Felice Mancini (born 10 June 1965) is an Italian former footballer, who played as a

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, and a current coach. He is the father of Andrea Mancini.

Career

Born in Rome, capital of Italy, Mancini started his professional career at Abruzzo club

Pescara Pescara (; ; ) is the capital city of the province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo Regions of Italy, region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 118,657 (January 1, 2023) residents (and approximately 350,000 including the surround ...

, where he played a few Serie A and Serie B games during his 6-year contract, He also left the club in temporary deal for various Serie C2 club, for

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(from Lazio region) and

Lanciano Lanciano (; ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Chieti, part of the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It has 33,944 inhabitants as of 2023. The town is known for the first recorded Catholic Church, Catholic Miracle of Lanciano, Eucharis ...

(Abruzzo region). In November 1990 he finally left the club for Apulia club Martina. Mancini without a club for a season. In 1992–93 he joined Marche team Civitanovese. After retirement he became a head coach for amateur team in Abruzzo. In May 2004 he obtained a coaching license as youth team coach. He was appointed as the coach of Notaresco of Eccellenza Abruzzo in October 2007 but the chairman retreated the decision few days later. In January 2008 he was appointed as the coach of Pescara's ''Esordienti'' team (under-13 team). Mancini also led ''Giovanissimi'' B team (under-14 team) in the provincial youth league. Mancini returned to amateur football in July 2008 as the coach of Silvi (

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). Since 2009–10 season he was the coach of ''Giovanissimi'' under-15 team. In May 2012 he obtained Italian II-class coaching license, which equivalent to UEFA A License, made Mancini eligible to coach

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clubs or as vice-coach of Serie A and Serie B teams. However along with Cristian Bucchi who also freshly obtained their license, were remained in youth coaching for Pescara.

References

External links

Serie A profile (data by Panini)
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