Vagner do Carmo Mancini (born 24 October 1966) is a Brazilian professional

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and former player who is in charge of

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club

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Playing career

Born in

Ribeirão Preto Ribeirão Preto (Portuguese pronunciation: �ibejˈɾɐ̃w ˈpɾetu is a municipality and a metropolitan area located in the northeastern region of São Paulo state, Brazil. Ribeirão Preto is the eighth-largest municipality in the State wi ...

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, Mancini started his career with Guarani in 1988. He subsequently went on to represent Portuguesa,

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and

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before joining Grêmio in 1995. Mancini featured sparingly for the club during the season, being crowned champions of

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but losing the

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; he was

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in the first leg of the latter competition's final. Subsequently, he went on to play for São José-SP,

Coritiba Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as "Coxa-Branca" or "Coxa", is a Brazilian football club from Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest f ...

, Ponte Preta, Sãocarlense,

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Figueirense Figueirense Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Figueirense, is a Brazilian professional club based in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina founded on 12 June 1921. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third tier of Brazilian ...

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, Ituano and

Paulista Paulista is a municipality in Pernambuco, Brazil, with a population of 334,376 as of 2020. It has the highest Human Development Index (HDI) of the Recife metropolitan area. It is the birthplace of footballer Rivaldo and is also famous for its beac ...

, retiring with the latter in 2004 at the age of 37. In 1999, while injured at Sãocarlense, Mancini took over as an interim coach for ten days.

Coaching career

In May 2004, while still actively playing for Paulista, Mancini opted to retire after receiving a coaching offer. He was crowned champions of the

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with the side before accepting an offer from Al Nasr SC in April 2007. On 10 December 2007, Mancini returned to Brazil after being appointed head coach of former club Grêmio. He was sacked the following 14 February, despite being unbeaten, and was named Vitória head coach on 25 March. On 15 February 2009, Mancini left Vitória and was announced as head coach of Santos. Relieved from his duties on 13 July, he returned to Vitória on 12 August. On 11 December 2009, Mancini was appointed head coach of

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, but was dismissed on 25 March of the following year. On 15 April 2010 he was presented at another club he represented as a player, Guarani, but after failing to avoid relegation, he resigned on 5 December. On 26 September 2011, after a short stint at

, Mancini was appointed as new head coach of Cruzeiro. The following 10 May, he resigned after being knocked out of two competitions in the same week. On 15 May 2012, Mancini signed with Sport (another club he represented as a player) until the end of the year. He was sacked on 11 August, and joined Náutico the following 1 February. Dismissed on 8 April 2013, Mancini was appointed at the helm of

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on 10 July, with the club in the relegation places. He managed to reach the finals of the

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, while also finishing third in the league; his contract, nonetheless, was not renewed. After two consecutive relegations with

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and Vitória, Mancini was appointed as new head coach of Chapecoense on 9 December 2016. He was relieved from his duties on 4 July 2017, after a 3–3 draw against

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. On 25 July 2017, Mancini returned to Vitória for a fourth stint, and managed to narrowly avoid relegation at the end of the season. On 29 July of the following year, after a 4–0 loss at Atlético Paranaense, he was dismissed. On 2 January 2019, Mancini joined

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as the club's technical coordinator. On 14 February, he was named interim coach after the club announced a deal with Cuca, out due to health problems; in April, as Cuca was given the green light to manage, he returned to his previous role. On 14 October 2019, after leaving São Paulo, Mancini was appointed head coach of

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until the end of the season, and left the club after four wins in 13 matches. On 25 June 2020, he replaced dismissed

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at the helm of fellow top tier side

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. On 12 October 2020, Mancini was appointed head coach of

, signing a contract until the end of 2021. On 16 May of the following year, after being knocked out of the

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, he was sacked. On 19 June 2021, Mancini was appointed head coach of another top tier side,

. He resigned on 14 October, and was named at the helm of Grêmio for a second spell just hours later. Mancini was unable to avoid Grêmio's

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, and was subsequently sacked on 14 February 2022. On 12 April, he returned to América in the place of

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Personal life

Mancini's son

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is also a footballer. A

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, he plays for Confiança.

Coaching statistics

Honours

Player

;Grêmio *

Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho Série A1 (Gaúcho Championship A1 Series or Série A1), officially named as Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1 and commonly known as Campeonato Gaúcho or Gauchã ...

: 1995 *

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; Figueirense *

Campeonato Catarinense The Campeonato Catarinense de Futebol, known as Campeonato Catarinense or simply Catarinense, is the main competition of association football from state of Santa Catarina, in Brazil. History The Campeonato Catarinense top level has had several ...

: 2003

Coach

;Paulista *

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; Vitória *

Campeonato Baiano The Campeonato Baiano is the football league of the state of Bahia, Brazil. The championship has been played since 1905 without interruption. 2020 format First stage: 10 teams are included in one group, playing once only against all teams in ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

;Ceará *

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: 2011 ;Chapecoense *

: 2017

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mancini, Vagner 1966 births Living people People from Ribeirão Preto Brazilian footballers Brazilian football managers Brazilian expatriate football managers Brazilian people of Italian descent Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B managers Expatriate football managers in the United Arab Emirates Association football midfielders Guarani FC players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Clube Atlético Bragantino players Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) players Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players São José Esporte Clube players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players Grêmio Esportivo Sãocarlense players Ceará Sporting Club players Figueirense FC players Sport Club do Recife players Ituano FC players Paulista Futebol Clube players Grêmio Esportivo Sãocarlense managers Paulista Futebol Clube managers Al-Nasr SC (Dubai) managers Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense managers Esporte Clube Vitória managers Santos FC managers CR Vasco da Gama managers Guarani FC managers Ceará Sporting Club managers Cruzeiro Esporte Clube managers Sport Club do Recife managers Clube Náutico Capibaribe managers Club Athletico Paranaense managers Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas managers Associação Chapecoense de Futebol managers São Paulo FC managers Clube Atlético Mineiro managers Atlético Clube Goianiense managers Sport Club Corinthians Paulista managers América Futebol Clube (MG) managers Footballers from São Paulo (state)