{{short description|Italian footballer (born 1988)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Marco Mancosu | image = | caption = | full_name = Marco Mancosu<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legaseriea.it/uploads/default/attachments/comunicati/comunicati_m/7072/files/allegati/7098/cu17.pdf |title=Comunicato Ufficiale N. 17 |trans-title=Official Press Release No. 17 |publisher=Lega Serie A |page=4 |date=9 August 2016 |accessdate=7 December 2020 |archive-date=20 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020031542/http://www.legaseriea.it/uploads/default/attachments/comunicati/comunicati_m/7072/files/allegati/7098/cu17.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|8|22|df=y}} | birth_place = Cagliari, Italy | height = 1.77 m<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cagliaricalcio.com/team/prima-squadra/194/marco-mancosu |title=Marco Mancosu |language=it |publisher=Cagliari Calcio |accessdate=2 September 2022 |archive-date=2 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902175848/https://www.cagliaricalcio.com/team/prima-squadra/194/marco-mancosu |url-status=dead }}</ref> | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2008 | youthclubs1 = Siracusa | years1 = 2007–2010 | years2 = 2008–2009 | years3 = 2009–2010 | years4 = 2010–2011 | years5 = 2011–2012 | years6 = 2011–2012 | years7 = 2012–2014 | years8 = 2014–2016 | years9 = 2016–2021 | years10 = 2021–2022 | years11 = 2022–2024 | clubs1 = Cagliari | clubs2 = → Rimini (loan) | clubs3 = → Empoli (loan) | clubs4 = Siracusa | clubs5 = Cagliari | clubs6 = → Siracusa (loan) | clubs7 = Benevento | clubs8 = Casertana | clubs9 = Lecce | clubs10 = SPAL | clubs11 = Cagliari | caps1 = 13 | caps2 = 5 | caps3 = 7 | caps4 = 32 | caps5 = 0 | caps6 = 36 | caps7 = 60 | caps8 = 57 | caps9 = 160 | caps10 = 35 | caps11 = 29 | goals1 = 1 | goals2 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | goals4 = 3 | goals5 = 0 | goals6 = 8 | goals7 = 15 | goals8 = 11 | goals9 = 48 | goals10 = 6 | goals11 = 5 | nationalyears1 = 2004 | nationalteam1 = Italy U16 | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2004–2005 | nationalteam2 = Italy U17 | nationalcaps2 = 10 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = 2006 | nationalteam3 = Italy U19 | nationalcaps3 = 0 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | nationalyears4 = 2007–2008 | nationalteam4 = Italy U20 | nationalcaps4 = 4 | nationalgoals4 = 0 | nationalyears5 = 2009 | nationalteam5 = Italy U21 | nationalcaps5 = 1 | nationalgoals5 = 0 | pcupdate = 9 June 2024 | ntupdate = }} '''Marco Mancosu''' (born 22 August 1988) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
==Club career== ===Cagliari=== Born in Cagliari, Sardinia, Mancosu started his career with hometown club Cagliari Calcio and made his first team debut in the last round of 2006–07 season, also scoring a goal in his first top-flight appearance, and then made 10 first team appearances in the following 2007–08 season.
He joined Serie B side Rimini Calcio on loan for the 2008–09 season in order to gain more first team experience.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Cagliari Calcio|language=Italian|accessdate=13 July 2008|date=10 July 2008|url=http://www.cagliaricalcio.net/news/notizia.asp?id_menu=1&idNotizia=5688&type=0|title=Mancosu al Rimini. Rescisso il contratto di Shala|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080717172842/http://www.cagliaricalcio.net/news/notizia.asp?id_menu=1&idNotizia=5688&type=0|archivedate=17 July 2008}}</ref> He joined Empoli on loan on 10 August 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skysports.com/football/player/0,19754,11872_378748,00.html |title=Marco Mancosu |publisher=Sky Sports |accessdate=18 August 2009 }}</ref>
===Siracusa=== On 13 August 2010, it was confirmed that Mancosu was sold to Lega Pro Prima Divisione side U.S. Siracusa, on a co-ownership deal. The Sicilian club, recently underwent a second consecutive promotion from the Serie D in 2008 to the Lega Pro Prima Divisione this season.
In June 2011, Cagliari bought back Mancosu from the co-owner.
In August 2011, he returned to Siracusa on a season-long loan deal. Mancosu was a key person for Siracusa successful campaign which was the first before the winter break.
===Benevento=== In 2012, he moved to Benevento, where he spent two years.
===Casertana=== In 2014, he was signed by Casertana, where he spent two seasons.
===Lecce=== In July 2016 he joined Lecce. He made his debut with the ''giallorossi'' side on 30 July 2016, in a 2–1 home win against AltoVicentino in the Coppa Italia. He was a regular starter for the team in Lega Pro during the 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons. On 27 August 2018 he scored in an away fixture against Benevento, in his first Serie B game in eight years. In January 2019, he was named the team's new captain, as his predecessor, Franco Lepore, had recently been sold by the club.
===Return to Cagliari=== On 17 August 2022, Mancosu's contract with SPAL was terminated by mutual consent.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=SPAL|url=https://www.spalferrara.it/risolto-consensualmente-il-rapporto-sportivo-col-centrocampista-marco-mancosu/|title=RISOLTO CONSENSUALMENTE IL RAPPORTO SPORTIVO COL CENTROCAMPISTA MARCO MANCOSU|work=S.P.A.L. - Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor|date=17 August 2022|access-date=18 August 2022|language=it|archive-date=19 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819210337/https://www.spalferrara.it/risolto-consensualmente-il-rapporto-sportivo-col-centrocampista-marco-mancosu/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On the next day, Mancosu signed a two-year contract with Cagliari.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Cagliari|url=https://www.cagliaricalcio.com/news/ultimissime/22136/mancosu-al-cagliari-ha-firmato-un-contratto-biennale|title=Mancosu al Cagliari|date=18 August 2022|access-date=24 August 2022|language=it|archive-date=19 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419193240/https://www.cagliaricalcio.com/news/ultimissime/22136/mancosu-al-cagliari-ha-firmato-un-contratto-biennale|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==International career== On 12 August 2009, he made his debut with the Italy under-21 team in a friendly game against Russia. Mancosu played all 5 matches of 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship and all 3 matches of 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship.
==Personal life== Mancosu has two brothers who are also professional footballers, the elder Matteo and the youngest Marcello.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2012/marzo/02/Mancosu_story_Cosi_tre_fratelli_ga_10_120302060.shtml|title=La Mancosu story Così tre fratelli si sfidano nei gol|publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport|language=Italian|author1=Massimo Leotta|date=2 March 2012|accessdate=4 March 2017}}</ref> In May 2021, Mancosu revealed that an operation that he had earlier in the year in March was to remove a tumour and on 26 May 2021 Mancosu was declared free of cancer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://football-italia.net/lecce-captain-mancosu-clear-of-cancer/|title=LECCE CAPTAIN MANCOSU CLEAR OF CANCER|publisher=Football Italia|date=26 May 2021}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|match played 18 December 2021}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="4"|Cagliari |2006–07<ref name="2006/07">{{Soccerbase season|id=95205|season=2006}}</ref> |Serie A |1||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||1||1 |- |2006–07<ref name="2007/08">{{Soccerbase season|id=95205|season=2007}}</ref> |Serie A |10||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||10||0 |- |2008–09<ref name="2008/09">{{Soccerbase season|id=95205|season=2008}}</ref> |Serie A |2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||2||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !13!!1!!0!!0!!—!!—!!13!!1 |- |Rimini (loan) |2008–09<ref name="2008/09"/> |Serie B |5||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||6||0 |- |Empoli (loan) |2009–10<ref name="2009/10">{{Soccerbase season|id=95205|season=2009}}</ref> |Serie B |7||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||8||0 |- |Siracusa |2010–11<ref name="2010/11">{{Soccerbase season|id=95205|season=2010}}</ref> |Lega Pro Prima Divisione |32||3||0||0||colspan="2"|—||32||3 |- |Cagliari |2011–12<ref name="2011/12">{{Soccerbase season|id=95205|season=2011}}</ref> |Serie A |0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0 |- |Siracusa (loan) |2011–12<ref name="2011/12"/> |Lega Pro Prima Divisione |34||8||0||0||2||0||36||8 |- |rowspan="4"|Benevento |2012–13<ref name="2012/13">{{Soccerbase season|id=95205|season=2012}}</ref> |Lega Pro Prima Divisione |29||8||2||1||colspan="2"|—||31||9 |- |2013–14<ref name="2013/14">{{Soccerbase season|id=95205|season=2013}}</ref> |Lega Pro Prima Divisione |30||7||3||0||3||1||36||8 |- |2014–15<ref name="2014/15">{{Soccerbase season|id=95205|season=2014}}</ref> |Lega Pro Prima Divisione |1||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||3||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !60!!15!!7!!1!!3!!1!!70!!17 |- |rowspan="3"|Casertana |2014–15<ref name="2014/15"/> |Lega Pro Prima Divisione |30||6||1||0||colspan="2"|—||31||6 |- |2015–16<ref name="2015/16">{{Soccerbase season|id=95205|season=2015}}</ref> |Lega Pro |27||5||0||0||1||0||28||5 |- !colspan="2"|Total !57!!11!!1!!0!!1!!0!!59!!11 |- |rowspan=6|Lecce |2016–17<ref name="2016/17">{{Soccerbase season|id=95205|season=2016}}</ref> |Lega Pro |30||6||3||1||4||0||37||7 |- |2017–18<ref name="2017/18">{{Soccerbase season|id=95205|season=2017}}</ref> |Lega Pro |33||7||6||1||2||0||41||8 |- |2018–19<ref name="2018/19">{{Soccerbase season|id=95205|season=2018}}</ref> |Serie B |34||13||2||0||colspan="2"|—||36||13 |- |2019–20<ref name="2019/20">{{Soccerbase season|id=95205|season=2019}}</ref> |Serie A |33||14||0||0||colspan="2"|—||33||14 |- |2020–21<ref name="2020/21">{{Soccerbase season|id=95205|season=2020}}</ref> |Serie B |30||8||1||0||2||0||33||8 |- !colspan="2"|Total !160!!48!!12!!2!!8!!0!!180!!50 |- |S.P.A.L. |2021–22<ref name="2021/22">{{Soccerbase season|id=95205|season=2021}}</ref> |Serie B |18||4||0||0||colspan="2"|—||18||4 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !386!!90!!20!!3!!12!!1!!425!!94 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://aic.football.it/scheda/16396 AIC Profile] {{in lang|it}} *[http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=2825&squadra=1 FIGC Profile] {{in lang|it}}
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