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Italian footballer

Daniele Mannini
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-10-25) 25 October 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Viareggio, Italy
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team Beverley Town
Youth career
2000–2001 Lucchese
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 Viareggio 33 (4)
2003–2004 Pisa 32 (4)
2004–2008 Brescia 118 (12)
2008–2009 Napoli 39 (2)
2009–2011 Sampdoria 66 (7)
2011–2014 Siena 32 (0)
2014 → Pisa (loan) 11 (1)
2014–2015 Lecce 31 (1)
2015–2018 Pisa 94 (17)
2018–2020 Pontedera 51 (7)
2022–2023 Beverley Town 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 July 2022

Daniele Mannini (born 25 October 1983) is an Italian footballer who plays as a winger. Appearing for clubs such as Pisa, Brescia, Napoli and Sampdoria over the course of a near two decade long professional career, he made over 150 appearances in Serie A, also playing for several seasons in Serie B and Serie C. Following his professional retirement in 2020 he moved to England, where he came out of retirement in July 2022 to play for Northern Counties East Football League Division One club Beverley Town.

Career

Early career

Son of former ACF Fiorentina goalkeeper Alessandro Mannini, Daniele started his professional career at hometown club Viareggio, playing with them in the Italian Serie C2 and Serie D tiers.

Pisa

In summer 2003, he joined Pisa of Serie C1.

Brescia

In 2004–05 season he joined Serie A club Brescia. On 12 September 2004, he made his Serie A debut against Juventus. He stayed with Brescia after they were relegated to Serie B in summer 2005, and played with them until 31 January 2008.

Napoli

He left for Serie A club Napoli on 31 January 2008, joining fellow Brescia players Santacroce and Hamsik, for a total fee of €18 million within a season. Mannini himself was tagged for €7 million. In January 2009 he was handed a one-year suspension by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) along with former teammate Davide Possanzini from WADA for being late for a drugs test following a Serie B match between Brescia and Chievo in December 2007. Later the ban was frozen by CAS due to appeal process., The ban was cancelled on 27 July 2009 after being proved there was no real intention to avoid the controls from Possanzini and Mannini.

Sampdoria

In July 2009, Mannini joined Sampdoria in co-ownership bid, for €3.5 million (€7 million divided half). On the same day Hugo Campagnaro joined Napoli for €7 million.

Mannini made an excellent start in his first season at Sampdoria, scoring 5 goals in Serie A and 3 assists in just 8 games.

At the end of 2010–11 Serie A, Doria was relegated. The club gave up the co-ownership and allowed players to return to their mother clubs for a peppercorn fee of €500 each, such as keeper Gianluca Curci and winger Stefano Guberti. However the co-ownership of Mannini was not resolved before the deadline on 24 June. Thus, both clubs had to submit a bid in a sealed envelope to Lega Serie A in order to decide the highest bidder, which was only €500. on the other hand, Sampdoria abstain entirely from making an offer.

Siena

On 6 August 2011, Mannini moved to newly promoted Serie A club Siena in another co-ownership deal for €450,000 (plus €200,000 other fee) in a 4-year contract. In June 2013 Siena acquired Mannini outright for free after the club was relegated. Both clubs failed to form any deal before the deadline, but Napoli did not submit a bid.

Pisa (loan)

On 31 January 2014 he was signed by the third-level club Pisa in a temporary deal. He was released after Siena failed to register for 2014–15 Serie B.

Lecce

On 1 September 2014 he was signed by US Lecce.

Return to Pisa

Mannini was re-signed by Pisa on 27 August 2015.

Pontedera

On 15 January 2020, his contract with Pontedera was terminated by mutual consent.

Beverley Town

Having been released by Pontedera, Mannini elected to retire from football, and moved to East Yorkshire to work as a sales executive for a food company. During a chance encounter while they were both out walking dogs, Mannini met Mark Smith, the chairman of Beverley Town, a local team preparing for their first ever season in Division One of the Northern Counties East Football League, which saw Smith invite Mannini to pre-season training. On 22 July 2022, Beverley Town announced that Mannini had joined them for the upcoming season.

References

  1. "Daniele Mannini: Beverley Town sign Italian midfielder after chance dog-walk meeting". BBC Sport. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  2. "Vitesse agree Yakubu loan". UEFA. 13 July 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2008.
  3. S.S.C. Napoli S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2008 (in Italian) PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
  4. "Napoli suffer Mannini ban". channel4. 29 January 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
  5. "Mannini's sigh of relief". channel4. 18 March 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Comunicato stampa: acquistato Daniele Mannini" (in Italian). sampdoria.it. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
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  9. S.S.C. Napoli S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2011 (in Italian) PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
  10. "Italy to abolish shared ownership". ESPN FC. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  11. "Mannini è un giocatore del Siena Stasera ad Abbadia la presentazione" (in Italian). AC Siena. 6 August 2011. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  12. S.S.C. Napoli S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2012 (in Italian) PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
  13. AC Siena SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2013 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian CCIAA
  14. "Comproprietà: l'esito delle buste" (in Italian). AC Siena. 21 June 2013. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  15. "Mannini in prestito al Pisa" (in Italian). AC Siena. 31 January 2014. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  16. "Mannini in giallorosso" (in Italian). U.S. Lecce. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  17. "Ufficiale: Daniele Mannini torna al Pisa. Inizia il suo terzo capitolo nerazzurro" (in Italian). A.C. Pisa 1909. 27 August 2015. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  18. "Comunicato ufficiale U.S Città di Pontedera: "Risoluzione consensuale del contratto con Daniele Mannini"" (Press release) (in Italian). Pontedera. 15 January 2020.
  19. "Daniele Mannini: Beverley Town sign Italian midfielder after chance dog-walk meeting". BBC Sport. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  20. Leeson, Lucy (22 July 2022). "Morning dog walk leads to £7 million Italian football star joining Beverley club". HullLive. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  21. @bevtownfc (22 July 2022). "WELCOME MANINNI The former Brescia, Napoli and Sampdoria star will wear the sky blue of Beverley Town FC for the upcoming season! Read more below on our official website👇" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 July 2022 – via Twitter.

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