Rolando Mandragora

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Rolando Mandragora
Mandragora with Udinese in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-06-29) 29 June 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Naples, Italy
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)
Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Fiorentina
Number 38
Youth career
Mariano Keller
2011–2016
Genoa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016
Genoa
 5 (0)
2015–2016 → Pescara (loan) 26 (0)
2016–2018 Juventus 1 (0)
2017–2018 →
Crotone
(loan)		 36 (2)
2018–2020 Udinese 61 (3)
2020–2022 Juventus 0 (0)
2020–2021 → Udinese (loan) 10 (0)
2021–2022 →
Torino
(loan)		 38 (3)
2022– Fiorentina 57 (5)
International career‡
2013–2014 Italy U17 4 (0)
2014 Italy U18 1 (0)
2014–2015 Italy U19 10 (1)
2017 Italy U20 7 (0)
2015–2019 Italy U21 26 (0)
2018 Italy 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:50, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 June 2019

Rolando Mandragora (Italian pronunciation:

defensive midfielder for Serie A club Fiorentina
.

He began his professional career at

Crotone, where he played regularly. He signed for Udinese
in 2018. He rejoined Juventus in October 2020 and was immediately loaned back to Udinese.

Mandragora represented Italy at every age group from under-17 to under-21. He made his senior international debut in June 2018.

Club career

Early career

Mandragora is a native of the

Genoa at age fourteen.[1]

He made his Serie A debut on 29 October 2014 against Juventus in a 1–0 home win. He played the first 69 minutes of the game, before being substituted by Juraj Kucka.[2]

Juventus

On 19 January 2016, Juventus confirmed the signing of Mandragora on a five-year contract for an initial fee of €6 million, potentially rising to €12 million based on performance. [3] He spent the rest of the 2015–16 season on loan at Serie B side Pescara. In April 2016 he suffered a fractured metatarsal in his right foot which required surgery. His recovery was hindered due to complications and he was forced to undergo a second surgery that August.[4]

Mandragora returned to Juventus for the 2016–17 season and was given the number 38 shirt. He made his Juventus debut on 23 April 2017, coming on as a substitute for Claudio Marchisio in the 86th minute of a 4–0 home win against his former club Genoa, in Serie A.[5][6][7]

On 5 August 2017, Mandragora was loaned to fellow top-flight team

Crotone for the season.[8] He played all but two of their league games, starting each one as the Calabrian club suffered relegation, and contributed two goals; the first of his career was on 24 September to open a 2–0 home win over Benevento.[9]

Udinese

On 2 July 2018, Mandragora was sold to fellow Serie A side Udinese but Juventus kept a buy-back option for €20 million.[10]

Mandragora received a one-match retrospective ban for blasphemy from

Sampdoria he shouted insults towards the Virgin Mary and God.[11]

On 22 December 2018, Mandragora scored his first goal for Udinese to open a 1–1 home draw with Frosinone.[12] A week later, he was given a straight red card by the video assistant referee in a 2–0 win over Cagliari also at the Stadio Friuli.[13]

On 23 June 2020, Mandragora sustained an

Torino and was ruled out for over four months.[14]

Return to Juventus

On 3 October 2020, Juventus announced that Mandragora was rejoining the club on a five-year contract for €10.7 million, while remaining with Udinese on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season. The deal also included an optional one-year extension of the loan and a potential €6 million extra payment to Udinese based on his performances.[15]

Torino (loan)

On 1 February 2021, after bringing an early finish to his loan at Udinese, Mandragora joined

Torino, again on loan, until June 2022. The deal included a conditional obligation to buy.[16]

Fiorentina

On 4 July 2022, he was sold to Fiorentina.[17]

International career

A regular youth international, Mandragora made his debut for the Italy U21 team on 12 August 2015, in a friendly match against Hungary. He was named in the team for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.[18][19]

Mandragora made his senior international debut for Italy under Roberto Mancini, starting in a 3–1 friendly loss to France in Nice on 1 June 2018.[20][21]

He took part in the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, as the team's captain.[22]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 April 2024[23]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Coppa Italia Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Genoa 2014–15 Serie A 5 0 0 0 — — 5 0
Pescara (loan) 2015–16 Serie B 26 0 1 0 — — 27 0
Juventus 2016–17 Serie A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Crotone (loan) 2017–18 Serie A 36 2 1 0 — — 37 2
Udinese 2018–19 Serie A 35 3 1 0 — — 36 3
2019–20 Serie A 26 0 2 3 — — 28 3
Total 61 3 3 3 — — 64 6
Udinese (loan) 2020–21 Serie A 10 0 0 0 — — 10 0
Torino (loan) 2020–21 Serie A 17 3 0 0 — — 17 3
2021–22 Serie A 21 0 2 1 — — 23 1
Total 38 3 2 1 — — 40 4
Fiorentina 2022–23 Serie A 29 2 4 0 17[a] 2 — 50 4
2023–24 Serie A 28 3 3 1 11[a] 1 — 42 5
Total 57 5 7 1 28 3 — 92 9
Career total 224 13 14 5 28 3 0 0 276 21
  1. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of 1 June 2018[23]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Italy 2018 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

Juventus[23]

Fiorentina

Italy U20

References

  1. ^ "Rolando Mandragora, il nuovo enfant prodige del calcio italiano". Tuttosport (in Italian). 27 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Genoa vs. Juventus - 29 October 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  3. ^ "AGREEMENT WITH GENOA C.F.C. FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE PLAYER ROLANDO MANDRAGORA" (PDF). Juventus F.C. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Juventus, Mandragora l'acquisto ancora mai visto". Tuttosport (in Italian). 8 November 2016.
  5. ^ "The 50 best young footballers in Italy". The Guardian. 24 January 2017.
  6. ^ Filippo Conticello (23 April 2017). "Juventus-Genoa 4-0: autogol di Munoz, Dybala, Mandzukic e Bonucci". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
  7. ^ "Mandragora esordisce con la Juventus: tutta la gioia su Instagram". Tuttosport (in Italian). 24 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Official: Crotone loan Mandragora". Football Italia. 5 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Crotone-Benevento 2-0: Mandragora e Rohden rilanciano Nicola". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 24 September 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Calciomercato Udinese, preso Mandragora dalla Juventus" (in Italian). Sky Italia. 2 July 2018.
  11. ^ "Udinese's Rolando Mandragora suspended for 'blasphemous remarks'". BBC Sport. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  12. ^ "Udinese-Frosinone 1-1, Ciano risponde a Mandragora, Baroni parte bene" [Udinese-Frosinone 1-1, Ciano responds to Mandragora, Baroni starts well]. La Repubblica (in Italian). 22 December 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  13. ^ Farinola, Antonio (29 December 2018). "Udinese-Cagliari 2-0: Pussetto e Behrami rilanciano i bianconeri" [Udinese-Cagliari 2-0: Pussetto and Behrami relaunch the Bianconeri]. La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  14. ^ "Sky: Mandragora suffers ACL injury". Football-Italia. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  15. ^ "Agreement with Udinese for the acquisition of the player Rolando Mandragora". Juventus F.C. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  16. ^ "Mandragora al Torino: "Sono contentissimo"" [Mandragora to Torino: "I'm very happy"] (in Italian). Sky Sport Italia. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  17. ^ JuventusNews24, Redazione (4 July 2022). "Mandragora Fiorentina, è UFFICIALE: cifre e dettagli. Quanto incassa la Juve". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 4 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 25 May 2017.
  19. ^ "Azzurrini in partenza per la Corea del Sud. Evani: "Abbiamo il dovere di arrivare in fondo"" (in Italian). FIGC. 15 May 2017.
  20. ^ "Caldara: 'Azzurri on right track'". Football Italia. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  21. ^ "Italy: Experimental Azzurri test France". Football Italia. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  22. ^ "Parte l'avventura europea: Di Biagio ufficializza la lista dei 23 Azzurrini". 6 June 2019.
  23. ^ a b c "R. Mandragora". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  24. ^ Porzio, Francesco (24 May 2023). "Inter win Coppa Italia as Lautaro Martinez brace downs Fiorentina, build momentum for Champions League final". CBS Sports. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  25. ^ Stone, Simon (7 June 2023). "Fiorentina 1–2 West Ham United: Jarrod Bowen goal decides Europa Conference League final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  26. ^ "Figc | News - Verso il Mondiale. Ufficializzati i nomi dei 21 Azzurrini, domenica sera raduno a Roma". www.figc.it. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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