 Mané withVfB Stuttgart in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Carlos Manuel Cardoso Mané[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1994-03-11)11 March 1994 (age 31)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | |||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Kayserispor | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2013 | Sporting CP | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Sporting CP B | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2019 | Sporting CP | 62 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | →VfB Stuttgart (loan) | 19 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | →Union Berlin (loan) | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Rio Ave | 64 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Kayserispor | 120 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Portugal U15 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Portugal U16 | 11 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Portugal U17 | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Portugal U18 | 7 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Portugal U19 | 17 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Portugal U21 | 18 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Portugal U23 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Guinea-Bissau | 11 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:24, 1 December 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:40, 5 November 2025 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Carlos Manuel Cardoso Mané (born 11 March 1994) is a professionalfootballer who plays for Turkish clubKayserispor mainly as aright winger.
He began his career atSporting CP, playing 92 competitive games and scoring 14 goals while winning four cup trophies. During loans atVfB Stuttgart and1. FC Union Berlin, he won promotion from the2. Bundesliga both times.
Mané earned 73 caps forPortugal and scored 16 times across all youth levels, including representing the country at the2016 Olympics. In September 2023, he switched allegiance to theGuinea-Bissau national team.
Born inLisbon toBissau-Guinean parents,[2] Mané joined localSporting CP at age 9. On 9 December 2012, he made his senior debut, appearing with theB team in aSegunda Liga match againstC.D. Aves after coming on as asubstitute forJorge Chula in the 78th minute of a 2–2 home draw.[3] Exactly one month later, in the same competition, he scored his first professional goal, atC.F. Os Belenenses (2–1 loss).[4]
Mané played his first match in thePrimeira Liga with theLions on 5 October 2013, entering the pitch in the dying minutes of a 4–0 home win overVitória de Setúbal.[5] His first goal in the competition arrived on 15 February of the following year, when he started and scored in the 1–0 defeat ofS.C. Olhanense also at theEstádio José Alvalade.[6][7]
Mané scored his first goal in theUEFA Champions League in only his third appearance in the competition, opening an eventual3–1 group stage home victory overNK Maribor on 25 November 2014 where he started and played 65 minutes.[8] He played six games of the team'svictorious run in theTaça de Portugal, netting the winner againstF.C. Vizela in the fifth round and the equaliser away toC.D. Nacional in the first leg of the semi-final.[9]
On 31 August 2016, Mané was loaned out toVfB Stuttgart until June 2018, with the German club having an option to buy.[10] In his first match, he scored twice in the opening four minutes to help to a 4–0 home win overSpVgg Greuther Fürth, a new record for a debuting player in the German professional leagues.[11] However, his overall stint at theMercedes-Benz Arena was largely undermined by injury.[12][13]
Mané returned to the German2. Bundesliga in January 2019, joining1. FC Union Berlin on loan until June with the option to make the move permanent.[14] Hampered by a series of minor physical problems, he played eight games as the team from thecapital werepromoted to theBundesliga for the first time, and they did not exercise the option.[15]
On 20 July 2019, Mané ended his 16-year association with Sporting by signing a three-year deal withRio Ave F.C. of the same league, being presented at half-time in a pre-seasonfriendly.[16] He made his debut on 3 August in a 6–1 home rout ofU.D. Oliveirense in thefirst round of theTaça da Liga, as a 46th-minute substitute forGabrielzinho.[17] On 21 November, also at theEstádio dos Arcos, he scored his first goal for the club, the only one against Vitória de Setúbal.[18]
In hissecond season inVila do Conde, Mané was his team's top scorer with six goals, including a late winner to avoid instant relegation on the last day at the expense ofC.D. Nacional.[19][20] Nonetheless, they went down following a playoff defeat byF.C. Arouca.[21]
On 13 August 2021, Mané joined Turkish clubKayserispor for an undisclosed transfer fee.[22]
Having already represented thePortugal national team at every level fromunder-15 onwards, Mané was part of theunder-19 side that reached the semi-finals of the2013 UEFA European Championship. During the tournament in Lithuania, he scored in a 4–2 victory overthe hosts in the group stage.[23]
Mané was also chosen inRui Jorge'sunder-23 squad for the2016 Olympics in Brazil,[24] making two starts and a substitute appearance for the quarter-finalists.
On 6 September 2023, Mané was called up to theGuinea-Bissau national team for a set of2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches.[25] He made his debut five days later, in a 2–1 win overSierra Leone where he provided theassist to fellow debutantNito Gomes' equaliser.[26]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sporting CP B | 2012–13[27] | Segunda Liga | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | ||||
| 2013–14[27] | Segunda Liga | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 15 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 1 | ||||||
| Sporting CP | 2013–14[27] | Primeira Liga | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 21 | 4 | ||
| 2014–15[27] | Primeira Liga | 29 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6[c] | 1 | — | 41 | 9 | ||
| 2015–16[28] | Primeira Liga | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8[d] | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
| 2016–17[28] | Primeira Liga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18[28] | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19[28] | Primeira Liga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[f] | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 62 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 14 | ||
| VfB Stuttgart (loan) | 2016–17[28] | 2. Bundesliga | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 20 | 6 | |||
| 2017–18[28] | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 20 | 6 | |||||
| Union Berlin (loan) | 2018–19[28] | 2. Bundesliga | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Rio Ave | 2019–20[28] | Primeira Liga | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21[28] | Primeira Liga | 32 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[f] | 0 | 2[g] | 0 | 40 | 6 | |
| 2021–22[28] | Liga Portugal 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 64 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 7 | ||
| Kayserispor | 2021–22[28] | Süper Lig | 29 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 35 | 2 | |||
| 2022–23[28] | Süper Lig | 25 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 30 | 4 | ||||
| 2023–24[28] | Süper Lig | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 27 | 5 | ||||
| 2024–25[28] | Süper Lig | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 30 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 109 | 14 | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | 122 | 14 | |||||
| Career total | 277 | 37 | 26 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 337 | 42 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea-Bissau | 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 2 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 January 2024 | Stade du 26 Mars,Bamako, Mali |  Mali | 2–3 | 2–6 | Friendly | |
| 2 | 15 November 2024 | Mbombela Stadium,Mbombela, South Africa |  Eswatini | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
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