Marcello Mancosu (born 15 April 1992) is an Italian

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who plays as a

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for Tuttocuoio.

Career

Born in

Cagliari Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...

, Sardinia, Mancosu started his career at

Cagliari Calcio Cagliari Calcio, commonly referred to as Cagliari (), is an Italian football club based in Cagliari, Sardinia. In the 2022-23 season, they compete in Serie B. As of 2021–22, the team is temporarily playing their home games at the 16,416-seat ...

, where his elder brother

Matteo Matteo is the Italian form of the given name Matthew. Another form is Mattia. The Hebrew meaning of Matteo is "gift of god". Matteo can also be used as a patronymic surname, often in the forms of de Matteo, De Matteo or DeMatteo, meaning " escen ...

was a member of the first team in 2007–08 season. Mancosu was a player for their under–17 team in 2008–09 season. He only able to play once for Cagliari's reserves in the next season, on 27 February 2010 (round 18). Mancosu left for amateur club

Selargius Selargius, Ceràrgius or Ceraxius in Sardinian, is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northeast of Cagliari. , it has a population of 28,905. The village exists since th ...

in 2010, where he played seasons in the fifth tier. On 31 January 2014 Mancosu was signed by fellow Sardinian club

Trapani Trapani ( , ; scn, Tràpani ; lat, Drepanum; grc, Δρέπανον) is a city and municipality (''comune'') on the west coast of Sicily, in Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Trapani. Founded by Elymians, the city is still an impor ...

. However, he was immediately farmed to

Lega Pro Prima Divisione Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1. Before the 1978� ...

from the Serie B club, unable to play along with his eldest brother Matteo who was a member of Trapani's first team (until January 2015). On 23 July Marcello left for another Lega Pro club

Gubbio Gubbio () is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia (Umbria). It is located on the lowest slope of Mt. Ingino, a small mountain of the Apennines. History The city's origins are very ancient. ...

. Mancosu brothers received call-up to 2014 pre-season camp on 12 July. In July 2015 Mancosu was signed by

Lumezzane Lumezzane (Brescian: ; locally ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. With a population of 22,255 () it is one of the largest towns in the province of Brescia. It is situated in the Gobbia Valley, which is a side val ...

, his third Lega Pro club. On 22 August Mancosu remained in the third tier, signing for Lupa Roma.

Personal life

Mancosu is the youngest brother of fellow footballers

and

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mancosu, Marcello Italian men's footballers Cagliari Calcio players SSD FC Trapani 1905 players AC Pavia 1911 SSD players AS Gubbio 1910 players FC Lumezzane players AC Tuttocuoio 1957 San Miniato players Serie C players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Cagliari 1992 births Living people