Leonardo Mancuso

Leonardo Mancuso (born 26 May 1992) is an Italian footballer who plays as a winger for Serie B club Empoli.

Leonardo Mancuso
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-05-26) 26 May 1992
Place of birth Milan, Italy
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Empoli
Number 7
Youth career
Milan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Pizzighettone 37 (11)
2012–2014 Carrarese 54 (13)
2014–2016 Cittadella 14 (0)
2016–2017 Sambenedettese 40 (25)
2017–2018 Pescara 16 (3)
2018–2019 Juventus 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Pescara (loan) 53 (24)
2019– Empoli 12 (4)
National team
2013 Italy U20 C 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:38, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

Career

Born in Milan, Lombardy, Mancuso was a youth product of A.C. Milan. He was the member of the reserve "Primavera" in 2010–11 season,[1] however, he only had handful appearances. He was in the reserve B, or U18 "Berretti" team in 2009–10 season.[2]

In mid-2011 he was transferred to fifth division (top of regional non-professional football) team Pizzighettone for 2011–12 Serie D season. He was selected to Serie D representative team for Torneo di Viareggio in January 2012.[3]

On 5 July 2012 Italian third division club Carrarese announced that the club signed Mancuso from Pergolettese in definitive and former Milan team-mate Riccardo Piscitelli in temporary deal.[4] He was selected to Italy under-20 C team in February 2013 and made his debut on 7 February, as half-time substitute of Leonardo Gatto.[5]

In July 2016 Mancuso sign with Sambenedettese, just promoted in Serie C. After a great season, with 25 goals in 40 games,[6] he joins Pescara.

On 31 January 2018 Mancuso joined Juventus, with Cristian Bunino moved to opposite direction. Mancuso immediately returned to Pescara on a 1½-years loan.[7]

On 13 July 2019, Mancuso signed to Empoli.[8]

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References
  1. "FINAL EIGHT PRIMAVERA: I CONVOCATI E LA NUMERAZIONE UFFICIALE" (in Italian). A.C. Milan. 3 June 2011. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  2. "Comunicato Ufficiale N°30/TB (2009–10)" (PDF). Campionato Berretti (in Italian). Lega Pro. 4 November 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  3. "RAPPRESENTATIVA D AL LAVORO IN ATTESA DEL SORTEGGIO PER LA VIAREGGIO CUP" (in Italian). FIGC. 2 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  4. "Comunicato Stampa" (in Italian). Carrarese Calcio. 5 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  5. "CROAZIA-ITALIA LEGA PRO 3-1" (Press release) (in Italian). Lega Pro. 7 February 2013. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  6. "Leonardo Mancuso è già nella Storia". Noi Samb (in Italian). 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  7. "Movimenti di mercato #BiancAzzurri" (Press release) (in Italian). Delfino Pescara 1936. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  8. "UFFICIALE: Empoli, ecco Mancuso dalla Juventus". Retrieved 18 July 2019.
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