Gianluca Mancini, born on 17 April 1996 (age 30), is an Italian central defender with Roma, wearing squad number 23. A commanding 6ft 3in (1.90m), he is valued at around £13m by Transfermarkt.
Atalanta was where he first made a wider mark, with his most productive league season coming in 2018–19: five goals in 30 appearances from defence. That was enough to set up the move that has shaped his senior career far more than anything before it.
Roma has been the main body of his work. Across eight seasons he has made 246 league appearances and scored 16 league goals, a long stay by modern standards and not one padded out by sentiment. In 2026–27 he has made four Serie A appearances and one Champions League appearance for Roma, while also playing six World Cup qualifiers for Italy and scoring twice.
Mancini’s career is a straightforward one to place: a defender who broke through properly at Atalanta, then became a long-serving Roma regular and an Italy international.
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