Andrea Mantovani

Torino

Mantovani started his career at Torino Calcio. He was a member of the Allievi Nazionali Under-17 team in the 2000–01 season. In the 2002–03 season, he occasionally received first-team call-up and made his debut on 19 January 2003 against Como, where he replaced Gianluca Comotto at half-time. The match ended in a 0–0 draw. After Torino was relegated in 2003, he was loaned to Serie B side Triestina. In the 2004–05 season, Mantovani returned to Turin and played as one of the regular starters; he was awarded the no.4 shirt. The team won the promotion playoffs but then went bankrupt. FIGC allowed a new successor team to be admitted in 2005–06 Serie B, but the players were also allowed to leave on a free transfer.

Chievo

In August 2005, he was signed by Serie A side Chievo along with teammate Giovanni Marchese and, on 30 August, sold to Torino's rival Juventus in co-ownership for a nominal fee of €1,000. He was immediately loaned back to Chievo and played 4 league matches. Partially due to the 2006 Italian football scandal, Juventus terminated all ongoing co-ownership deals in June 2006, and Mantovani was sold back to Chievo for about €301,000. He played 3 out of 4 European matches of Chievo, which exited in both the UEFA Champions League 3rd qualifying round and UEFA Cup first round. Mantovani played 15 league starts in the 2006–07 season. Chievo slipped from 4th (post-trail) or 7th (pre-trail) in 2005–06 to 18th that season, and Mantovani followed the…

He was a part of the Italy national under-19 team which won the 2003 European Under-19 Championship, and played 16 games for the Italy national under-19 team. He also played at 2001 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship, 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

Club

Chievo Serie B: 2007–08 Torino Serie B Runner-up: 2004–05

International

Italy U-19 European Under-19 Championship: 2003 Italy U-20 Under-20 Four Nations Tournament: 2006