Brazilian football manager and former player
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Vagner do Carmo Mancini (born 24 October🍏 1966) is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who played as a midfielder.
Playing career [ edit ]
Born in🍏 Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Mancini started his career with Guarani in 1988.
He subsequently went on to represent Portuguesa, Bragantino and🍏 Botafogo-SP before joining Grêmio in 1995.
Mancini featured sparingly for the club during the season, being crowned champions of 1995 Copa🍏 Libertadores but losing the 1995 Copa do Brasil to Corinthians; he was sent off in the first leg of the🍏 latter competition's final.
[1] Subsequently, he went on to play for São José-SP, Coritiba, Ponte Preta, Sãocarlense, Ceará, Figueirense, Sport, Ituano🍏 and Paulista, 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]
Coaching career [ edit ]
In May 2004, while still actively playing for Paulista,🍏 Mancini opted to retire after receiving a coaching offer.
[3] He was crowned champions of the 2005 Copa do Brasil with🍏 the side before accepting an offer from Al Nasr SC in April 2007.[4]
On 10 December 2007, Mancini returned to Brazil🍏 after being appointed head coach of former club Grêmio.
[5] He was sacked the following 14 February, despite being unbeaten,[6] and🍏 was named Vitória head coach on 25 March.[7]
On 15 February 2009, Mancini left Vitória and was announced as head coach🍏 of Santos.
[8] Relieved from his duties on 13 July,[9] he returned to Vitória on 12 August.[10]
On 11 December 2009, Mancini🍏 was appointed head coach of Vasco da Gama,[11] but was dismissed on 25 March of the following year.
[12] On 15🍏 April 2010 he was presented at another club he represented as a player, Guarani,[13] but after failing to avoid relegation,🍏 he resigned on 5 December.[14]
On 26 September 2011, after a short stint at Ceará,[15] Mancini was appointed as new head🍏 coach of Cruzeiro.
[16] The following 10 May, he resigned after being knocked out of two competitions in the same week.[17]
On🍏 15 May 2012, Mancini signed with Sport (another club he represented as a player) until the end of the year.
[18]🍏 He was sacked on 11 August,[19] and joined Náutico the following 1 February.[20]
Dismissed on 8 April 2013,[21] Mancini was appointed🍏 at the helm of Atlético Paranaense on 10 July,[22] with the club in the relegation places.
He managed to reach the🍏 finals of the 2013 Copa do Brasil, while also finishing third in the league; his contract, nonetheless, was not renewed.
After🍏 two consecutive relegations with Botafogo[23] and Vitória,[24] Mancini was appointed as new head coach of Chapecoense on 9 December 2016.
[25]🍏 He was relieved from his duties on 4 July 2017, after a 3–3 draw against Fluminense.[26]
On 25 July 2017, Mancini🍏 returned to Vitória for a fourth stint,[27] and managed to narrowly avoid relegation at the end of the season.
On 29🍏 July of the following year, after a 4–0 loss at Atlético Paranaense, he was dismissed.[28]
On 2 January 2019, Mancini joined🍏 São Paulo FC as the club's technical coordinator.
[29] On 14 February, he was named interim coach after the club announced🍏 a deal with Cuca, out due to health problems;[30] 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 of Atlético🍏 Mineiro until the end of the season,[31] and left the club after four wins in 13 matches.
On 25 June 2020,🍏 he replaced dismissed Cristóvão Borges at the helm of fellow top tier side Atlético Goianiense.
On 12 October 2020, Mancini was🍏 appointed head coach of Corinthians, signing a contract until the end of 2021.
[32] On 16 May of the following year,🍏 after being knocked out of the 2021 Campeonato Paulista, he was sacked.[33]
On 19 June 2021, Mancini was appointed head coach🍏 of another top tier side, América Mineiro.
[34] He resigned on 14 October,[35] and was named at the helm of Grêmio🍏 for a second spell just hours later.[36]
Mancini was unable to avoid Grêmio's relegation, and was subsequently sacked on 14 February🍏 2022.
[37] On 12 April, he returned to América in the place of Marquinhos Santos.[38]
On 7 August 2023, Mancini was dismissed🍏 by América after a poor league run.[39]
Personal life [ edit ]
Mancini's son Matheus is also a footballer.
A centre back, he🍏 plays for Confiança.
Coaching statistics [ edit ]As of 6 August 2023Honours [ edit ]Player [ edit ]GrêmioFigueirense
Campeonato Catarinense: 2003Coach [🍏 edit ]PaulistaVitóriaCeará
Campeonato Cearense: 2011Chapecoense
Campeonato Catarinense: 2017
