Moreno Mannini (; born 15 August 1962) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a

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Club career

Born in Imola, Province of Bologna, Mannini started playing professionally with

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in Serie B, appearing in 36 games in his second season as the Lombardy team promoted to Serie A. In the following off-season he signed with fellow top-divisioner U.C. Sampdoria, where he remained for the following 15 years almost always as an undisputed starter. In the late 1980s and early 1990s he was part of a defensive sector which also included Gianluca Pagliuca, Luca Pellegrini,

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, with Roberto Mancini and

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providing the goals. During his spell with ''Samp'', Mannini won four Coppa Italia and the 1991 national championship, scoring a crucial goal in the latter competition on 19 May in a 3–0 home win against

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. He also appeared in two UEFA finals in the 1990s, winning the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup against

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the

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against FC Barcelona, the latter match played at Wembley. In the 1999 summer, following Sampdoria's top level relegation, 37-year-old Mannini – who appeared in 510 official games for the club, netting eight times – left Genoa and signed for Nottingham Forest in the Football League Championship, reuniting at the English side with former Sampdoria teammate (and manager) David Platt. He made his official debut on 7 August 1999 in a 3–1 away loss against

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,Moreno Mannini
at Sporting Heroes leaving in the following

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and closing out his career after a few months with his first team, amateurs Imolese Calcio 1919.

International career

Mannini gained ten

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for Italy, his debut coming on 19 February 1992 at nearly 30 years of age, in a 4–0 friendly win with San Marino in

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. Barred by Giuseppe Bergomi first and

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later, he never attended any major international tournament, however.

Honours

Sampdoria * UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1989–90; runner-up 1988–89 * Serie A: 1990–91 * Coppa Italia: 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1993–94; runner-up 1985–86, 1990–91 *

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; runner-up

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: runner-up 1991–92

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mannini, Moreno 1962 births Living people Italian footballers Association football defenders Italy international footballers Serie A players Serie B players English Football League players Como 1907 players U.C. Sampdoria players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Imolese Calcio 1919 players Italian expatriate footballers Italian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate footballers in England