Antonio Mance (born 7 August 1995) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Qatari club Umm Salal.

Antonio Mance
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-08-07) 7 August 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Rijeka, Croatia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Umm Salal
Number 9
Youth career
2004–2006 Orijent
2006–2011 Rijeka
2011–2013 Pomorac Kostrena
2013–2014 Istra 1961
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Istra 1961 5 (0)
2012–2013Pomorac Kostrena (loan) 2 (0)
2015–2017 Domžale 41 (13)
2017–2019 Trenčín 52 (21)
2019Nantes (loan) 5 (0)
2019–2023 Osijek 55 (11)
2020–2021Puskás Akadémia (loan) 26 (7)
2021–2022Erzgebirge Aue (loan) 8 (0)
2023 Debrecen 17 (2)
2023–2024 Zalaegerszeg 27 (15)
2024– Umm Salal 1 (0)
International career
2014 Croatia U19 3 (1)
2015 Croatia U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2023

Club career

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Mance is a product of youth system of Pomorac Kostrena. Then, he joined Istra 1961. He made his top division debut on 13 April 2014 against Hrvatski Dragovoljac.[1]

On 31 January 2019, Mance moved to Nantes on a loan, to replace the late Emiliano Sala, who died in a plane crash.[2]

After Mance's loan at Nantes finished, on 21 June 2019, he returned to Croatia and signed a four-year contract with Osijek.[3] The transfer fee was reported as €1 million.[citation needed]

He joined 2. Bundesliga club Erzgebirge Aue on a season-long loan from Osijek in August 2021.[4] The loan was cut short in January 2022.[5] He made eight appearances without scoring a goal.[5]

In January 2023, Mance joined Hungarian club Debrecen on an eighteen-month contract.[6]

International career

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Mance played for Croatia U19 and Croatia U20.[7]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 15 May 2021[8][9][10]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Pomorac 2012–13 Druga HNL 2 0 2 0
Istra 1961 2013–14 Prva HNL 5 0 0 0 5 0
2014–15 0 0
Total 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Domžale 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga 31 11 5 0 36 11
2016–17 10 2 1 0 5 0 16 2
Total 41 13 6 0 5 0 52 13
Trenčín 2016–17 Slovak Fortuna Liga 10 4 1 0 11 4
2017–18 24 10 2 0 4 2 30 12
2018–19 18 7 2 4 8 6 28 17
Total 52 21 5 4 12 8 69 33
Nantes 2018–19 Ligue 1 5 0 1 1 0 0 6 1
Osijek 2019–20 Prva HNL 30 7 3 4 2 0 35 11
Puskás Akadémia 2020–21 OTP Bank Liga 26 7 4 3 0 0 30 10
Career total 161 48 19 12 19 8 199 68

Personal life

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An younger brother of Armando Mance, Armando also works as Antonio's agent.[11]

Honours

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NK Domžale

References

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  1. ^ "ISTRA 1961 VS. HRVATSKI DRAGOVOLJAC 1 - 2". soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Officiel:le FC Nantes recrute Antonio Mance". footmercato.net. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Potpisao Antonio Mance!". nk-osijek.hr. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Erzgebirge Aue verpflichtet Mittelstürmer Antonio Mance". kicker (in German). 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Null-Tore-Stürmer Antonio Mance verlässt Erzgebirge Aue". MDR (in German). 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  6. ^ "HORVÁT CSATÁRT IGAZOLT A DVSC" [CROATIAN STRIKER CONFIRMED BY DVSC]. dvsc.hu (in Hungarian). 23 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Antonio Mance". Croatian Football Federation. 23 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Antonio Mance> Club Matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Antonio Mance" (in Slovenian). Slovenian PrvaLiga. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Antonio Mance" (in Croatian). hrnogomet. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  11. ^ ARMANDO MANCE: Antonio je prošao veliku borbu, a kod Vahe može još napredovati - Novilist (in Croatian)
  12. ^ "Pokal Slovenije 2016–17" (in Slovenian). Nogometna Zvezda Slovenije. 31 May 2017.
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