Emanuel Hernán Mammana (; born 10 February 1996) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a centre-back for Argentine Primera División club Vélez Sarsfield.

Club career

River Plate

Mammana made his debut for River Plate on 3 December, in the 2014 Copa Sudamericana Final 1st leg. He scored his first senior goal on 14 March 2016, in a 4–1 loss to Colón.

Lyon

On 7 July 2016, he signed a five-year contract with French club

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. He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw with

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Zenit Saint Petersburg

On 31 July 2017, Mammana signed a five-year contract with the Russian club FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. On 11 March 2018 in a game against

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he suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury which forced him to miss almost six months of games, that time period included the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Upon his recovery, he could not get back into the lineup in the 2018–19 season. On 6 October 2019, he suffered another ligament injury in a game against

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and missed 9 more months of games, before returning in the last game of the 2019–20 season. In June 2021, after returning from Sochi loan, he was sent by Zenit to train with the second team,

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. On 7 January 2022, his contract with Zenit was terminated by mutual consent.

Loan to Sochi

On 7 August 2020, he joined

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on loan for the 2020–21 season. On 19 July 2021, Mammana returned to Sochi on loan for the 2021–22 season.

Return to River Plate

On 10 January 2022, Mammana rescinded his contract with Zenit, and returned to River Plate.

International career

Mammana played his first international game with the senior national team on 7 June 2014 in a 2–0 win against

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coming on as a substitute for

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in the 77th minute.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

River Plate * Primera División: 2014 Final,

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* Copa Sudamericana:

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* Recopa Sudamericana: 2015 * Copa Libertadores: 2015 * Suruga Bank: 2015 Zenit Saint Petersburg *

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: 2018–19, 2019–20 * Russian Cup: 2019–20

International

Argentina U20 *

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: 2015 Argentina * Superclásico de las Américas:

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References

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* 1996 births Living people Argentine men's footballers Argentina men's international footballers Argentina men's youth international footballers Argentina men's under-20 international footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine Primera División players Ligue 1 players Championnat National 2 players Club Atlético River Plate footballers Olympique Lyonnais players Expatriate men's footballers in France Argentine expatriate sportspeople in France Men's association football defenders Footballers from Buenos Aires FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players PFC Sochi players Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Russia Russian Premier League players Copa Libertadores-winning players Copa Sudamericana-winning players Men's association football central defenders Sportspeople from Merlo Partido {{Argentina-footy-defender-1990s-stub