Alessandro Faiolhe Amantino Mancini

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Personal information
Mancini
Full name	Alessandro Faiolhe Amantino
Date of birth	8 January 1980
Place of birth	Ipatinga, Brazil
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	AS Roma
Youth clubs
-1997	Atlético Mineiro
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2000 2000-2001 2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-present	Atlético Mineiro Portuguesa São Caetano Atlético Mineiro Venezia Calcio AS Roma	35 (2) 35 (1) ?? (?) 36 (15) 13 105 (28)
National team²
1999-2004	Brazil	12 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 december, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 25 November 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Alessandro Faiolhe Amantino (IPA: [ɐlə'sɐ̃dru faˈjɔʎi ɐmɐ̃ˈʧinu]), best known as Mancini (mɐ̃ˈsinʲi) (born August 1, 1980 in Ipatinga, Brazil) is a professional football (soccer) player, currently playing with A.S. Roma of the Italian Serie A. In the 2005-2006 season, Mancini put in some sensational performances after the injury of club captain Francesco Totti, helping the club to qualify for the UEFA Champions League.

Many fans of Italian football and indeed of international football have questioned Mancini's omissions from the Brazil national team. New coach Dunga has called-up several players from the Brazilian league yet Mancini has been consistently over-looked.

Mancini is an extremely versatile player, having played at right-back, right-midfield and winger, attacking-midfield and even as part of a front three. This versatility has seen him cement his place in Roma's first XI and put in some sensational displays over the past two seasons. However, Mancini rarely plays in defence anymore and has been getting considerable game time playing on the left side of midfield and attack. He is famous for his mazy dribbling and suberb pace.

His place in the side has recently been under speculation after falling out with club legend Francesco Totti and the arrival of Swedish international winger Christian Wilhelmmson from French team Nantes.

Mancini scored a sensational goal against Olympique Lyonnais in the 2nd leg of the teams' knockout round meeting in the Champions League, performing at least 5 stepovers in front of dazed Lyon defender Anthony Reveillere before cutting inside and smashing the ball into the top corner of the net.

[edit] Clubs

Clube Atlético Mineiro (1998-2000)
Portuguesa (2001)
São Caetano (2001)
Clube Atlético Mineiro (2002)
Venezia A.C. (2002-2003)
A.S. Roma (2003-)

A.S. Roma - Current Squad
1 Curci \| 2 Panucci \| 3 Martínez \| 4 Wilhelmsson \| 5 Mexès \| 7 Pizarro \| 8 Aquilani \| 10 Totti \| 11 Taddei \| 12 Pipolo \| 13 Chivu \| 14 Faty \| 16 De Rossi \| 17 Tavano \| 18 Virga \| 19 Defendi \| 20 Perrotta \| 21 Ferrari \| 22 Tonetto \| 23 Vučinić \| 27 Julio Sergio \| 28 Rosi \| 30 Mancini \| 32 Doni \| 35 Okaka \| 77 Cassetti \| Coach Spalletti