Sori Mané

Bissau-Guinean footballer
Sori Mané
Personal information
Full name Manconi Soriano Mané[1]
Date of birth (1996-04-03) 3 April 1996 (age 28)[1]
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau[1]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Académico Viseu
Number 16
Youth career
Fidjus di Bideras
2014–2015 Sampdoria
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Sampdoria 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Olhanense (loan) 6 (1)
2016–2017 Olhanense 31 (0)
2017–2019 Cova Piedade 49 (1)
2019–2023 Moreirense 55 (2)
2023– Académico Viseu 19 (0)
International career‡
2017– Guinea-Bissau 33 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:41, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:56, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

Manconi Soriano "Sori" Mané (born 3 April 1996) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or a centre-back for Liga Portugal 2 club Académico de Viseu.

Club career

Early career

Mané was born in Bissau. He finished his youth career in Italy, with UC Sampdoria.[2]

In late 2015, Mané was loaned to Portuguese club S.C. Olhanense.[2] He made his LigaPro debut on 31 January 2016, featuring the first half of the 1–0 away loss against Atlético Clube de Portugal.[3] His first goal came also that season, in a 2–0 away victory over Leixões S.C. on 8 May.[4]

Mané continued in the Portuguese second division the following years, with Olhanense and C.D. Cova da Piedade.[5]

Moreirense

On 11 July 2019, Mané signed a four-year contract with Primeira Liga club Moreirense FC.[6] He made his debut on the competition on 11 August, starting in a 3–1 defeat at S.C. Braga.[7]

Mané spent the vast majority of the 2020–21 season on the sidelines, due to a knee injury.[8] On 14 May 2022 he scored his first goal for his new team, opening a 4–1 home win over F.C. Vizela;[9] in the subsequent promotion and relegation play-offs, they lost 2–1 on aggregate to G.D. Chaves.[10]

In the 2022–23 campaign, Mané scored once in 27 games (31 in all competitions) to help Moreirense win the second division and subsequently promote.[11][12]

Académico Viseu

Mané remained in division two in summer 2023, on a two-year deal at Académico de Viseu FC.[13]

International career

Mané made his debut for the Guinea-Bissau national team on 25 March 2017, in a 3–1 friendly loss to South Africa where he came on as an injury-time substitute.[14][15] He was part of the squad that participated in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.[16]

Honours

Moreirense

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Sori Mané" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b Devesas, Lino (4 June 2019). "Sori Mané vai ser jogador do Moreirense" [Sori Mané will be a Moreirense player]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Atlético-Olhanense, 1–0: Golo de Regula garante triunfo" [Atlético-Olhanense, 1–0: Regula goal confirms win]. Record (in Portuguese). 31 January 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Leixões-Olhanense, 0–2: Equipa de Matosinhos em posição de descida" [Leixões-Olhanense, 0–2: Team from Matosinhos in relegation zone]. Record (in Portuguese). 8 May 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. ^ Lopes, Gervásio (20 July 2017). "Sori Mané reforça Cova de [sic] Piedade" [Sori Mané bolsters Cova da Piedade] (in Portuguese). Sou Djurtu. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Sori Mané reforça Moreirense" [Sori Mané bolsters Moreirense] (Press release) (in Portuguese). Moreirense F.C. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  7. ^ Ferreira, Bruno José (11 August 2019). "Sp. Braga-Moreirense, 3–1 (crónica)" [Sp. Braga-Moreirense, 3–1 (report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Sori Mané regressa à competição quase nove meses após grave lesão" [Sori Mané returns to competition almost nine months after serious injury]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Moreirense goleia Vizela e vai lutar pela manutenção no 'play-off'" [Moreirense thrash Vizela and will fight to stay up in play-off]. O Minho (in Portuguese). 14 May 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Chaves regressa à I Liga, Moreirense é despromovido ao segundo escalão" [Chaves return to I League, Moreirense are relegated to second tier]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 29 May 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Moreirense promovido à I Liga e campeão do segundo escalão" [Moreirense promoted to I League and second-tier champions]. Público (in Portuguese). 6 May 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Campeão da II Liga reforça meio-campo do Académico de Viseu" [II League champion bolsters Académico de Viseu midfield]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 16 August 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  13. ^ "Sori Mané é Viriato até 2025" [Sori Mané is Viriato until 2025] (in Portuguese). Académico Viseu F.C. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  14. ^ "Guiné-Bissau: Djurtus defrontam "Bafana Bafana"" [Guinea-Bissau: Djurtus face "Bafana Bafana"] (in Portuguese). Radio France Internationale. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  15. ^ "África do Sul 3–1 Guiné Bissau" [South Africa 3–1 Guinea-Bissau] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  16. ^ "Guiné-Bissau vai fazer tudo para dignificar bandeira e nação na CAN2019" [Guinea-Bissau will do anything to dignify flag and nation at ACN2019]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 17 June 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  17. ^ Devesas, Lino (22 May 2023). "Campeão Moreirense fixa recorde e despede-se na quinta-feira" [Champions Moreirense set record and say goodbye on Thursday]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 August 2023.

External links

  • Sori Mané at ForaDeJogo (archived) Edit this at Wikidata
  • Portuguese League profile (in Portuguese)
  • Sori Mané at National-Football-Teams.com
  • Sori Mané at Soccerway
  • Sori Mané at ESPN FC
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Guinea-Bissau squad – 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
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Guinea-Bissau squad – 2023 Africa Cup of Nations
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