Devis Mangia (; born 6 June 1974) is an Italian
association football
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manager, most recently in charge of the
Malta national football team
The Malta national football team ( mt, Tim nazzjonali tal-futbol ta' Malta) represents Malta in international football and is controlled by the Malta Football Association, the governing body for football in Malta.
The first official game pl ...
.
Managing career
Early years
Mangia started his coaching career at age 30, working alongside
Sean Sogliano at
Eccellenza
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club
Varese
Varese ( , , or ; lmo, label= Varesino, Varés ; la, Baretium; archaic german: Väris) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 has reached 80,559.
It is the c ...
and leading them to two promotion, and back into professionalism, in three years. He successively worked at
Serie D
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and
Serie C2 clubs from the Northern Italy such as
Tritium
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,
Ivrea
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and
Valenzana
Valenzana Mado is an Italian football club, based in Valenza, Piedmont. Currently it plays in Promozione Piedmont and Aosta Valley.
History
Valenzana Mado
The club was founded in 2012 after the merger of Valenzana Calcio and G.S. Mado. It ...
. In 2010, he returned at Varese, this time as youth coach, and guided a team composed by unknown youngsters to a spot in the
Campionato Nazionale Primavera final.
Palermo
In June 2011, Mangia agreed to follow director of football Sean Sogliano at
Palermo, accepting a job offer as head of the under-19 team at the Sicilian club in place of
Paolo Beruatto.
Later on 31 August, Mangia was surprisingly appointed as temporary head coach following the dismissal of
Stefano Pioli, under recommendation by Sogliano; despite not having the required coaching badges, he was allowed to serve as head coach due to having been admitted to the national 2011–12 UEFA Pro license course. His first game in charge of team duties, played on 11 September against European powerhouse
Inter
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, saw Palermo, now switched to a brand-new 4–4–2 tactical disposition, achieving an astonishing 4–3 win thanks to a brace from captain
Fabrizio Miccoli
Fabrizio Miccoli (; born on 27 June 1979) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
He scored 103 goals in 259 matches in Serie A across nine seasons, representing Perugia, Juventus, Fiorentina and Palermo, also spen ...
. Under Mangia's tenure, Palermo significantly improved and achieved three wins and 10 points in the first five Serie A games, including a consecutive two games with a clean sheet, a relevant feat for what was the second-worst defence in the previous season; such results, together with the strict relationship between Mangia and director of football
Sean Sogliano and
Delio Rossi
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Playing career
Rossi was born in Rimini. His playing career ...
's confirmed refusal of a Palermo comeback, led the press to speculate about the possibility of him being offered a new contract as permanent head coach. Despite Sogliano's resignation as director of football on 2 November 2011, Mangia was then eventually offered a two-year contract as head coach, which he signed on 4 November 2011. On 19 December 2011, he was sacked from his position after the 2-0 derby defeat to Sicilian rivals,
Catania Calcio the day before, along with assistant coach
Onofrio Barone
Onofrio Barone (born 4 July 1964) is an Italian football coach and former player.
Playing career
Barone started his career at hometown club Palermo, a club he left in 1986 after it went bankrupt. He then joined Foggia in 1987 after a single negat ...
.
Italy U21
Devis Mangia has been hired as Italy's under-21 coach, replacing
Ciro Ferrara
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. Mangia described the job as "one of the most prestigious in Italian football" and says "it is a sign of great esteem and responsibility, I'm really happy". Mangia has vowed to follow the model of Italy's senior team coach
Cesare Prandelli, who guided the Azzurri to the
2012 UEFA European Football Championship
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final.
He guided the ''Azzurrini'' to qualification to the
2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
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, where the Italian team made it to the
final
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, where they were ultimately defeated 4–2 by
Spain
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, i ...
. He stepped down from his role after the end of the tournament.
Spezia / Bari
On 16 December 2013, Mangia was named new head coach of ambitious
Serie B
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club
Spezia
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La Spezia is the second largest cit ...
, guiding them to eighth place and qualification to the promotion playoffs, where they were defeated 1–0 by
Modena in the first preliminary round and thus eliminated.
He successively left Spezia to become new head coach of
Serie B
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promotion hopefuls
Bari for the 2014–15 season, but was sacked on 16 November 2014 due to poor results.
Universitatea Craiova
On 23 May 2017, Mangia was named new head coach of Romanian team
CS Universitatea Craiova
U Craiova 1948 Club Sportiv, commonly known as Universitatea Craiova (), CS U Craiova, or simply U Craiova, is a Romanian professional football team based in Craiova, Dolj County, which competes in the Liga I, the top tier of the Romanian lea ...
. On 14 October, he was named "Coach of the First Half of the Season" by
LPF. On May 27, 2018 Universitatea won the Romanian Cup.
Malta national team
On 30 December 2019, the Malta Football Association announced the appointment of Devis Mangia as national teams’ head coach. Mangia signed a contract until 31 December 2023. Under his leadership, Malta's national team achieved the longest undefeated streak in its history (seven matches) between Sept. 6, 2020 and March 24, 2021.
On 27 September 2022, Devis Mangia was temporarily suspended by the Malta Football Association after allegedly having made sexual advances on a player in the Malta squad. A few days later, the Malta Football Association announced to have referred the case to the local police for investigation. On 7 November 2022 Mangia resigned from his position as head coach, despite denying the allegations.
Managerial statistics
Honours
Manager
;Universitatea Craiova
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Cupa României:
2017–18
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Supercupa României: Runner-up
2018
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References
External links
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1974 births
Living people
People from Cernusco sul Naviglio
Italian football managers
Italian expatriate football managers
S.S.D. Varese Calcio managers
Palermo F.C. managers
CS Universitatea Craiova managers
Serie A managers
Malta national football team managers
Footballers from Lombardy
Italian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Expatriate football managers in Romania
Expatriate football managers in Malta
Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Milan