Marco Mancosu (born 22 August 1988) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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 ...

Club career

Cagliari

Born in

Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...

, Mancosu started his career with hometown club

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 ...

and made his

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debut in the last round of 2006–07 season, also scoring a goal in his first top-flight appearance, and then made 10 first team appearances in the following 2007–08 season. He joined

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...

side

Rimini Calcio Rimini Football Club 1912 is an Italian association football club based in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna that plays in the third-tier Serie C. The original club was founded in 1912. Their home ground is the 9786-seat Stadio Romeo Neri. History The ...

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for the 2008–09 season in order to gain more first team experience. He joined

Empoli Empoli () is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy, about southwest of Florence, to the south of the Arno in a plain formed by the river. The plain has been usable for agriculture since Roman times. The comm ...

on loan on 10 August 2009.

Siracusa

On 13 August 2010, it was confirmed that Mancosu was sold to

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side

U.S. Siracusa U.S. Siracusa S.r.l., commonly referred to as simply Siracusa, was an Football in Italy, Italian association football club located in Syracuse, Sicily. The club withdrew from professional football in 2012. An illegitimate phoenix club, was pro ...

, on a co-ownership deal. The Sicilian club, recently underwent a second consecutive promotion from the

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in 2008 to the

this season. In June 2011, Cagliari bought back Mancosu from the co-owner. In August 2011, he returned to Siracusa on a season-long loan deal. Mancosu was a key person for Siracusa successful campaign which was the first before the winter break.

Benevento

In 2012, he moved to

Benevento Benevento (, , ; la, Beneventum) is a city and ''comune'' of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill above sea level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino (or Beneventano) and the ...

, where he spent two years.

Casertana

In 2014, he was signed by

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, where he spent two seasons.

Lecce

In July 2016 he joined

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. He made his debut with the ''giallorossi'' side on 30 July 2016, in a 2–1 home win against AltoVicentino in the

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. He was a regular starter for the team in

Lega Pro The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega Pro ...

during the 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons. On 27 August 2018 he scored in an away fixture against

, in his first

game in eight years. In January 2019, he was named the team's new

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, as his predecessor,

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, had recently been sold by the club.

Return to Cagliari

On 17 August 2022, Mancosu's contract with

SPAL Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor, commonly known as S.P.A.L. (), is a professional football club based in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The team plays in Serie B, the second tier of the Italian football league system. Founded in 1907, since ...

was terminated by mutual consent. On the next day, Mancosu signed a two-year contract with

International career

On 12 August 2009, he made his debut with the Italy under-21 team in a friendly game against

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. Mancosu played all 5 matches of

2005 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship The 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the fourth edition of UEFA's European Under-17 Football Championship. Italy hosted the championship, during 3–14 May. Turkey defeated Netherlands in the final to win the competition for the second ...

and all 3 matches of

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Personal life

Mancosu has two brothers who are also professional footballers, the elder

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and the youngest

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. In May 2021, Mancosu revealed that an operation that he had earlier in the year in March was to remove a tumour and on 26 May 2021 Mancosu was declared free of cancer.

Career Statistics

References

External links

AIC Profile

FIGC Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mancosu, Marco 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Cagliari Association football midfielders Italian footballers Italy under-21 international footballers Italy youth international footballers Cagliari Calcio players Rimini F.C. 1912 players Empoli F.C. players U.S. Lecce players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Footballers from Sardinia