 Mancini in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vagner do Carmo Mancini | ||
| Date of birth | (1966-10-24)24 October 1966 (age 59) | ||
| Place of birth | Ribeirão Preto, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Red Bull Bragantino (head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1989 | Guarani | 13 | (3) |
| 1990–1991 | Portuguesa | 33 | (10) |
| 1992 | Bragantino | 14 | (1) |
| 1994 | Botafogo-SP | ||
| 1995 | Grêmio | 16 | (1) |
| 1996 | São José-SP | ||
| 1997 | Coritiba | 12 | (0) |
| 1998 | Ponte Preta | 9 | (1) |
| 1999 | Sãocarlense | ||
| 2000–2003 | Etti Jundiaí | ||
| 2002 | →Ceará (loan) | ||
| 2003 | Figueirense | 13 | (0) |
| 2003 | Sport | ||
| 2004 | Ituano | ||
| 2004 | Paulista | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004–2007 | Paulista | ||
| 2007 | Al Nasr | ||
| 2008 | Grêmio | ||
| 2008–2009 | Vitória | ||
| 2009 | Santos | ||
| 2009 | Vitória | ||
| 2010 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 2010 | Guarani | ||
| 2011 | Ceará | ||
| 2011–2012 | Cruzeiro | ||
| 2012 | Sport | ||
| 2013 | Náutico | ||
| 2013 | Atlético Paranaense | ||
| 2014 | Botafogo | ||
| 2015–2016 | Vitória | ||
| 2017 | Chapecoense | ||
| 2017–2018 | Vitória | ||
| 2019 | São Paulo (interim) | ||
| 2019 | Atlético Mineiro | ||
| 2020 | Atlético Goianiense | ||
| 2020–2021 | Corinthians | ||
| 2021 | América Mineiro | ||
| 2021–2022 | Grêmio | ||
| 2022–2023 | América Mineiro | ||
| 2023–2024 | Ceará | ||
| 2024 | Atlético Goianiense | ||
| 2024 | Goiás | ||
| 2025 | Goiás | ||
| 2025– | Red Bull Bragantino | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Vagner do Carmo Mancini (born 24 October 1966) is a Brazilian professionalfootballcoach and former player who played as amidfielder. He is the current head coach ofRed Bull Bragantino.
Born inRibeirão Preto,São Paulo, Mancini started his career withGuarani in 1988. He subsequently went on to representPortuguesa,Bragantino andBotafogo-SP before joiningGrêmio in 1995.
Mancini featured sparingly for the club during the season, being crowned champions of1995 Copa Libertadores but losing the1995 Copa do Brasil toCorinthians; he wassent off in the first leg of the latter competition's final.[1] Subsequently, he went on to play forSão José-SP,Coritiba,Ponte Preta,Sãocarlense,Ceará,Figueirense,Sport,Ituano andPaulista, retiring with the latter in 2004 at the age of 37.
In 1999, while injured at Sãocarlense, Mancini took over as an interim coach for ten days,[2] but according to himself, he never effectively coached the club.[3]
In May 2004, while still actively playing for Paulista, Mancini opted to retire after receiving a coaching offer.[4] He was crowned champions of the2005 Copa do Brasil with the side before accepting an offer fromAl Nasr SC in April 2007.[5]
On 10 December 2007, Mancini returned to Brazil after being appointed head coach of former club Grêmio.[6] He was sacked the following 14 February, despite being unbeaten,[7] and was namedVitória head coach on 25 March.[8]
On 15 February 2009, Mancini left Vitória and was announced as head coach ofSantos.[9] Relieved from his duties on 13 July,[10] he returned to Vitória on 12 August.[11]
On 11 December 2009, Mancini was appointed head coach ofVasco da Gama,[12] but was dismissed on 25 March of the following year.[13] On 15 April 2010 he was presented at another club he represented as a player, Guarani,[14] but after failing toavoid relegation, he resigned on 5 December.[15]
On 26 September 2011, after a short stint atCeará,[16] Mancini was appointed as new head coach ofCruzeiro.[17] The following 10 May, he resigned after being knocked out of two competitions in the same week.[18]
On 15 May 2012, Mancini signed with Sport (another club he represented as a player) until the end of the year.[19] He was sacked on 11 August,[20] and joinedNáutico the following 1 February.[21]
Dismissed on 8 April 2013,[22] Mancini was appointed at the helm ofAtlético Paranaense on 10 July,[23] with the club in the relegation places. He managed to reach the finals of the2013 Copa do Brasil, while also finishing third in the league; his contract, nonetheless, was not renewed.
After two consecutive relegations withBotafogo[24] and Vitória,[25] Mancini was appointed as new head coach ofChapecoense on 9 December 2016.[26] He was relieved from his duties on 4 July 2017, after a 3–3 draw againstFluminense.[27]
On 25 July 2017, Mancini returned to Vitória for a fourth stint,[28] and managed to narrowly avoid relegation at the end ofthe season. On 29 July of the following year, after a 4–0 loss at Atlético Paranaense, he was dismissed.[29]
On 2 January 2019, Mancini joinedSão Paulo FC as the club's technical coordinator.[30] On 14 February, he was named interim coach after the club announced a deal withCuca, out due to health problems;[31] in April, as Cuca was given the green light to manage, he returned to his previous role.
On 14 October 2019, after leaving São Paulo, Mancini was appointed head coach ofAtlético Mineiro until the end of the season,[32] and left the club after four wins in 13 matches. On 25 June 2020, he replaced dismissedCristóvão Borges at the helm of fellow top tier sideAtlético Goianiense.
On 12 October 2020, Mancini was appointed head coach ofCorinthians, signing a contract until the end of 2021.[33] On 16 May of the following year, after being knocked out of the2021 Campeonato Paulista, he was sacked.[34]
On 19 June 2021, Mancini was appointed head coach of another top tier side,América Mineiro.[35] He resigned on 14 October,[36] and was named at the helm of Grêmio for a second spell just hours later.[37]
Mancini was unable to avoid Grêmio'srelegation, and was subsequently sacked on 14 February 2022.[38] On 12 April, he returned to América in the place ofMarquinhos Santos.[39]
On 7 August 2023, Mancini was dismissed by América after a poor league run.[40] Late in the month he returned to Ceará, with the club in the second division.[41]
Mancini was sacked from Ceará on 26 June 2024, after four winless matches,[42] and returned to Atlético Goianiense on 4 July.[43] He was also dismissed from the latter on 4 August, after seven winless matches in charge,[44] and moved to neighbouringGoiás two days later.[45]
Mancini led Goiás to seven consecutive wins in the last seven matches of the season, but announced his departure from the club 21 November 2024, three days before the season's end.[46] On 26 March 2025, however, he returned to the club,[47] but was sacked on 13 October.[48]
On 30 October 2025, Mancini signed a contract withRed Bull Bragantino until the end of the year.[49]
Mancini is son of the also footballerVastinho. His son,Matheus, is acentre back who current plays forConfiança.
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| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Paulista |  | 17 May 2004 | 29 April 2007 | 155 | 63 | 39 | 53 | 249 | 224 | +25 | 040.65 | |
| Al-Nasr SC |  | 30 April 2007 | 1 December 2007 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 027.27 | |
| Grêmio | | 10 December 2007 | 14 February 2008 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 066.67 | [7] |
| Vitória | | 25 March 2008 | 14 February 2009 | 54 | 25 | 9 | 20 | 88 | 67 | +21 | 046.30 | [9] |
| Santos | | 15 February 2009 | 13 July 2009 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 48 | 36 | +12 | 048.28 | [10] |
| Vitória | | 12 August 2009 | 6 December 2009 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 026.09 | [50] |
| Vasco da Gama | | 11 December 2009 | 25 March 2010 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 13 | +16 | 055.56 | |
| Guarani | | 15 April 2010 | 5 December 2010 | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 33 | 53 | −20 | 021.05 | [51] |
| Ceará | | 31 March 2011 | 11 September 2011 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 57 | 48 | +9 | 044.44 | |
| Cruzeiro | | 26 September 2011 | 10 May 2012 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 59 | 36 | +23 | 046.67 | [52] |
| Sport Recife | | 15 May 2012 | 11 August 2012 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 020.00 | [20] |
| Náutico | | 1 February 2013 | 7 April 2013 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 16 | +20 | 064.29 | [53] |
| Atlético Paranaense | | 10 May 2013 | 28 December 2013 | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 61 | 42 | +19 | 047.62 | |
| Botafogo | | 16 April 2014 | 10 December 2014 | 42 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 38 | 61 | −23 | 023.81 | [24] |
| Vitória | | 4 June 2015 | 10 September 2016 | 76 | 33 | 19 | 24 | 113 | 86 | +27 | 043.42 | [50] |
| Chapecoense | | 9 December 2016 | 4 July 2017 | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 64 | 53 | +11 | 045.65 | [54] |
| Vitória | | 25 July 2017 | 29 July 2018 | 63 | 27 | 15 | 21 | 100 | 88 | +12 | 042.86 | [55] |
| São Paulo (interim) | | 14 February 2019 | April 2019 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 033.33 | [56] |
| São Paulo (interim) | | 26 September 2019 | 27 September 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 | |
| Atlético Mineiro | | 14 October 2019 | 11 December 2019 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 030.77 | |
| Atlético Goianiense | | 25 June 2020 | 11 October 2020 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 027.78 | [57] |
| Corinthians | | 11 October 2020 | 16 May 2021 | 45 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 044.44 | [34] |
| América Mineiro | | 19 June 2021 | 14 October 2021 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 23 | +1 | 033.33 | [58] |
| Grêmio | | 14 October 2021 | 14 February 2022 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 050.00 | [38] |
| América Mineiro | | 12 April 2022 | 7 August 2023 | 94 | 37 | 21 | 36 | 132 | 125 | +7 | 039.36 | |
| Ceará | | 30 August 2023 | 26 June 2024 | 44 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 60 | 52 | +8 | 034.09 | |
| Atlético Goianiense | | 4 July 2024 | 4 August 2024 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 000.00 | [57] |
| Goiás | | 7 August 2024 | 24 November 2024 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 13 | +18 | 052.38 | [57] |
| Goiás | | 26 March 2025 | 13 October 2025 | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 043.75 | [57] |
| Red Bull Bragantino | | 30 October 2025 | present | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 075.00 | |
| Total | 1,026 | 414 | 262 | 350 | 1,464 | 1,282 | +182 | 040.35 | — | |||