Manuel Marani (born 7 June 1984)Soccerway profile
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player from San Marino, who last played for

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and formerly for the San Marino national football team.

Career

Notably, he scored a late equalizer for San Marino against the Republic of Ireland on 7 February 2007. The goal nearly earned San Marino what would have been their greatest result, namely their third score draw in a competitive match and their second against a high-ranking team (the first came against Turkey, second against

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). However,

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scored a winner for the visitors just seconds before the end of injury time. He is also one of three people to have scored more than one goal for San Marino with the others being

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and Filippo Berardi.

International goals

References

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