Rolando Mandragora (Italian pronunciation: [roˈlando manˈdraːɡora]; born 29 June 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serie A club Fiorentina.
 Mandragora with Udinese in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 June 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Naples, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fiorentina | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Mariano Keller | |||
| 2011–2016 | Genoa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2016 | Genoa | 5 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Pescara (loan) | 26 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Juventus | 1 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Crotone (loan) | 36 | (2) |
| 2018–2020 | Udinese | 61 | (3) |
| 2020–2022 | Juventus | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Udinese (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Torino (loan) | 38 | (3) |
| 2022– | Fiorentina | 66 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013–2014 | Italy U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2014 | Italy U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Italy U19 | 10 | (1) |
| 2017 | Italy U20 | 7 | (0) |
| 2015–2019 | Italy U21 | 26 | (0) |
| 2018 | Italy | 1 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:21, 22 September 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 June 2019 | |||
He began his professional career at Genoa, making five Serie A appearances and playing more frequently on loan at Pescara in Serie B. In 2016 he joined Juventus, where he made a sole appearance and was loaned a year later to Crotone, where he played regularly. He signed for Udinese in 2018. He rejoined Juventus in October 2020 and was immediately loaned back to Udinese.
Mandragora represented Italy at every age group from under-17 to under-21. He made his senior international debut in June 2018.
Club career
editEarly career
editMandragora is a native of the Naples quartiere of Scampia. His father ran the local football school established by Paolo and Fabio Cannavaro. Mandragora was scouted by Serie A clubs while at Mariano Keller and joined the youth sector of Genoa at age fourteen.[1]
He made his Serie A debut on 29 October 2014 against Juventus in a 1–0 home win. He played the first 69 minutes of the game, before being substituted by Juraj Kucka.[2]
Juventus
editOn 19 January 2016, Juventus confirmed the signing of Mandragora on a five-year contract for an initial fee of €6 million, potentially rising to €12 million based on performance. [3] He spent the rest of the 2015–16 season on loan at Serie B side Pescara. In April 2016 he suffered a fractured metatarsal in his right foot which required surgery. His recovery was hindered due to complications and he was forced to undergo a second surgery that August.[4]
Mandragora returned to Juventus for the 2016–17 season and was given the number 38 shirt. He made his Juventus debut on 23 April 2017, coming on as a substitute for Claudio Marchisio in the 86th minute of a 4–0 home win against his former club Genoa, in Serie A.[5][6][7]
On 5 August 2017, Mandragora was loaned to fellow top-flight team Crotone for the season.[8] He played all but two of their league games, starting each one as the Calabrian club suffered relegation, and contributed two goals; the first of his career was on 24 September to open a 2–0 home win over Benevento.[9]
Udinese
editOn 2 July 2018, Mandragora was sold to fellow Serie A side Udinese but Juventus kept a buy-back option for €20 million.[10]
Mandragora received a one-match retrospective ban for blasphemy from Lega Serie A in August 2018; after having a shot saved against Sampdoria he shouted insults towards the Virgin Mary and God.[11]
On 22 December 2018, Mandragora scored his first goal for Udinese to open a 1–1 home draw with Frosinone.[12] A week later, he was given a straight red card by the video assistant referee in a 2–0 win over Cagliari also at the Stadio Friuli.[13]
On 23 June 2020, Mandragora sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury during a 1–0 loss to Torino and was ruled out for over four months.[14]
Return to Juventus
editOn 3 October 2020, Juventus announced that Mandragora was rejoining the club on a five-year contract for €10.7 million, while remaining with Udinese on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season. The deal also included an optional one-year extension of the loan and a potential €6 million extra payment to Udinese based on his performances.[15]
Torino (loan)
editOn 1 February 2021, after bringing an early finish to his loan at Udinese, Mandragora joined Torino, again on loan, until June 2022. The deal included a conditional obligation to buy.[16]
Fiorentina
editOn 4 July 2022, he was sold to Fiorentina.[17]
On 29 May 2024, Mandragora started in Fiorentina's 1–0 extra-time defeat to Olympiacos in the 2024 UEFA Europa Conference League final.[18]
International career
editA regular youth international, Mandragora made his debut for the Italy U21 team on 12 August 2015, in a friendly match against Hungary. He was named in the team for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.[19][20]
Mandragora made his senior international debut for Italy under Roberto Mancini, starting in a 3–1 friendly loss to France in Nice on 1 June 2018.[21][22]
He took part in the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, as the team's captain.[23]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 3 October 2024[24]
| Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Genoa | 2014–15 | Serie A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| Pescara (loan) | 2015–16 | Serie B | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | ||
| Juventus | 2016–17 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Crotone (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie A | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 2 | ||
| Udinese | 2018–19 | Serie A | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 3 | ||
| 2019–20 | Serie A | 26 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 28 | 3 | |||
| Total | 61 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 64 | 6 | ||||
| Udinese (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Torino (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie A | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 3 | ||
| 2021–22 | Serie A | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 23 | 1 | |||
| Total | 38 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 40 | 4 | ||||
| Fiorentina | 2022–23 | Serie A | 29 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 17[a] | 2 | — | 50 | 4 | |
| 2023–24 | Serie A | 32 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13[a] | 1 | — | 49 | 5 | ||
| 2024–25 | Serie A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 66 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 33 | 3 | — | 107 | 9 | |||
| Career total | 233 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 291 | 21 | ||
- ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
edit- As of 1 June 2018[24]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
Honours
editJuventus[24]
Fiorentina
- Coppa Italia runner-up: 2022–23[25]
- UEFA Europa Conference League runner-up: 2022–23,[26] 2023–24[18]
Italy U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup bronze medal: 2017[27]
References
edit- ^ "Rolando Mandragora, il nuovo enfant prodige del calcio italiano". Tuttosport (in Italian). 27 June 2015.
- ^ "Genoa vs. Juventus - 29 October 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ "AGREEMENT WITH GENOA C.F.C. FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE PLAYER ROLANDO MANDRAGORA" (PDF). Juventus F.C. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ "Juventus, Mandragora l'acquisto ancora mai visto". Tuttosport (in Italian). 8 November 2016.
- ^ "The 50 best young footballers in Italy". The Guardian. 24 January 2017.
- ^ Filippo Conticello (23 April 2017). "Juventus-Genoa 4-0: autogol di Munoz, Dybala, Mandzukic e Bonucci". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
- ^ "Mandragora esordisce con la Juventus: tutta la gioia su Instagram". Tuttosport (in Italian). 24 April 2017.
- ^ "Official: Crotone loan Mandragora". Football Italia. 5 August 2017.
- ^ "Crotone-Benevento 2-0: Mandragora e Rohden rilanciano Nicola". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 24 September 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "Calciomercato Udinese, preso Mandragora dalla Juventus" (in Italian). Sky Italia. 2 July 2018.
- ^ "Udinese's Rolando Mandragora suspended for 'blasphemous remarks'". BBC Sport. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "Udinese-Frosinone 1-1, Ciano risponde a Mandragora, Baroni parte bene" [Udinese-Frosinone 1-1, Ciano responds to Mandragora, Baroni starts well]. La Repubblica (in Italian). 22 December 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ Farinola, Antonio (29 December 2018). "Udinese-Cagliari 2-0: Pussetto e Behrami rilanciano i bianconeri" [Udinese-Cagliari 2-0: Pussetto and Behrami relaunch the Bianconeri]. La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ "Sky: Mandragora suffers ACL injury". Football-Italia. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "Agreement with Udinese for the acquisition of the player Rolando Mandragora". Juventus F.C. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
- ^ "Mandragora al Torino: "Sono contentissimo"" [Mandragora to Torino: "I'm very happy"] (in Italian). Sky Sport Italia. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ JuventusNews24, Redazione (4 July 2022). "Mandragora Fiorentina, è UFFICIALE: cifre e dettagli. Quanto incassa la Juve". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 4 July 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Media, P. A. (29 May 2024). "Olympiakos win Europa Conference League after El Kaabi floors Fiorentina". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Azzurrini in partenza per la Corea del Sud. Evani: "Abbiamo il dovere di arrivare in fondo"" (in Italian). FIGC. 15 May 2017.
- ^ "Caldara: 'Azzurri on right track'". Football Italia. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ "Italy: Experimental Azzurri test France". Football Italia. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ "Parte l'avventura europea: Di Biagio ufficializza la lista dei 23 Azzurrini". 6 June 2019.
- ^ a b c "R. Mandragora". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ Porzio, Francesco (24 May 2023). "Inter win Coppa Italia as Lautaro Martinez brace downs Fiorentina, build momentum for Champions League final". CBS Sports. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ Stone, Simon (7 June 2023). "Fiorentina 1–2 West Ham United: Jarrod Bowen goal decides Europa Conference League final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "Figc | News - Verso il Mondiale. Ufficializzati i nomi dei 21 Azzurrini, domenica sera raduno a Roma". www.figc.it. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
External links
edit- Profile at the ACF Fiorentina website (in Italian)
- Rolando Mandragora at Soccerway
- Profile at Lega Serie A[dead link]
- Profile at FIGC (in Italian)