 Mandragora withUdinese in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1997-06-29)29 June 1997 (age 28) | ||
| Place of birth | Naples, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fiorentina | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Mariano Keller | |||
| 2011–2016 | Genoa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2016 | Genoa | 5 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | →Pescara (loan) | 26 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Juventus | 1 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | →Crotone (loan) | 36 | (2) |
| 2018–2020 | Udinese | 61 | (3) |
| 2020–2022 | Juventus | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | →Udinese (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | →Torino (loan) | 38 | (3) |
| 2022– | Fiorentina | 102 | (12) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013–2014 | Italy U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2014 | Italy U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Italy U19 | 10 | (1) |
| 2017 | Italy U20 | 7 | (0) |
| 2015–2019 | Italy U21 | 26 | (0) |
| 2018 | Italy | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:05, 22 November 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 June 2019 | |||
Rolando Mandragora (Italian pronunciation:[roˈlandomanˈdraːɡora]; born 29 June 1997) is an Italian professionalfootballer who plays as adefensive midfielder forSerie A clubFiorentina.
He began his professional career atGenoa, making fiveSerie A appearances and playing more frequently on loan atPescara inSerie B. In 2016 he joinedJuventus, where he made a sole appearance and was loaned a year later toCrotone, where he played regularly. He signed forUdinese in 2018. He rejoined Juventus in October 2020 and was immediately loaned back to Udinese.
Mandragora represented Italy at every age group fromunder-17 tounder-21. He made hissenior international debut in June 2018.
Mandragora is a native of theNaplesquartiere ofScampia. His father ran the local football school established byPaolo andFabio Cannavaro. Mandragora was scouted bySerie A clubs while atMariano Keller and joined the youth sector ofGenoa at age fourteen.[1]
He made hisSerie A debut on 29 October 2014 againstJuventus in a 1–0 home win. He played the first 69 minutes of the game, before being substituted byJuraj Kucka.[2]
On 19 January 2016, Juventus confirmed the signing of Mandragora on a five-year contract for an initial fee of €6 million, potentially rising to €12 million based on performance.[3] He spent the rest of the2015–16 season on loan atSerie B sidePescara. In April 2016 he suffered a fractured metatarsal in his right foot which required surgery. His recovery was hindered due to complications and he was forced to undergo a second surgery that August.[4]
Mandragora returned to Juventus for the2016–17 season and was given the number 38 shirt. He made his Juventus debut on 23 April 2017, coming on as a substitute forClaudio Marchisio in the 86th minute of a 4–0 home win against his former club Genoa, inSerie A.[5][6][7]
On 5 August 2017, Mandragora was loaned to fellow top-flight teamCrotone for the season.[8] He played all but two of their league games, starting each one as theCalabrian club suffered relegation, and contributed two goals; the first of his career was on 24 September to open a 2–0 home win overBenevento.[9]
On 2 July 2018, Mandragora was sold to fellow Serie A sideUdinese but Juventus kept a buy-back option for €20 million.[10]
Mandragora received a one-match retrospective ban for blasphemy fromLega Serie A in August 2018; after having a shot saved againstSampdoria he shouted insults towards the Virgin Mary and God.[11]
On 22 December 2018, Mandragora scored his first goal for Udinese to open a 1–1 home draw withFrosinone.[12] A week later, he was given a straight red card by thevideo assistant referee in a 2–0 win overCagliari also at theStadio Friuli.[13]
On 23 June 2020, Mandragora sustained ananterior cruciate ligament injury during a 1–0 loss toTorino and was ruled out for over four months.[14]
On 3 October 2020,Juventus announced that Mandragora was rejoining the club on a five-year contract for €10.7 million, while remaining with Udinese on loan for the remainder of the2020–21 season. The deal also included an optional one-year extension of the loan and a potential €6 million extra payment to Udinese based on his performances.[15]
On 1 February 2021, after bringing an early finish to his loan at Udinese, Mandragora joinedTorino, again on loan, until June 2022. The deal included a conditional obligation to buy.[16]
On 4 July 2022, he was sold toFiorentina.[17]
On 29 May 2024, Mandragora started in Fiorentina's 1–0 extra-time defeat toOlympiacos in the2024 UEFA Europa Conference League final.[18]
A regular youth international, Mandragora made his debut for theItaly U21 team on 12 August 2015, in a friendly match againstHungary. He was named in the team for the2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.[19][20]
Mandragora made his senior international debut forItaly underRoberto Mancini, starting in a 3–1 friendly loss toFrance inNice on 1 June 2018.[21][22]
He took part in the2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, as the team's captain.[23]
| Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Genoa | 2014–15 | Serie A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| Pescara (loan) | 2015–16 | Serie B | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | ||
| Juventus | 2016–17 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Crotone (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie A | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 2 | ||
| Udinese | 2018–19 | Serie A | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 3 | ||
| 2019–20 | Serie A | 26 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 28 | 3 | |||
| Total | 61 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 64 | 6 | ||||
| Udinese (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Torino (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie A | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 3 | ||
| 2021–22 | Serie A | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 23 | 1 | |||
| Total | 38 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 40 | 4 | ||||
| Fiorentina | 2022–23 | Serie A | 29 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 17[a] | 2 | — | 50 | 4 | |
| 2023–24 | Serie A | 32 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13[a] | 1 | — | 49 | 5 | ||
| 2024–25 | Serie A | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13[a] | 5 | — | 42 | 9 | ||
| 2025–26 | Serie A | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | — | 16 | 3 | ||
| Total | 102 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 47 | 8 | — | 157 | 21 | |||
| Career total | 269 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 47 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 341 | 33 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
Juventus[24]
Fiorentina
Italy U20
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