| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1984-12-22)22 December 1984 (age 40) | ||
| Place of birth | Cagliari, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2001 | Scuola Calcio Johannes[1][2] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2004 | Atletico Calcio | 73 | (7) |
| 2004–2006 | Nuorese | 54 | (20) |
| 2006–2010 | Villacidrese | 113 | (46) |
| 2010–2011 | Latina | 20 | (5) |
| 2011–2012 | Vigor Lamezia | 37 | (20) |
| 2012–2015 | Trapani | 88 | (55) |
| 2015–2016 | Bologna | 26 | (1) |
| 2016 | →Carpi (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2016–2018 | Montreal Impact | 61 | (12) |
| 2019–2021 | Virtus Entella | 77 | (17) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Matteo Mancosu (born 22 December 1984) is an Italian former professionalfootballer who played as aforward. A right-footed player, although he was usually deployed in thecentre as a mainstriker, he was also capable of playing as awinger on either flank.
Born inCagliari,Sardinia, Mancosu played in the youth team of theScuola Calcio Johannes[2] of Cagliari, and while he was not able to pass any of several trials withCagliari, the main Sardinianfootball team, he managed to break into the squad of theAtletico Elmas inSerie D.[1] Mancosu played 4 seasons in Serie D with Atletico Elmas, which was renamed Atletico Calcio in 2002, scoring 7 goals in 73 matches.[3]
Mancosu moved down inEccellenza in November 2004, to play withNuorese. In his first year, he contributed to the promotion of the Sardinian club scoring 14 goals in 31 matches.[3] He also played for Nuorese in Serie D the next season, scoring 6 goals in 23 matches.[3]
Mancosu moved to another Sardinian team in 2006. He will play the next 4 seasons forVillacidrese. In his first three seasons there, in 91 matches in Serie D Mancosu scored 43 goals, 18 of whose while leading them to promotion in 2008–09.[3] Mancosu played the fourth and final season for Villacidrese inSeconda Divisione, scoring 7 goals in 22 matches.[3]
Mancosu moved to his first team outside Sardinia only in 2010–11, at the age of 25. He played for one season forLatina in Seconda Divisione, scoring 5 goals in 20 matches.[3]
Mancosu moved then toVigor Lamezia in 2011–12. He played for the Calabrian side only that season, in Seconda Divisione, and he went to score 20 goals in 37 matches,[3] a career best.
Mancosu finally got the chance to debut inPrima Divisione when he joinedTrapani in the summer of 2012. Specifically selected to improve a squad that had been very close to the promotion the previous year, Mancosu lead the Sicilian side to a historic first promotion inSerie B scoring 15 times in 29 matches.[3]Mancosu has been leading the forward line of Trapani also during the2013–14Serie B season, scoring 19 goals in the first 27 matches, a record for a rookie.[4] He finished the season as thetop-scorer in Serie B with 26 goals in 40 appearances.[5]
On 26 January 2015, Mancosu was acquired byBologna[5] for €1.1 million in a2+1⁄2-year contract.[6] On 22 August 2015, he made hisSerie A debut on the opening fixture of the2015–16 Serie A season, a 2–1 defeat againstLazio at the age of 30, scoring his first goal in Serie A in the same match.[7]
On 12 January 2016, he was loaned out by Bologna toCarpi.[8] Carpi also had a buy option and an obligation to purchase his contract outright if Carpi was not relegated.[9] He scored his first goal for the team on his club debut, on 13 January, in a 2–1 away defeat toMilan in the quarter-finals of theCoppa Italia.[10] At the end of season Mancosu returned to Bologna, as the conditional obligation was not achieved nor the option was activated.
On 7 July 2016, Mancosu was sent on loan once again, to Canadian sideMontreal Impact inMajor League Soccer on a one-year loan.[11][12] The club was also owned byJoey Saputo, chairman of Bologna. Mancosu made his debut for the club coming on as a substitute in a 3–1 home defeat toNew York City F.C. on 17 July.[13]
On 2 March 2017, it was announced that Mancosu had signed a two-year deal with Montreal Impact.[14]
Mancosu joinedVirtus Entella of the ItalianSerie C on 8 January 2019.[15]
Mancosu has two younger brothers,Marco andMarcello, who are also footballers.[16]
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