Federico Mancuello

Federico Andres Mancuello (born 26 March 1989) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as central midfielder for Argentinan club Club Atletico Velez Sarsfield.

Mancuello started his career at Independiente and had a brief loan at Belgrano during 2011–12 season. He moved to Flamengo at the beginning of the 2016 season. He also represented Argentina on two occasions scoring one goal.

Club Career

Early years

Mancuello made his league debut for Independiente in a 1–2 home defeat by Arsenal de Sarandi on 14 December 2008. He scored his first goal for the club im a 5–1 away defeat to Lanus on 5 April 2009. He scored again on 11 April in a 2–1 win over Huracan.

Loan to Belgrano

After not being considered by Independiente's coach Antonio Mohamed in July 2011 Mancuello was loaned to Club Atletico Belgrano for one year. On 26 October he scored his first and only goal in a 1–0 victory against Tigre. In January 2012 Mancuello suffered an injury in a match of the Copa Argentina which kept him out of the fields for several weeks when he was being a key player of his team.

Return to Independiente

Flamengo

2016 season

On January 6, 2016 Mancuello was signed by Brazilian club Flamengo for a fee of R$12 million. On the first half of the season Mancuello didn't perform as expected due to some injuries, playing all of his 12 matches as a starter and scoring 3 goals. As the 2016 Serie A started he lost his status of starter, but established himself as of the most important substitutes of the team.

On 6 August 2016 Mancuello scored his first Serie A goal in a 1-0 win against Atletico Paranaense in Kleber Andrade Stadium, the game-winner goal was scored in a beautiful back heel flick. On 28 August 2016, against Chapecoense, he substituted Everton on the 62nd minute and scored his second Serie A in the injury time, Flamengo won the match 3-1 at Arena Conda. His third

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