Filippo Mane
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Filippo Calixte Mane[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 March 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Magenta, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Borussia Dortmund | ||
| Number | 39 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2013 | Vela Mesero | ||
| 2013–2019 | Novara | ||
| 2019–2022 | Sampdoria | ||
| 2022– | Borussia Dortmund | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024–2026 | Borussia Dortmund II | 15 | (3) |
| 2024– | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Italy U17 | 15 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Italy U19 | 15 | (0) |
| 2024 | Italy U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2025– | Italy U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2026– | Italy | 2 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:28, 5 September 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 June 2026 | |||
Filippo Calixte Mane (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfilippo ˈmane];[2] born 8 March 2005) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Italy national team.
Early life
[edit]Mane started playing football at the age of four.[3]
Club career
[edit]As a youth player, Mane joined the youth academy of Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund, where he captained the team.[4]
On 6 January 2025, he signed a three-and-a-half-year professional contract with Borussia.[5] However, recurring injuries sidelined him for most of the 2024–25 season.[6] Mane eventually made his senior debut on 18 August in a 1–0 away victory over Rot-Weiss Essen in the DFB-Pokal.[7] Five days later, on 23 August, he featured in his first Bundesliga match, where he conceded a penalty and was sent off with a straight red card following a VAR review in a 3–3 away draw against St. Pauli in the league opener.[8]
International career
[edit]Mane is an Italian youth international. In May 2026, he was one of the players who were called up with the Italy national senior squad by interim head coach Silvio Baldini, for the friendly matches against Luxembourg and Greece on 3 and 7 June 2026, respectively.[9]
Style of play
[edit]Mane mainly operates as a centre-back and right-back, he has been described as "impresses with his strong anticipation in duels and in intercepting balls and is technically adept despite his height of 1.88 meters. In addition, he proves to be extremely calm, strong and likes to build up the game with long balls to the top".[10]
Personal life
[edit]Mane is of Senegalese descent.[11]
Mane has stated that his name is pronounced with emphasis on the first syllable, following Italian pronunciation, and does not include an accent; he is often mistakenly referred to as 'Mané' by journalists and media sources.[2]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 5 September 2026
| Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Borussia Dortmund II | 2024–25 | 3. Liga | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2025–26 | Regionalliga West | 10 | 3 | — | — | — | 10 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 15 | 3 | — | — | — | 15 | 3 | |||||
| Borussia Dortmund | 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025–26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2026–27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
[edit]- As of match played 7 June 2026[12]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 2026 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Squad List: FIFA Club World Cup 2025: Borussia Dortmund (GER)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 June 2025. p. 6. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- 1 2 ""I love defending" – An interview with Filippo Mane". BVB.
- ↑ "Filippo Mane vor dem Startschuss". goal.com.
- ↑ "Filippo Mane: Lars Ricken traut ihm den Sprung zu den Profis zu". ruhrnachrichten.de.
- ↑ "Mane signs professional contract with BVB". Borussia Dortmund. 6 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ↑ ""I love defending" – An interview with Filippo Mane". Borussia Dortmund. 7 August 2025.
- ↑ Pollmann, Lars (20 August 2025). "BVB-Youngster rettet spektakulär: Filmreifes Debüt im DFB-Pokal" (in German). fnp.de.
- ↑ "Soccer Dortmund concede two late goals to draw 3-3 at St Pauli in Bundesliga opener". Reuters. 23 August 2025.
- ↑ "Baldini punta sulla linea verde per le amichevoli con Lussemburgo e Grecia: Donnarumma guida il gruppo" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 25 May 2026. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
- ↑ "Mane: Des einen Freud, des anderen Leid". spox.com.
- ↑ "il sogno di Filippo Mane". primamilanoovest.it.
- ↑ "Filippo Mané". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
External links
[edit]- Profile at the Borussia Dortmund website
- Filippo Mane FIGC Italy profile (in Italian)
- Filippo Mane – UEFA competition record (archive)
- 2005 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Magenta, Lombardy
- Italian men's footballers
- Italy men's international footballers
- Italy men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Borussia Dortmund II players
- Borussia Dortmund players
- Bundesliga players
- 3. Liga players
- Regionalliga players
- Italian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Italian people of Senegalese descent
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen