Emanuel Hernán Mammana (; born 10 February 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Argentine Primera División club Vélez Sarsfield.
Mammana made his debut for River Plate on 3 December, in the 2014 Copa Sudamericana Final 1st leg. He scored his first senior goal on 14 March 2016, in a 4âÂÂ1 loss to Colón.
On 7 July 2016, he signed a five-year contract with French club Lyon. He scored his first goal for the club in a 1âÂÂ1 draw with Bordeaux.
On 31 July 2017, Mammana signed a five-year contract with the Russian club FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. On 11 March 2018 in a game against FC Rostov he suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury which forced him to miss almost six months of games, that time period included the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Upon his recovery, he could not get back into the lineup in the 2018âÂÂ19 season. On 6 October 2019, he suffered another ligament injury in a game against FC Ural Yekaterinburg and missed 9 more months of games, before returning in the last game of the 2019âÂÂ20 season. In June 2021, after returning from Sochi loan, he was sent by Zenit to train with the second team, FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg. On 7 January 2022, his contract with Zenit was terminated by mutual consent.
On 7 August 2020, he joined PFC Sochi on loan for the 2020âÂÂ21 season. On 19 July 2021, Mammana returned to Sochi on loan for the 2021âÂÂ22 season.
On 10 January 2022, Mammana rescinded his contract with Zenit, and returned to River Plate.
Mammana played his first international game with the senior national team on 7 June 2014 in a 2âÂÂ0 win against Slovenia coming on as a substitute for Javier Mascherano in the 77th minute.
River Plate
Vélez Sarsfield
Zenit Saint Petersburg
Argentina U20
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