Matteo Mandorlini (born 22 October 1988) is an former Italian

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who played as

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. He is the son of football coach

Andrea Mandorlini Andrea Mandorlini (born 17 July 1960) is an Italian association football, football manager and former Defender (association football), defender, currently in charge of club Mantova 1911, Mantova. Playing career Mandorlini made his playing debu ...

, who also played as a footballer with

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in the 1980s. His brother Davide is also a footballer.

Club career

Parma

Matteo born Mandorlini in

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, Lombardy, when his father Andrea playing for Internazionale. He started his career with

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side

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. Mandorlini has made one

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appearance for Parma, that being Parma's 1–0 loss to

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on 14 May 2006 during the 2005–06 season. That match was the last round of the season and Mandorlini substituted

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in the 84th minute. In July 2007, he was loaned to

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and sold to

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in co-ownership deal in August 2008. He started both legs of the relegation playoffs as a midfielder in 4321/433 formation. In June 2009, Parma bought him back and loaned to Viareggio.

Piacenza

In 2010–11 season, he returned to Parma and awarded no.27 shirt, which he also own that number in 2005–06 season. But on 31 August he was loaned to

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club Piacenza. He started his first start of the

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season on 16 October 2010, as right midfielder (ahead Alessandro Marchi) in 4321/433 formation. The match Piacenza defeated

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1–0. In the next match he moved to left midfielder ahead

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Brescia

In June 2011, the last few days of 2010–11 financial year, he moved to

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in co-ownership deal. Parma signed Cristian Pedrinelli in exchange also in co-ownership deal. Both players 50% registration rights were valued €1.5 million. Mandorlini played 22 times in

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. In June 2012 Mandorlini left for Serie B newcomer Spezia along with Parma team-mate

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. On 31 January 2013 he was signed by Grosseto. However Grosseto still relegated to

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. In June 2013 Parma gave up the remain 50% registration rights of Mandorlini to Brescia for free; Pedrinelli also moved to Parma outright for another €80,000.

Pisa

On 18 July 2014 he was signed by Serie C club

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Pordenone

On 22 August 2015 he was signed by

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in a 2-year deal.

Seregno

On 2 September 2021, he joined Serie C club

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International career

Mandorlini was a member of the Italy U17 squad at the

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. He was also capped for the Italy U19 team during the team's

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campaign, and wore the number nine shirt. After the tournament he never received a call-up from neither the

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nor the U21 team. Instead, he received a call-up from the C team:

Italy under-20 Lega Pro representative team Italy national football C teams ( it, Squadre Rappresentative della Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico) are the Italy national football team representative teams of Serie C (in the past Lega Pro Prima Divisione and Seconda Divisione). They are c ...

, played for the team at 2008–09 Mirop Cup, but sometimes as a defender. Padova *

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: 2017–18 *

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: 2018

References

External links

La Gazzetta dello Sport Profile

Statistics with Italian National teams
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mandorlini, Matteo 1988 births Living people Footballers from Como Italian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players Parma Calcio 1913 players AC Pavia 1911 SSD players ASD Città di Foligno 1928 players ASD Viareggio Calcio players Piacenza Calcio 1919 players Brescia Calcio players Spezia Calcio players US Grosseto 1912 players Pisa SC players Pordenone Calcio players Calcio Padova players US 1913 Seregno Calcio players Italy men's youth international footballers