Federico Mancuello

Federico Andrés Mancuello (born 26 March 1989) is an Argentine footballer who plays as central midfielder for Argentinan club Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield.

Federico Mancuello
Mancuello at Independiente.
Personal information
Full name Federico Andrés Mancuello
Date of birth (1989-03-26) 26 March 1989
Place of birth Reconquista, Argentina
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Vélez Sarsfield
Youth career
2004–2008 Independiente
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2015 Independiente 152 (20)
2011–2012 → Belgrano (loan) 21 (1)
2016–2017 Flamengo 29 (5)
2018 Cruzeiro 20 (1)
2019–2020 Toluca 25 (2)
National team
2015– Argentina 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 November 2019

Mancuello started his career at Independiente and had a brief loan at Belgrano during 2011–12 season. He moved to Flamengo at the beginning of the 2016 season. He also represented Argentina on two occasions scoring one goal.

Club career

Early years

Mancuello made his league debut for Independiente in a 1–2 home defeat by Arsenal de Sarandí on 14 December 2008. He scored his first goal for the club im a 5–1 away defeat to Lanús on 5 April 2009. He scored again on 11 April in a 2–1 win over Huracán.

Loan to Belgrano

After not being considered by Independiente's coach Antonio Mohamed in July 2011 Mancuello was loaned to Club Atlético Belgrano for one year.[1] On 26 October he scored his first and only goal in a 1–0 victory against Tigre.[2] In January 2012 Mancuello suffered an injury in a match of the Copa Argentina which kept him out of the fields for several weeks when he was being a key player of his team.[3]

2016 season

On January 6, 2016 Mancuello was signed by Brazilian club Flamengo for a fee of R$12 million.[4] On the first half of the season Mancuello didn't perform as expected due to some injuries, playing all of his 12 matches as a starter and scoring 3 goals. As the 2016 Série A started he lost his status of starter, but established himself as of the most important substitutes of the team.

On 6 August 2016 Mancuello scored his first Série A goal in a 1-0 win against Atlético Paranaense in Kléber Andrade Stadium, the game-winner goal was scored in a beautiful back heel flick.[5] On 28 August 2016, against Chapecoense, he substituted Éverton on the 62nd minute and scored his second Série A in the injury time, Flamengo won the match 3-1 at Arena Condá.[6] His third Série A goal was, once again, a game-winner, this time against Cruzeiro in a beautiful placed shot in the 87th minute.[7] In his first season at Flamengo, Mancuello made 36 appearances and scored five goals in all competitions.

International career

On March 20, 2015 Mancuello was called up by Argentine coach Gerardo Martino for the friendly matches against El Salvador on March 28 and Ecuador on March 31, 2015.[8] He made his debut against El Salvador at Fedex Field, replacing Ángel Di María in the second half and scoring a debut goal from a free kick at the end of the match.[9][10] In May, he was selected for the preliminary squad for the 2015 Copa América[11] but he wasn't considered for the definitive draft.[12]

Career statistics

Club career
As of 5 December 2018.
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Independiente 2008–09 Primera División 163–––163
2009–10 181–––181
2010–11 151–40–191
Total 595–40–635
Belgrano 2011–12 Primera División 21110––221
Total 21110––221
Independiente 2012–13 Primera División 2100031–241
2013–14 Primera B Nacional 37220––392
2014 Primera División 191000––1910
2015 1630020–183
Total 93152051–10016
Flamengo 2016 Série A 213313091365
2017 821060153305
Total 29541902446610
Cruzeiro 2018 Série A 2012040122383
Total 2012040122383
Career total 222276122136628639

International career

Honours
Independiente
Flamengo
Cruzeiro

References
  1. "Mancuello, de Diablo a Pirata" at Diario Olé. 18 July 2011 (in Spanish)
  2. "Con el agua al Mancuello" at Diario Olé. 26 October 2011 (in Spanish)
  3. "La Mancuello viene torcida" at Diario Olé. 26 January 2012 (in Spanish)
  4. "Mancuello chega ao Rio e já veste a camisa do Flamengo". O Globo. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  5. "Flamengo vence o Atlético-PR com letra de Mancuello e dorme na liderança". globoesporte.com. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  6. "Damião e Diego voltam a marcar, e Flamengo assume vice-liderança". globoesporte.com. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  7. "Flamengo vira no fim, coloca Cruzeiro no Z-4 e mantém 100% em Cariacica". globoesporte.com. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  8. "Fiera, Mancu y Melli" at Diario Olé. 17 March 2015 (in Spanish)
  9. "Argentina, without Messi, beats El Salvador 2–0" at The Washington Post. 29 March 2015
  10. "Mancuello sorprende en su debut con un golazo de falta" at Diario Marca. 29 March 2015 (in Spanish)
  11. "Martino anunció los 30 preseleccionados". AFA. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  12. "Gerardo Martino confirmó la lista de 23 convocados y mantuvo a Casco para la Copa América". La Nación. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  13. "Argentina venció 2-1 a Ecuador en el cierre de la minigira en Estados Unidos". eluniverso.com. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
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