Roberto Mancini is an Italian football manager and former player.
64 Facts About Roberto Mancini
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Roberto Mancini is the current head coach of the Italy national team.
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Roberto Mancini was capped 36 times for Italy, taking part at UEFA Euro 1988 and the 1990 FIFA World Cup, achieving semi-final finishes in both tournaments, although he was never put onto the pitch during the 1990 tournament.
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In 1997, after 15 years at Sampdoria, Roberto Mancini left the club to join Lazio, where he won a further scudetto and Cup Winners' Cup, in addition to the UEFA Super Cup and two more Coppa Italia titles.
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In 2004, Roberto Mancini was offered the manager's job at Inter Milan, with which he won three consecutive Serie A titles, a club record; he was dismissed in 2008.
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Roberto Mancini took over managerial duties at Turkish club Galatasaray in September 2013, winning the Turkish Cup in his only season at the club, before returning to Inter Milan for two more years before managing Russian side Zenit.
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In 2021, Roberto Mancini guided Italy to their second-ever European Championship at Euro 2020.
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Roberto Mancini holds a number of records, including most consecutive Coppa Italia finals from 2004 to 2008, with Lazio once in 2004 and with Inter Milan in the following four seasons.
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Roberto Mancini was born in the small town of Iesi, Marche, on 27 November 1964, but then moved onto the mountain town of Roccadaspide and was raised by Aldo and Marianna Roberto Mancini along with his younger sister Stephanie.
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Roberto Mancini had served as an altar boy in his youth.
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At 27, Roberto Mancini sat on the interview panel that selected Sven-Goran Eriksson as manager.
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Roberto Mancini attended board meetings and had a say in transfer business.
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In David Platt's 1995 autobiography, Achieving the Goal, he described the day he met Sampdoria in Genoa while playing for Bari and, lining up in the tunnel, became aware that Roberto Mancini was looking his way.
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Roberto Mancini had been at the club years and was almost a son to the president, Paolo Mantovani.
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At that stage, Roberto Mancini had established himself as the most powerful voice in the Blucerchiati dressing room.
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Roberto Mancini joined Lazio's coaching staff as Sven-Goran Eriksson's number two.
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Roberto Mancini was the coach, he was the kit man, he was the bus driver, everything.
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At the under-21 level, Roberto Mancini was part of the team which reached the semi-finals in the 1984 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and finished runners-up in 1986.
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Roberto Mancini was a non-playing member of Azeglio Vicini's Italian squad that finished in third place at the 1990 World Cup on home soil.
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Roberto Mancini was kept out of the side by competition from Gianluca Vialli, Salvatore Schillaci, Andrea Carnevale and Roberto Baggio.
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An elegant, classy, and skilful player, Roberto Mancini was renowned for his flair, ball control, technical ability, and dribbling skills, as well as his change of pace, despite not being as quick as other players in his position; moreover, he was renowned for his tactical intelligence, which he developed over time.
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Roberto Mancini frequently stood out because of this latter attribute, as well as due to his strong character and leadership qualities, which made him an effective captain for his teams.
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Roberto Mancini was often a vocal presence on the football pitch, regularly organising and motivating his teammates, as well as discussing with opponents and arguing with referees.
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Roberto Mancini was highly regarded for his defensive work-rate off the ball, despite initially being criticised for his defensive contribution by manager Renzo Ulivieri in his early career.
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Roberto Mancini is regarded as one of the best Italian players of his generation, and as one of Italy's greatest ever number 10s.
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Roberto Mancini therefore needed special dispensation from the Italian football authorities to take the post at Fiorentina, which was given on 4 March 2001.
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Roberto Mancini was out on loan to Leicester City and returned after four matches to take the Fiorentina job on 26 February 2001.
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Fiorentina was plagued by financial problems and Roberto Mancini made occasional playing appearances himself.
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On 9 May 2002, Roberto Mancini was appointed manager of Lazio.
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Roberto Mancini was again restricted by financial considerations, having to sell key players such as Hernan Crespo and Alessandro Nesta, and players were forced to take an 80 percent pay cut.
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Roberto Mancini became the third coach in the history of Inter Milan to win back-to-back league titles after Alfredo Foni and Helenio Herrera.
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Roberto Mancini was not involved in the incident, but camera footage showed him attempting to block a camera's view before he was seen shrugging his shoulders and walking away.
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Roberto Mancini's reputation continued to grow as he added a third consecutive Serie A title to his honours.
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Roberto Mancini rescinded this decision a day later after meeting with Moratti.
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Roberto Mancini was linked to the vacant Chelsea manager's position in May 2008 and then the same role at Notts County.
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On 30 October 2009, Roberto Mancini won compensation for his sacking by Inter.
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The contract settlement meant Roberto Mancini was actually unemployable by any other club from May 2008 to October 2009.
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On 19 December 2009, Roberto Mancini was publicly revealed to be taking over as manager of Manchester City on a three-and-a-half-year deal following the sacking of Mark Hughes.
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City's Premier League form tailed off again in the new year, with City jointly contesting the FA Cup and Europa League, and Roberto Mancini cited burnout for losing ground in the league title race.
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Roberto Mancini later believed the match was a seminal moment in the development of his team, demonstrating that City was a better team than United.
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Roberto Mancini believed that the match helped to carve out a fighting spirit that his team had previously lacked.
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Roberto Mancini stated pre-season that Manchester City's long-term aim was to win the Champions League.
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Roberto Mancini declared that he envisaged less transfer activity in the summer, and was content with his attacking strikers.
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On 9 July 2012, City announced that Roberto Mancini had signed a new five-year deal, meaning that he was contracted with the club until summer 2017.
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On 30 September 2013, Roberto Mancini signed a three-year contract with Turkish side Galatasaray, taking over from the previous coach Fatih Terim, who had left to take over as coach of the Turkey national team.
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On 14 November 2014, Roberto Mancini agreed to a surprise return at his previous club Inter Milan, replacing Walter Mazzarri at the helm of the Nerazzurri.
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On 8 August 2016, Roberto Mancini left Inter on a mutual agreement.
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On 1 June 2017, Roberto Mancini was appointed as a manager of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.
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On 13 May 2018, Roberto Mancini terminated his contract by mutual consent.
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Roberto Mancini succeeded caretaker Luigi Di Biagio on 14 May 2018 as manager of the Italy national team.
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Roberto Mancini signed an incentive-based contract, which would run until 2020, extended automatically to 2022 if Italy was to qualify for Euro 2020.
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Roberto Mancini's team did not include only players from the big teams based in Milan, Rome or Turin.
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On 5 September 2021, Roberto Mancini led Italy to their 36th unbeaten match, surpassing the world record of 35 set by Brazil and Spain.
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At Manchester City, Roberto Mancini had inherited a team from Mark Hughes, which while showing great prolificity and potential in front of goal, had an insecure defence.
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Roberto Mancini's training methods have been criticised by some City players, especially by ex-Manchester City fitness coach Raymond Verheijen, who is a personal fitness coach for Craig Bellamy.
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Roberto Mancini is known to use the media to alleviate the pressure from his players.
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Roberto Mancini's players believed his approach alleviated pressure and helped City to win the last six league matches, which won the title on goal difference.
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Roberto Mancini stated afterwards that he always believed personally that City could win the title, but wanted his players to prove they could despite his public statements suggesting otherwise.
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Roberto Mancini has been known for giving opportunities to young players, with Nicolo Zaniolo and Sandro Tonali given call-ups to the national team even before making their debuts in Serie A Promising young players like Nicolo Barella, Federico Chiesa and Moise Kean were called up under him.
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Roberto Mancini was awarded a Tapiro d'Oro by the TV broadcast Striscia la notizia for his bad behaviour.
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Roberto Mancini is married to Federica Morelli, although reports in 2015 had stated they had been in the processes of separating.
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Roberto Mancini has joked about watching the soap opera Coronation Street to help improve his English.
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Roberto Mancini has maintained a tradition of wearing a scarf of his club's colours.
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On 6 November 2020, Roberto Mancini tested positive for COVID-19, while being asymptomatic, amid its pandemic in Italy; by 20 November, he recovered.