Michael Mancienne

Chelsea

Born in Feltham, London, Mancienne was spotted by Chelsea as a nine-year-old playing for Kingstonian, and debuted for the Chelsea Reserves while still at school. He signed a professional contract in January 2006, and was called onto the bench for the final match of the 2005–06 season but was unused. He was part of Chelsea's pre-season tour of the United States in Summer 2006 and started the season again with a place on the bench; in the 2006 Community Shield against Liverpool and the first two Premier League games of the 2006–07 season against Manchester City and Blackburn Rovers. Despite this, it would be over two years before he would play a competitive game for the Blues, a fact that led him to admit he may need to move on for the sake of his career. After gaining playing time with spells on loan at Championship sides Queens Park Rangers and Wolverhampton Wanderers, respectively (see below), he finally made his Chelsea debut on 14 February 2009, starting an FA Cup tie at Watford. He made his European debut appearance 11 days later as a late substitute in a UEFA Champions League knock-out tie against Juventus, which ended 1–0 to Chelsea. On 28 February he achieved his Premier League debut in a 2–1 victory over Wigan Athletic. At the end of the 2008–09 season, during which he made his only first team appearances to date for the club, he was voted their Young Player of the Year. He signed a new contract with Chelsea in August 2009 that would expire in June…

Mancienne is eligible to play for the Seychelles as his father, Michael Snr, originates from there and is a former Seychelles international midfielder. He rejected the chance to play for the Seychelles national team in 2006 in favour of his native England. However, in November 2008, he stated that he would play for Seychelles if he did not get to play for England by the time he reaches 25. On 15 November 2008, Fabio Capello surprisingly named him in the England squad to play an international friendly match against Germany in Berlin. He did not appear in the game though. He was an England regular at under-21 level since making his debut against Romania on 21 August 2007. He was part of the side that reached the 2009 European Championships. However, his tournament was a disappointment as he received a red card in their opening group game against Finland. He has previously also represented England at under-16, under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels. In 2022 he was called up to the Seychelles national team for the 2022 COSAFA Cup. He made his debut against Botswana on 5 July. He scored his first International goal from a penalty against Bangladesh in 2023.

Club

As of match played 28 January 2021

International

Scores and results list Seychelles' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mancienne goal.

Chelsea

FA Cup: 2008–09 England U21

UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 2009 Individual

Chelsea Young Player of the Year: 2008–09