Sori Mané

Manconi Soriano "Sori" Mané (born 3 April 1996) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or a central defender for Portuguese club Moreirense FC.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Soriano and the second or paternal family name is Mané.
Sori Mané
Personal information
Full name Manconi Soriano Mané[1]
Date of birth (1996-04-03) 3 April 1996[1]
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau[1]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, centre back
Club information
Current team
 Moreirense
Number 16
Youth career
Fidjus di Bideras
2014–2015 Sampdoria
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Sampdoria 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Olhanense (loan) 6 (1)
2016–2017 Olhanense 31 (0)
2017–2019 Cova Piedade 49 (1)
2019– Moreirense 14 (0)
National team‡
2017– Guinea-Bissau 13 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 September 2019

Club career

Mané was born in Bissau. He finished his youth career in Italy, with U.C. Sampdoria.[2]

In late 2015, Mané was loaned to Portuguese club S.C. Olhanense.[2] He made his LigaPro debut on 31 January 2016, featuring the first half of the 0–1 away loss against Atlético Clube de Portugal.[3] His first goal came also that season, in a 2–0 away victory over Leixões S.C. on 8 May.[4]

Mané continued in the Portuguese second division the following years, with Olhanense and C.D. Cova da Piedade.[5] On 11 July 2019, he signed a four-year contract with Moreirense F.C. of the Primeira Liga.[6] He played his first match in the competition on 11 August, starting the 1–3 defeat at S.C. Braga.[7]

International career

Mané made his debut for the Guinea-Bissau national team on 25 March 2017, in a 3–1 friendly loss to South Africa where he came on as an injury-time substitute.[8][9] He was part of the squad that participated in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.[10]

References
  1. "Sori Mané" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. Devesas, Lino (4 June 2019). "Sori Mané vai ser jogador do Moreirense" [Sori Mané will be a Moreirense player]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  3. "Atlético-Olhanense, 1–0: Golo de Regula garante triunfo" [Atlético-Olhanense, 1–0: Regula goal confirms win]. Record (in Portuguese). 31 January 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  4. "Leixões-Olhanense, 0–2: Equipa de Matosinhos em posição de descida" [Leixões-Olhanense, 0–2: Team from Matosinhos in relegation zone]. Record (in Portuguese). 8 May 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. Lopes, Gervásio (20 July 2017). "Sori Mané reforça Cova de [sic] Piedade" [Sori Mané bolsters Cova da Piedade] (in Portuguese). Sou Djurtu. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  6. "Sori Mané reforça Moreirense" [Sori Mané bolsters Moreirense] (Press release) (in Portuguese). Moreirense F.C. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  7. Ferreira, Bruno José (11 August 2019). "Sp. Braga-Moreirense, 3–1 (crónica)" [Sp. Braga-Moreirense, 3–1 (report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  8. "Guiné-Bissau: Djurtus defrontam "Bafana Bafana"" [Guinea-Bissau: Djurtus face "Bafana Bafana"] (in Portuguese). Radio France Internationale. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  9. "África do Sul 3–1 Guiné Bissau" [South Africa 3–1 Guinea-Bissau] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  10. "Guiné-Bissau vai fazer tudo para dignificar bandeira e nação na CAN2019" [Guinea-Bissau will do anything to dignify flag and nation at ACN2019]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 17 June 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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