Carlos Manuel Cardoso Mané (born 11 March 1994) is a professional

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who plays for Turkish club

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mainly as a

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. He began his career at

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

, playing 92 competitive games and scoring 14 goals while winning four cup trophies. During loans at

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V. (), commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German professional sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's Association football, football team is currently part of Germany's f ...

and

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, he won promotion from the 2. Bundesliga both times. Mané earned 73 caps for

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and scored 16 times across all youth levels, including representing the country at the

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. In September 2023, he switched allegiance to the Guinea-Bissau national team.

Club career

Sporting CP

Born in

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parents, Mané joined local

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

at age 9. On 9 December 2012, he made his senior debut, appearing with

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in a

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match against C.D. Aves after coming on as a substitute for

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in the 78th minute of a 2–2 home draw. Exactly one month later, in the same competition, he scored his first professional goal, at

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(2–1 loss). Mané played his first match in the

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with the ''Lions'' on 5 October 2013, entering the pitch in the dying minutes of a 4–0 home win over

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. His first goal in the competition arrived on 15 February of the following year, when he started and scored in the 1–0 defeat of

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also at the

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. Mané scored his first goal in the

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in only his third appearance in the competition, opening an eventual 3–1 group stage home victory over

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on 25 November 2014 where he started and played 65 minutes. He played six games of the team's victorious run in the

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, netting the winner against

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in the fifth round and the equaliser away to

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in the first leg of the semi-final. On 31 August 2016, Mané was loaned out to

until June 2018, with the German club having an option to buy. In his first match, he scored twice in the opening four minutes to help to a 4–0 home win over

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, a new record for a debuting player in the German professional leagues. However, his overall stint at the Mercedes-Benz Arena was largely undermined by injury. Mané returned to the German 2. Bundesliga in January 2019, joining

on loan until June with the option to make the move permanent. Hampered by a series of minor physical problems, he played eight games as the team from the

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were promoted to the

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for the first time, and they did not exercise the option.

Rio Ave

On 20 July 2019, Mané ended his 16-year association with Sporting by signing a three-year deal with Rio Ave F.C. of the same league, being presented at half-time in a pre-season friendly. He made his debut on 3 August in a 6–1 home rout of

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in the

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of the

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, as a 46th-minute substitute for Gabrielzinho. On 21 November, also at the Estádio dos Arcos, he scored his first goal for the club, the only one against Vitória de Setúbal. In his second season in

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, Mané was his team's top scorer with six goals, including a late winner to avoid instant relegation on the last day at the expense of

. Nonetheless, they went down following a playoff defeat by

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Kayserispor

On 13 August 2021, Mané joined Turkish club

for an undisclosed transfer fee.

International career

Portugal

Having already represented the Portugal national team at every level from under-15 onwards, Mané was part of the under-19 side that reached the semi-finals of the 2013 UEFA European Championship. During the tournament in Lithuania, he scored in a 4–2 victory over the hosts in the group stage. Mané was also chosen in

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's under-23 squad for the

in Brazil, making two starts and a substitute appearance for the quarter-finalists.

Guinea-Bissau

On 6 September 2023, Mané was called up to the Guinea-Bissau national team for a set of

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matches. He made his debut five days later, in a 2–1 win over

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where he provided the assist to fellow debutant Nito Gomes' equaliser.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Guinea-Bissau's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mané goal.''

Honours

Sporting CP *

: 2014–15, 2018–19 *

: 2018–19 *

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira The Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (; English: Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup, or simply Portuguese Super Cup) is an annual Portuguese association football, football match played since 1979 between the winners of the top-tier league (Primeira L ...

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Portugal *

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runner-up:

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mane, Carlos 1994 births Living people Portuguese sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent Black Portuguese sportspeople 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen 21st-century Bissau-Guinean sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Bissau-Guinean men's footballers Footballers from Lisbon Men's association football wingers Men's association football forwards Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Sporting CP B players Sporting CP footballers Rio Ave F.C. players 2. Bundesliga players VfB Stuttgart players 1. FC Union Berlin players Süper Lig players Kayserispor footballers Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Portugal Guinea-Bissau men's international footballers 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Bissau-Guinean expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Germany Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Turkey