Mané with VfB Stuttgart in 2016
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Carlos Manuel Cardoso Mané | ||
Date of birth | 11 March 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Winger / Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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VfB Stuttgart (loan from Sporting CP) |
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Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2013 | Sporting CP | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2014 | Sporting B | 15 | (1) |
2013– | Sporting CP | 60 | (9) |
2016– | → VfB Stuttgart (loan) | 19 | (6) |
National team‡ | |||
2009 | Portugal U15 | 2 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Portugal U16 | 11 | (4) |
2010–2011 | Portugal U17 | 15 | (1) |
2011–2012 | Portugal U18 | 7 | (2) |
2012–2013 | Portugal U19 | 17 | (4) |
2014– | Portugal U21 | 14 | (3) |
2016 | Portugal U23 | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:00, 14 August 2016 (UTC) |
Carlos Manuel Cardoso Mané (born 11 March 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for German club VfB Stuttgart on loan from Sporting Clube de Portugal mainly as a right winger.
Born in Lisbon, Mané joined local Sporting Clube de Portugal at the age of only nine. On 9 December 2012 he made his senior debut, appearing with the B-team in a second division match against C.D. Aves after coming on as a substitute for Jorge Chula in the 78th minute of a 2–2 home draw; exactly one month later, for the same competition, he scored his first professional goal, at C.F. Os Belenenses (1–2 loss).
Mané played his first game in the Primeira Liga with the Lions on 5 October 2013, entering the pitch in the dying minutes of a 4–0 home win over Vitória de Setúbal. He scored his first goal in the competition on 15 February of the following year, starting and netting the game's only against S.C. Olhanense also at the Estádio José Alvalade.
Mané scored his first goal in the UEFA Champions League in only his third appearance in the competition, opening the score in an eventual 3–1 group stage home win over NK Maribor on 25 November 2014, where he started and played 65 minutes. He played six games of the team's victorious run in the Taça de Portugal, scoring the winning goal against F.C. Vizela in the fifth round and the equaliser away to C.D. Nacional in the first leg of the semi-final.