Vito Mannone
Italian footballer (born 1988) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vito Mannone (born 2 March 1988) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Lille.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Vito Mannone[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1988-03-02) 2 March 1988 (age 36)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Desio, Italy | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lille | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2005 | Atalanta | ||
2005–2006 | Arsenal | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2013 | Arsenal | 15 | (0) |
2006 | → Barnsley (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2010–2011 | → Hull City (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2012 | → Hull City (loan) | 21 | (0) |
2013–2017 | Sunderland | 67 | (0) |
2017–2020 | Reading | 47 | (0) |
2019 | → Minnesota United (loan) | 34 | (0) |
2020 | → Esbjerg fB (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Monaco | 9 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Lorient | 18 | (0) |
2023– | Lille | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2009–2010 | Italy U21 | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:21, 31 January 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2010 |
Born in Desio, Mannone was a member of Atalanta's academy before moving to England in 2005, joining Arsenal. He made his Arsenal debut in 2009 and made eight appearances in 2009–10 before spending two loan spells with Hull City. He left Arsenal in 2013 for Sunderland. In his first season, he won the club's Player of the Year award as Sunderland reached the League Cup final. He spent four seasons with Sunderland before moving to Reading in 2017. Mannone moved on loan to Minnesota United and Esbjerg before leaving permanently in 2020. Mannone moved to France, playing for Monaco and Lorient. He joined Lille in 2023.
He has also represented Italy at U21 level.