Roberto Mancini is an Italian football manager and former player. Currently, he is the manager of the Italy national team.
Roberto Mancini Early Life:
Mancini was born on November 27, 1964, in the small town of Iesi, Marche, but was raised in the mountain town of Roccadaspide by his parents, Aldo and Marianna Mancini, and his younger sister Stephanie. In his youth, he had worked as an altar boy.
Roberto Mancini Playing Career:
Roberto Mancini was best known as a deep lying forward during his time at Sampdoria, where he played more than 550 games and helped the team win the Serie A league title, four Coppa Italia titles, and the European Cup Winners’ Cup. He was capped 36 times for Italy, appearing in UEFA Euro 1988 and the 1990 FIFA World Cup, reaching the semi-finals in both tournaments despite never seeing action in the latter. Mancini left Sampdoria in 1997 after 15 years to join Lazio, where he won another scudetto and Cup Winners’ Cup, as well as the UEFA Super Cup and two more Coppa Italia titles.
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He is the player with the most Coppa Italia titles, alongside Gianluigi Buffon. Mancini used to give half-time team talks as a player. He worked as an assistant to Sven-Göran Eriksson at Lazio near the end of his playing career.
Roberto Mancini Coaching Career:
His first managerial position was at Fiorentina in 2001, when he was only 36 years old and won the Coppa Italia. He took over as manager of Lazio the following season, leading the club to another Coppa Italia title. Mancini was appointed manager of Inter Milan in 2004, where he won three consecutive Serie A titles, a club record; he was fired in 2008. Mancini was appointed manager of Manchester City in December 2009, after being out of the game for over a year. In the 2010-11 season, he helped City win the FA Cup, the club’s first major trophy in 35 years, and their first league title in 44 years in the 2011-12 season.
Mancini took over as manager of Turkish club Galatasaray in September 2013, winning the Turkish Cup in his only season before returning to Inter Milan for two more years before taking over as manager of Russian club Zenit. After Italy failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, he took over as coach of the Italian national team in 2018. Mancini led Italy to their second European Championship in 2021, at Euro 2020. After a loss to North Macedonia, Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup for the second time in a row under his leadership.
Mancini is regarded as a cup specialist, having reached at least the semi-finals of a major national cup competition in every season as manager from 2002 to 2014. He holds a number of records, including the most consecutive Coppa Italia finals, which he achieved with Lazio in 2004 and Inter Milan in the four seasons that followed.
Roberto Mancini Personal Titles:
- Throughout his managerial career, Mancini has received several personal awards and achievements.
- He was voted the best coach in Serie A by his peers in 2007/08, winning the Punching d’Oro at Inter Milan.
- In his first full season, he was named manager of the month twice, in December 2010 and October 2011.
- In 2015, Mancini was inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame.
- He received the Enzo Bearzot Award in 2019.
- This award, established in 2011, recognised the best Italian managers on an annual basis.
- Roberto was named Italian sportsman of the year in the same year.
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