Antonio Mance

Antonio Mance
Personal information
Date of birth	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
2012–2015	Istra 1961
2012–2013	→ Pomorac Kostrena (loan)
2015–2017	Domžale
2017–2019	Trenčín
2019	→ Nantes (loan)
2019–2023	Osijek
2020–2021	→ Puskás Akadémia (loan)
2021–2022	→ Erzgebirge Aue (loan)
2023	Debrecen
2023–2024	Zalaegerszeg
2024–	Umm Salal
International career
2014	Croatia U19
2015	Croatia U20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2023

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

Club career

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

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

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 December 2024^[8]^[9]^[10]

Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		Continental		Total
Club	Season	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	Prva HNL	—		—		—		0	0
	Total		5	0	0	0	—		5	0
Domžale	2015–16	Slovenian PrvaLiga	31	11	5	0	—		36	11
	2016–17	Slovenian PrvaLiga	10	2	1	0	5^[b]	0	16	2
	Total		41	13	6	0	5	0	52	13
Trenčín	2016–17	Slovak First Football League	10	4	1	0	—		11	4
	2017–18		24	10	2	0	4^[b]	2	30	12
	2018–19		18	7	2	4	8^[b]	6	28	17
	Total		52	21	5	4	12	8	69	33
Nantes	2018–19	Ligue 1	5	0	1	1	—		6	1
Osijek	2019–20	Prva HNL	30	7	3	4	2^[b]	0	35	11
	2021–22		17	4	1	1	3^[c]	0	21	5
	2022–23		8	0	1	0	1^[c]	0	10	0
	Total		55	11	5	5	6	0	66	16
Puskás Akadémia (loan)	2020–21	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	26	7	4	3	0	0	30	10
Erzgebirge Aue	2021–22	2. Bundesliga	8	0	—		—		8	0
Debrecen	2022–23	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	15	2	2	1	—		17	3
	2023–24	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	2	0	0	0	2^[c]	0	4	0
	Total		17	2	2	1	2	0	21	3
Zalaegerszeg	2023–24	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	27	15	1	1	—		28	16
Umm Salal	2024–25	Qatar Stars League	11	7	2	0	—		13	7
Career total			249	76	26	15	25	8	300	99

^ Includes Slovenian Football Cup, Slovak Cup, Coupe de France, Croatian Football Cup, Magyar Kupa, Qatari Stars Cup
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Appearances in UEFA Europa League
^ ^a ^b ^c Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League

Personal life

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

Honours

NK Domžale

Slovenian Football Cup: 2016–17^[12]

References

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

External links

Antonio Mance at Soccerway

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[11] Includes Slovenian Football Cup, Slovak Cup, Coupe de France, Croatian Football Cup, Magyar Kupa, Qatari Stars Cup

[UEL-12] Appearances in UEFA Europa League

[UECL-13] Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League

[soccerway2-1] "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.

[mdr-5] "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.

[14] ARMANDO MANCE: Antonio je prošao veliku borbu, a kod Vahe može još napredovati - Novilist (in Croatian)

[15] "Pokal Slovenije 2016–17" (in Slovenian). Nogometna Zvezda Slovenije. 31 May 2017.

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