 Mancienne withNottingham Forest in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Michael Ian Mancienne[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1988-01-08)8 January 1988 (age 38)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Feltham, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Kingstonian | |||||||||||||||||
| –2006 | Chelsea | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2011 | Chelsea | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | →Queens Park Rangers (loan) | 58 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008 | →Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | →Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 46 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Hamburger SV | 49 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Hamburger SV II | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2018 | Nottingham Forest | 125 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | New England Revolution | 31 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Burton Albion | 40 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 362 | (1) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | England U16 | 6 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | England U17 | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | England U18 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | England U19 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2011 | England U21 | 30 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Seychelles | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Michael Ian Mancienne (born 8 January 1988) is a former professionalfootballer who played as adefender. Born in England, he played for theSeychelles national team. He played for football clubs in Germany, the United States, and England.
Schooled primarily as acentre back, Mancienne can also play as adefensive midfielder as well as both fullback positions as he showed during appearances forChelsea, and multiple loan spells atWolverhampton Wanderers.
He is a formerEngland under-21 player, having received his first call-up for thesenior squad in November 2008, ahead of a friendly againstGermany.
Born inFeltham,London,[1] Mancienne was spotted byChelsea as a nine-year-old playing forKingstonian, and debuted for the Chelsea Reserves while still at school. He signed a professional contract in January 2006, and was called onto the bench for the final match of the2005–06 season but was unused.
He was part of Chelsea's pre-season tour of the United States in Summer 2006 and started the season again with a place on the bench; in the2006 Community Shield againstLiverpool and the first twoPremier League games of the2006–07 season againstManchester City andBlackburn Rovers. Despite this, it would be over two years before he would play a competitive game for theBlues, a fact that led him to admit he may need to move on for the sake of his career.[3]
After gaining playing time with spells onloan atChampionship sidesQueens Park Rangers andWolverhampton Wanderers, respectively (see below), he finally made his Chelsea debut on 14 February 2009, starting anFA Cup tie atWatford.[4] He made his European debut appearance 11 days later as a late substitute in aUEFA Champions League knock-out tie againstJuventus, which ended 1–0 to Chelsea. On 28 February he achieved his Premier League debut in a 2–1 victory overWigan Athletic.
At the end of the 2008–09 season, during which he made his only first team appearances to date for the club, he was voted their Young Player of the Year.[5]
He signed a new contract with Chelsea in August 2009 that would expire in June 2013.[6]
Mancienne gained his first taste of league football in a loan spell at Queens Park Rangers in late 2006, when he joined them for the remainder of the 2006–07 campaign. He played most of his 28 games for theChampionship side at right back, but also played a few times in his preferred centre-back position. His impressive displays made him popular with the QPR fans, who voted him runner-up in the Supporters' Young Player of the Year.[7]
After signing a new contract extension at his parent club,[8] he agreed to remain on loan at QPR for the2007–08 season.[7]
With no playing opportunities arriving atStamford Bridge, Mancienne again went out on loan in October 2008 when he joined promotion-chasing Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers on loan initially until 29 December 2008.[9] His performances during this period caused Wolves to extend his loan by a further month,[10] however, the paperwork on the extension was never completed, and he was recalled by his parent club.[11]
He rejoined Wolves on a season's loan for the 2009–10 season,[12] by which time they had achieved promotion to the Premier League. He was employed at centre back and in a defensive midfield role during the campaign, helping the club to survive their first season back at the top level.
He once again returned toMolineux for the following season, his third different spell withthe Midlands club during which he made his 50th appearance for them.[13] He suffered a patella tendon injury in December that ruled him out for three months,[14] before he returned to the side for the club's final six games, as they narrowly avoided the drop.
On 31 May 2011, Mancienne signed a four-year deal atGerman Bundesliga clubHamburger SV for a fee in the region of £1.752 million. He was reunited with former Chelsea sporting directorFrank Arnesen, officially moving on 1 July 2011, when thetransfer window opened.[15] He made his debut for the club on 5 August 2011, in a 3–1 defeat at reigning championsBorussia Dortmund.
On 16 July 2014, Mancienne joinedNottingham Forest on a three-year deal, reuniting with hisEngland U21 managerStuart Pearce.[16] He made his debut againstBlackpool on 9 August, starting at centre-half alongsideDanny Fox.[17] He played the entire ninety minutes of the 2–0 Forest win, earning theMan of the Match award in the process. Mancienne was thensent off in his second game for the club, following two bookable offences in Forest'sLeague Cup tie away atTranmere Rovers on 12 August.[18] Following his suspension, he returned to the side and once again was nominated the fans' Man of the Match in a 1–0 away win atSheffield Wednesday.[19]
On 28 April 2017, Mancienne signed a two-year extension to his contract with Nottingham Forest, now managed byMark Warburton. The contract was signed the day before Mancienne made his 100th appearance in all competitions for the club, in a 2–0 defeat to QPR, and the player reportedly accepted a reduced salary in order to stay at the club.[20][21]
Having done so in a pre-seasonfriendly match againstBurnley,[22] Manciennecaptained Forest for the first League match of the2017–18 season, a 1–0 win overMillwall.[23]
On 3 August 2018, Mancienne joinedMajor League Soccer sideNew England Revolution.[24] His reported salary of $1.28 million in 2018, and $881,676 in 2019, made him not only the highest-paid defender in the league at the time, but also the highest-paid defensive player in the team's history.[25]
Following their 2020 season, New England opted to decline their contract option on Mancienne.[26]
On 9 February 2021, Mancienne joinedLeague One sideBurton Albion on a contract until the end of the 2020–21 season.[27][28]
On 9 June 2022, Mancienne signed a one-year extension to his contract with Burton Albion.[29] Having missed the opening day of the2022–23 season, managerJimmy Floyd Hasselbaink confirmed that he would be out injured for three months with a knee injury.[30]
Mancienne called an end to his career after only playing for 1 minute in the entire2022-23 season in the league.[31]
Mancienne is eligible to play for the Seychelles as his father, Michael Snr, originates from there and is a former Seychelles international midfielder. He rejected the chance to play for theSeychelles national team in 2006 in favour of his nativeEngland.[32] However, in November 2008, he stated that he would play for Seychelles if he did not get to play for England by the time he reaches 25.[33]
On 15 November 2008,Fabio Capello surprisingly named him in the England squad to play an international friendly match againstGermany inBerlin.[34] He did not appear in the game though.
He was an England regular at under-21 level since making his debut againstRomania on 21 August 2007.[35] He was part of the side that reached the2009 European Championships. However, his tournament was a disappointment as he received a red card in their opening group game againstFinland.[36]
He has previously also represented England atunder-16,under-17,under-19 and under-21 levels.
In 2022 he was called up to theSeychelles national team for the2022 COSAFA Cup. He made his debut againstBotswana on 5 July.[37] He scored his first International goal from a penalty againstBangladesh in 2023.
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chelsea | 2005–06[38] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006–07[39] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008–09[40] | Premier League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Queens Park Rangers (loan) | 2006–07[39] | Championship | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | |
| 2007–08[41] | Championship | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | ||
| Total | 58 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 61 | 0 | |||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 2008–09[40] | Championship | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
| 2009–10[42] | Premier League | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11[43] | Premier League | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | ||
| Total | 56 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 60 | 0 | |||
| Hamburger SV | 2011–12[44] | Bundesliga | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13[45] | Bundesliga | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14[46] | Bundesliga | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Total | 49 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 55 | 0 | |||
| Nottingham Forest | 2014–15[47] | Championship | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | |
| 2015–16[48] | Championship | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17[49] | Championship | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18[50] | Championship | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | ||
| Total | 124 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 134 | 0 | |||
| New England Revolution | 2018[51] | MLS | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019[52] | MLS | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | ||
| 2020[52] | MLS | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| Total | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | |||
| Burton Albion | 2020–21[53] | League One | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 2021–22[54] | League One | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| 2022–23[55] | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 362 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 390 | 1 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seychelles | 2022 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | |
| Total | 7 | 1 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 March 2023 | Sylhet District Stadium,Sylhet, Bangladesh |  Bangladesh | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | [57] |
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