
Based on 2,137 min · 2025/2026 · Serie A · FULL
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See Full Verdict + Share Card →Mancini has quietly built one of the most complete defensive profiles in Serie A — a centre-back whose football intelligence does the heavy lifting before his legs ever need to. His interception rate lands in the top 10% of the league, which tells the real story: this isn't a defender who relies on last-ditch tackles — average by league standards — but one who simply isn't there when danger arrives because he read it two seconds earlier. His progressive passing output places him in the top 20%, and with 6.68 passes into the final third per 90, he's functioning closer to a deep-lying playmaker than a pure stopper. The three closest DNA matches to Gianluca Mancini:
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