Vito Mannone

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Vito Mannone
Personal information
Date of birth	March 2, 1988 (1988-03-02) (age 20)
Place of birth	Desio, Italy
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Arsenal
Number	40
Youth clubs
2003–2005 2005–2006	Atalanta Arsenal
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2006–present 2006	Arsenal → Barnsley (loan)	0 (0) 2 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2008-01-31. * Appearances (Goals)

Vito Mannone (born March 2, 1988) is an Italian football goalkeeper who currently plays for Arsenal.

Mannone was signed by Arsène Wenger during the summer of 2005. He signed a 3 year deal with the Gunners after joining from Atalanta for a £350,000 compensation fee, as the player had not yet signed a professional contract with the Italian side. He made his Arsenal debut in a friendly match against Barnet on July 16, 2005, as Arsenal ran out 4-1 winners.

On August 18, 2006 he was sent out on a three month loan to Barnsley where he was expected to challenge Nick Colgan for the number one spot.^[1] Mannone's time at Barnsley was not a happy one - on his debut away to Preston North End on September 22 he came on as a substitute after Colgan was red-carded and gifted Preston the winning goal, punching the ball onto Patrick Agyemang's head.^[2] In his next match, against Luton Town, starting in place of the suspended Colgan, he dropped a cross late on and allowed Ahmet Brkovic to score the winner.

After suffering a knee injury, Mannone's loan period was cut short and he returned to Arsenal on October 23 for treatment.^[3] It was rumoured that he was going to go on loan to Scottish Premier League side Inverness CT in January 2007, however they could not guarantee him a first team place. He was also linked with a loan move to Gretna, in the summer of 2007, but that move fell through.^[4][5]

Mannone has not yet played a first-team match for Arsenal. However, he has been named on the substitutes' bench during Arsenal's 2007-08 League Cup campaign as backup for Lukasz Fabianski; he has featured in the matchday squad for matches against Newcastle United^[6], Sheffield United and Blackburn Rovers, remaining on the bench throughout for all three.

On December 19, 2007 Arsenal announced that Mannone signed a new long-term contract.^[7] He made the bench for his first Premier League game, against Reading on April 19, 2008.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Vito Mannone career stats at Soccerbase
• Profile on Arsenal.com

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Persondata
NAME	Mannone, Vito
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Italian goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH	1988-03-02
PLACE OF BIRTH	Desio, Italy
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH