Michael Mancienne

Michael Mancienne

Mancienne training with Chelsea in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Michael Ian Mancienne[1]
Date of birth	8 January 1988[1]
Place of birth	Feltham, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1]
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	Nottingham Forest
Number	4
Youth career
	Kingstonian
0000–2006	Chelsea
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2006–2011	Chelsea	4	(0)
2006–2008	→ Queens Park Rangers (loan)	58	(0)
2008–2011	→ Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan)	56	(0)
2011–2014	Hamburger SV	49	(0)
2014–	Nottingham Forest	66	(0)
National team
2003–2004	England U16	6	(3)
2004–2005	England U17	15	(0)
2005–2006	England U18	2	(0)
2006–2007	England U19	9	(0)
2007–2011	England U21	30	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 April 2016. † Appearances (goals)

Michael Ian Mancienne (born 8 January 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for English club Nottingham Forest.^[2]

Schooled primarily as a centre back, Mancienne can also play as a defensive midfielder as well as both fullback positions as he showed during appearances for Chelsea, and multiple loan spells at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

He is a former England under-21 player, having received his first call-up for the senior squad in November 2008, ahead of a friendly against Germany.

Club career

Chelsea

Born in Feltham, London,^[1] Mancienne was spotted by Chelsea as a nine-year-old playing for Kingstonian, and debuted for the Chelsea Reserves while still at school. He signed a professional contract in January 2006, and was called onto the bench for the final match of the 2005–06 season but was unused.

He was part of Chelsea's pre-season tour of the United States in Summer 2006 and started the season again with a place on the bench; in the 2006 Community Shield against Liverpool and the first two Premier League games of the 2006–07 season against Manchester City and Blackburn Rovers. Despite this, it would be over two years before he would play a competitive game for the Blues, a fact that led him to admit he may need to move on for the sake of his career.^[3]

After gaining playing time with spells on loan at Championship sides Queens Park Rangers and Wolverhampton Wanderers, respectively (see below), he finally made his Chelsea debut on 14 February 2009, starting an FA Cup tie at Watford.^[4] He made his European debut appearance 11 days later as a late substitute in a UEFA Champions League knock-out tie against Juventus, which ended 1–0 to Chelsea. On 28 February he achieved his Premier League debut in a 2–1 victory over Wigan Athletic.

At the end of the 2008–09 season, during which he made his only first team appearances to date for the club, he was voted their Young Player of the Year taking the place of Liam Mattimore.^[5]

He signed a new contract with Chelsea in August 2009 that would expire in June 2013.^[6]

Queens Park Rangers (loan)

Mancienne gained his first taste of league football in a loan spell at Queens Park Rangers in late 2006, when he joined them for the remainder of the 2006–07 campaign. He played most of his 28 games for the Championship side at right back, but also played a few times in his preferred centre-back position. His impressive displays made him popular with the QPR fans, who voted him runner-up in the Supporters' Young Player of the Year.^[7]

After signing a new contract extension at his parent club,^[8] he agreed to remain on loan at QPR for the 2007–08 season.^[7]

Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan)

With no playing opportunities arriving at Stamford Bridge, he again went out on loan in October 2008 when he joined promotion-chasing Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers on loan initially until 29 December 2008.^[9] His performances during this period caused Wolves to extend his loan by a further month,^[10] however, the paperwork on the extension was never completed, and he was recalled by his parent club.^[11]

Mancienne rejoined Wolves on a season's loan for the 2009–10 season,^[12] by which time they had achieved promotion to the Premier League. He was employed at centre back and in a defensive midfield role during the campaign, helping the club to survive their first season back at the top level.

He has once again returned to Molineux for the following season, his third different spell with the Midlands club during which he made his 50th appearance for them.^[13] He suffered a patella tendon injury in December that ruled him out for three months,^[14] before he returned to the side for the club's final six games, as they narrowly avoided the drop.

Hamburger SV

On 31 May 2011, Mancienne signed a four-year deal at German Bundesliga club Hamburger SV for a fee in the region of £1.752 million. He was reunited with former Chelsea sporting director Frank Arnesen, officially moving on 1 July 2011, when the transfer window opened.^[15] He made his debut for the club on 5 August 2011, in a 3–1 defeat at reigning champions Borussia Dortmund.

Nottingham Forest

On 16 July 2014, Mancienne joined Nottingham Forest on a three-year deal.^[16] He made his debut against Blackpool on 9 August 2014, starting at centre-half alongside Danny Fox. Mancienne played the entire ninety minutes of the 2-0 Forest win, earning the Man of the Match award in the process.^[17] Mancienne was then sent off in his second game for the club, following two bookable offences in Forest's League Cup tie away at Tranmere Rovers on 12 August 2014.^[18] Following his suspension, he returned to the side and once again was nominated the fan's Man of the Match in a 1-0 away at Sheffield Wednesday.^[19]

International career

Mancienne is eligible to play for the Seychelles as his father, Michael Snr, originates from there and is a former Seychelles international midfielder. He rejected the chance to play for the Seychelles national team in 2006 in favour of his native England.^[20] However, in November 2008, Mancienne stated that he would play for Seychelles if he doesn't get to play for England by the time he reaches 25.^[21]

On 15 November 2008, Fabio Capello surprisingly named Mancienne in the England squad to play an international friendly match against Germany in Berlin.^[22] He did not appear in the game though.

Mancienne was an England regular at under-21 level since making his debut against Romania on 21 August 2007.^[23] He was part of the side that reached the 2009 European Championships. However, his tournament was a disappointment as he received a red card in their opening group game against Finland.^[24]

He has previously also represented England at under-16, under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels.

Career statistics

As of 10 April 2016

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Chelsea	2005–06[25]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2006–07[26]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2008–09[27]	Premier League	4	0	1	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	6	0
	Total		4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
Queens Park Rangers (loan)	2006–07[26]	Championship	28	0	2	0	0	0	—		30	0
	2007–08[28]	Championship	30	0	0	0	1	0	—		31	0
	Total		58	0	2	0	1	0	—		61	0
Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan)	2008–09[27]	Championship	10	0	0	0	0	0	—		10	0
	2009–10[29]	Premier League	30	0	3	0	0	0	—		33	0
	2010–11[30]	Premier League	16	0	0	0	1	0	—		17	0
	Total		56	0	3	0	1	0	—		60	0
Hamburger SV	2011–12[31]	Bundesliga	16	0	2	0	—		—		18	0
	2012–13[32]	Bundesliga	21	0	1	0	—		—		22	0
	2013–14[33]	Bundesliga	12	0	1	0	—		2[lower-alpha 2]	0	15	0
	Total		49	0	4	0	—		2	0	55	0
Nottingham Forest	2014–15[34]	Championship	36	0	0	0	2	0	—		38	0
	2015–16[35]	Championship	30	0	1	0	1	0	—		32	0
	Total		66	0	1	0	3	0	—		70	0
Career total			233	0	11	0	5	0	3	0	252	0

1. Appearance in UEFA Champions League
2. Appearances in Bundesliga relegation play-offs

Honours

Chelsea

• FA Cup: 2008–09^[36]

Individual

• Chelsea Young Player of the Year: 2008–09^[5]

References

1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 276. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
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3. Benammar, Emily (14 October 2008). "Chelsea set to lose England U21 star Michael Mancienne". London: Telegraph. Archived from the original on 17 May 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
4. Chowdhury, Saj (13 February 2009). "Watford 1–3 Chelsea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
5. "Lamps is Player of the Year". Chelsea F.C. 22 May 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
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7. "Starlet returns". QPR.co.uk. 26 July 2007. Archived from the original on 22 August 2007.
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16. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28328736
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18. "Tranmere Rovers 0-1 Nottm Forest". BBC Sport. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
19. "Magical Michael". Nottingham Forest F.C. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
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22. "Mancienne gets shock England call". BBC Sport. 15 November 2008. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
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24. Fletcher, Paul (15 June 2009). "England U21 2–1 Finland U21s". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
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33. "Michael Mancienne Spiele als Spieler 2013/2014". Fussballdaten. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
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35. "Games played by Michael Mancienne in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
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External links

• Michael Mancienne career statistics at Soccerbase