Andrea Mantovani (born 22 June 1984) is an Italian

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who plays in the defender position.

Club career

Torino

Mantovani started his career at

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. He was a member of the Allievi Nazionali Under-17 team in the 2000–01 season. In the 2002–03 season, he occasionally received first-team call-up and made his debut on 19 January 2003 against

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, where he replaced Gianluca Comotto at half-time. The match ended in a 0–0 draw. After Torino was relegated in 2003, he was loaned to Serie B side

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. In the 2004–05 season, Mantovani returned to

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and played as one of the regular starters; he was awarded the no.4 shirt. The team won the promotion playoffs but then went bankrupt.

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allowed a new successor team to be admitted in 2005–06 Serie B, but the players were also allowed to leave on a free transfer.

Chievo

In August 2005, he was signed by

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side

Chievo Chievo (4,500 inhabitants) is a frazione of Verona located to the west of the city, around from the historic city centre, on the shores of the river Adige. It is best known for its football team, A.C. ChievoVerona, which competes in the second ...

along with teammate Giovanni Marchese and, on 30 August, sold to Torino's rival

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in co-ownership for a nominal fee of €1,000. He was immediately loaned back to Chievo and played 4 league matches. Partially due to the 2006 Italian football scandal,

terminated all ongoing co-ownership deals in June 2006, and Mantovani was sold back to Chievo for about €301,000. He played 3 out of 4 European matches of Chievo, which exited in both the

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3rd qualifying round and

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first round. Mantovani played 15 league starts in the 2006–07 season. Chievo slipped from 4th (post-trail) or 7th (pre-trail) in 2005–06 to 18th that season, and Mantovani followed the team relegated to Serie B. At Serie B, Mantovani became an absolute starter, started 36 out of 42 matches, missed round 16 and round 22 due to suspension, 1 match as a substitute and rested in the last round (round 42). In June 2008, he signed a new 4-year contract with the club. After returning to Serie A, he continued to play as a regular and helped the team survive the relegation battle. In the 2009–10 season, he played as a left-back or one of the 3 central defenders in the 352 formation and helped the team remain in Serie A. He was either ahead of

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as left back or partnered with Jokić on the left flank: Jokić as wingback and Mantovani as left central defender.

Palermo

On 6 July 2011, after weeks of speculation surrounding his future, Mantovani agreed on a four-year deal with Palermo with a €3.5 million transfer fee, thus re-joining his former Chievo head coach

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to Sicily. He debuted with the ''rosanero'' on 28 July against

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in the

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. He spent the 2013–14 season on loan to

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. He was subsequently released on mutual consent on 11 September 2014.

Perugia

He was signed by

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in 2015.

Vicenza

On 27 July 2015 he was signed by

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Novara

On 30 January 2016 Mantovani was signed by

Novara Novara (, Novarese: ) is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With 101,916 inhabitants (on 1 January 2021), it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. It i ...

, with Francesco Signori moved to opposite direction.

International career

He was a part of the Italy national under-19 team which won the 2003 European Under-19 Championship, and played 16 games for the Italy national under-19 team. He also played at 2001 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship,

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and 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

Honours

Club

;Chievo *

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: 2007–08 ;Torino *

Runner-up: 2004–05

International

;Italy U-19 * European Under-19 Championship: 2003 ;Italy U-20 *

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: 2006

References

External links

National team official statistics

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mantovani, Andrea 1984 births Living people Italian men's footballers Italy men's youth international footballers Italy men's under-21 international footballers Serie A players Serie B players Torino FC players US Triestina Calcio 1918 players AC ChievoVerona players Palermo FC players Bologna FC 1909 players LR Vicenza players Novara FC players Men's association football defenders Footballers from Turin