 1909. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Coppa Italia, Milan-Carpi 2-1: Bacca, Niang e Mancosu" (in Italian). Tutto Sport. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  11. ↑ "Mancosu al Montreal Impact" (in Italian). Bologna F.C. 1909. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  12. ↑ Sam Stejskal (7 July 2016). "Montreal Impact acquire Italian striker Matteo Mancosu on year-long loan". MLS Soccer. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  13. ↑ "David Villa helps NYC keep MLS East lead with win over Impact". CBC. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
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