Matheus Mancini (born 14 September 1994) is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Born in

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

, Mancini started his youth career at Olé Brasil and went on loan to Comercial in 2012. In 2013 he joined

Botafogo-SP Botafogo Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Botafogo-SP, Botafogo de Ribeirão Preto or simply Botafogo, is a Brazilian association football club in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo. They currently play in the Série B, the second tier of Braz ...

and had a brief loan spell at Grêmio's under-20 team in 2014. He made his senior debut on 8 April 2015, coming on as a substitute for Botafogo in a 3–1 away win against

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, for that year's

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. Later that year, Botafogo were crowned champions of the

Campeonato Brasileiro Série D The Campeonato Brasileiro Série D (English: Brazilian Championship Serie D) is the fourth division of the Brazilian football league system, and was announced by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) on April 9, 2008. The Campeonato Brasileir ...

. On 18 April 2017, Mancini transferred to

Atlético Mineiro Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico *Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy *Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...

on a two-year contract. He was initially assigned to the reserve squad, but joined the senior team after one month. He made his debut for the club on 25 June 2017, playing the full 90 minutes of the 1–0 away win over Chapecoense, for the Série A. He finished his first season at Atlético with a total of six appearances. On 20 August 2018, Mancini joined Série B club

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on loan from Atlético.

Personal life

He is the son of former footballer and current manager

Vágner Mancini Vagner do Carmo Mancini (born 24 October 1966) is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who is in charge of Brazilian Série A club América Mineiro. Playing career Born in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Mancini started his ca ...

Honours

;Botafogo-SP *

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; Confiança *

Campeonato Sergipano The Campeonato Sergipano is the state football league of Sergipe, Brazil. Format During the 2022 season, The tournament is divided in three stages. In the 1st round, 10 clubs were split in 2 groups of 5 teams in each. The teams played 2 matche ...

: 2020

References

External links

Matheus Mancini
at Atlético Mineiro's official website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mancini, Matheus Living people 1994 births Footballers from São Paulo Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) players Clube Atlético Mineiro players Londrina Esporte Clube players Criciúma Esporte Clube players Liga Portugal 2 players Académica de Coimbra (football) players Associação Desportiva Confiança players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal