Carlos Mane

Carlos Manuel Cardoso Mane (born 11 March 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Turkish club Kayserispor mainly as a right winger.

He began his career at Sporting CP, playing 93 competitive games and scoring 14 goals while winning four cup trophies. During loans at VfB Stuttgart and 1. FC Union Berlin, he won promotion from the 2. Bundesliga both times.

Mane earned 73 caps for Portugal and scored 16 times across all youth levels, including representing the country at the 2016 Olympics.

Club Career

Sporting CP

Born in Lisbon, Mane joined local Sporting CP at age 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 (2–1 loss).

Mane played his first match 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 Vitoria de Setubal. His first goal in the competition arrived on 15 February of the following year, when he started and scored in the 1–0 defeat of S.C. Olhanense also at the Estadio Jose Alvalade.

Mane scored his first goal in the UEFA Champions League in only his third appearance in the competition, opening an eventual 3–1 group stage home victory 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 Taca de Portugal, netting the winner against F.C. Vizela in the fifth round and the equaliser away to C.D. Nacional in the first leg of the semi-final.

On 31 August 2016, Mane was loaned out to VfB Stuttgart until June 2018, with the German club having an option to buy.

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