Bio

Marco Mancosu (born 22 August 1988) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie B club Cagliari. On 12 August 2009, he made his debut with the Italy under-21 team in a friendly game against Russia. Mancosu played all 5 matches of 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship and all 3 matches of 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship. Mancosu has two brothers who are also professional footballers, the elder Matteo and the youngest Marcello. In May 2021, Mancosu revealed that an operation that he had earlier in the year in March was to remove a tumour and on 26 May 2021 Mancosu was declared free of cancer.