Mancini is an Italian surname etymologically meaning "left handed" and may refer to:

Art and literature

Antonio Mancini, Italian painter

Dominic Mancini, 15th century traveler and author

Don Mancini, who wrote ''Child's Play''

Giulio Mancini, 17th century physician, art collector and writer

Marie Anne Mancini, patroness of La Fontaine

Donato Mancini, 21st century Vancouver-based writer and lecturer

Film and television

Al Mancini, American actor, acting teacher and television writer

Robert Mancini, MTV News

Michael Mancini, character on Melrose Place (1992-1999) (2009)

Lucy Mancini, Maid of Honor at Connie Corleone's Wedding. Lucy had an affair with Sonny Corleone conceiving a child Vincent Santino Mancini - Godfather I & III

Vincent Mancini, illegitimate child of Sonny Corleone & Lucy Mancini. - Godfather III

Music

Francesco Mancini (composer), 18th century composer

Giovanni Battista Mancini, Italian voice teacher

Henry Mancini(1924-1994), Grammy-winning composer and arranger

Politics and governance

Mancini family, Italian noble house

Alessandro Mancini, Captain Regent of San Marino

Ange Mancini, prefect of Martinique

Hortense Mancini (1646-1699), Duchess of Mazarin

Laura Mancini (1636 - 1657), mother of Louis Joseph, duc de Vendôme

Olympia Mancini, lover of Louis XIV and mother of Eugene of Savoy

Pasquale Stanislao Mancini, Italian politician

Remo Mancini, Canadian politician

Sports

Alberto Mancini, Argentine tennis player

Filippo Mancini, Italian football player, son of ''Roberto''

Francesco Mancini (footballer), Italian football player

Ray Mancini, American boxer

Roberto Mancini, Former Italian football player and current manager of Manchester City

Mancini (Brazilian footballer), Brazilian and Atlético Mineiro football player

Marcella Mancini, Italian marathon runner

Terry Mancini - Arsenal and Ireland football player

Other

May refer to Mancini immunodiffusion technique, or radial immunodiffusion

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{{infobox football biography | name	Roberto Mancini | image

Roberto Mancini (born 27 November 1964) is an Italian football manager, formerly an international player and current manager of Premier League club Manchester City.

As a player Mancini was best known for his time at Sampdoria, where he played more than 550 league matches, and helped them win the Serie A league title, four Coppa Italias and the Cup Winners Cup, whilst being capped 36 times by Italy. As a player he gained a penchant as a future manager and would often give team talks at half-time and ultimately became an assistant to Sven Goran Eriksson at Lazio in the twilight of his playing career. After his retirement, Mancini embarked on a successful managerial career. A cup specialist, Mancini has never failed to reach a semi-final of a major cup competition in every season he has managed and has guided the clubs he managed to a record 5 consecutive Coppa Italia finals from 2004 to 2008, with Lazio once in 2004 and with Inter in the following 4 seasons.

Mancini's first managerial role was at a cash stricken Fiorentina at only 35 years old and managed to win a Coppa Italia, but left with Fiorentina facing bankruptcy. Months later, he took over as manager at Lazio, where again he inherited financial constraints and was forced to lose a number of key players. With limited resources during his two season tenure, he still managed to win another Coppa Italia, reach a UEFA Cup semi-final, and secure a lucrative Champions League place.

In 2004, Mancini was given the chance to manage a major club, being offered the manager's job at Internazionale. During his tenure at Inter, the club won 3 consecutive Serie A titles (an Inter club record) and a European record 17 consecutive league game victories stretching nearly half a season. and became Inter's most successful manager in 30 years. Despite his domestic success, many pundits saw the repeated failure to win the coveted Champions League as the main reason for his sacking in 2008.

After being out of football for over a year, Mancini was appointed Manchester City manager in December 2009 and his team-building achievements at Lazio and Inter were a factor in his appointment. In the 2010-11 season, his first full season at City, Mancini guided the club to lucrative Champions League football and the FA Cup, and has moulded City into a sound defensive unit. He maintains a tradition of wearing a scarf of his club's colours, something which has been continued at Manchester City.

Early life

Mancini was born in the small town of Jesi, Italy in 1964 but then moved onto the mountain town of Rocadaspida, Italy and was raised by Aldo and Marianna Mancini along with his younger sister, Stephanie. Raised a Roman Catholic, his young life in Jesi revolved around religion and football. He was an altar boy and played for the local ''Aurora Calcio'' football team in his youth. On one occasion a fixture clashed with his first Holy Communion. Halfway through the ceremony the young eight year old Mancini was nowhere to be seen. His local priest who was administering his first communion frequently coached ''Calcio'', he heard they were losing 2–0 at half-time and so he asked a young Mancini quietly after receiving his communion if he had his football kit and boots with him. Roberto said they were in the changing rooms and so he told him to sneak out of the side door and put them on because his team needed him unbeknownst to his father. Roberto Mancini used to be as a pizza delivery boy

Playing career

Overview

Mancini debuted in the Italian Serie A for Bologna on 12 September 1981. The following year he was bought by Sampdoria, for whom he played until 1997. Later he played for Lazio (1997–2000) and Leicester City (2001).

In Italy

With Sampdoria, he formed a dynamic strike partnership with Gianluca Vialli, and helped the club to its only league title in 1991, four Coppa Italias (1985, 1988, 1989 and 1994) and a Cup Winners' Cup in 1990. He also appeared in the final of the 1991–1992 European Cup against Barcelona.

With Lazio he won his second ''scudetto'' (2000) and Cup Winners' Cup titles (1999) as well as two more Coppa Italias (1998 and 2000). In the 1999–2000 season, Lazio won the Scudetto and Coppa Italia, but Mancini failed to score in 20 matches and he announced his playing retirement. He joined Lazio’s coaching staff as Sven-Goran Eriksson’s number two.

Leicester City

Joining Leicester City in January 2001, Mancini made his Premier League debut against Arsenal at the age of 36, but failed to complete 90 minutes in his five appearances for the club. In early February, he was given leave of absence, citing personal reasons. However, he telephoned the club on 14 February, and informed them he would not be returning to England (he had been offered the manager's job at Fiorentina). Despite this, he cites his time at Leicester as the period during which he fell in love with the English game, and which later prompted him to accept the job at Manchester City.

International career

Despite success at club level, Mancini never became a regular for Italy. At U-21 level, Mancini was part of the team which reached the semi-finals in UEFA U-21 Championship 1984 and finished runners-up in UEFA U-21 Championship 1986. He made his international debut in 1984 against Canada, won 36 caps and scored four goals for his country (including a goal against West Germany at Euro 88). He was also a non-playing member of the Italian squad at 1990 World Cup, being kept out of the side by Gianluca Vialli and Roberto Baggio. His international career ended after a dispute with national team coach Arrigo Sacchi, when Mancini was upset because he would not be guaranteed a first team place at the 1994 World Cup. Fierce competition for places hindered his international opportunities with forward players like Gianfranco Zola, Roberto Baggio and later Francesco Totti and Alessandro Del Piero hastened his self-imposed exile from the Italian national team.

Managerial career

Fiorentina

Although Mancini had written a research pamphlet entitled "Il Trequartista". which examined the role of an attacking midfielder, he had not as yet attained the necessary coaching badges to become a manager. He therefore needed special dispensation from the Italian football authorities to take the post at Fiorentina. Fiorentina was plagued by financial problems. He made occasional playing appearances himself. According to various sources, Mancini sometimes worked unpaid and even received death threats as key players such as Rui Costa and Francesco Toldo had to be sold. Despite this, Mancini managed to win the Coppa Italia before quitting in January 2002, after just 10 months in the job, with Fiorentina in the relegation zone of Serie A. Fiorentina were subsequently relegated in June 2002.

Lazio

In May 2002, Mancini was appointed manager of Lazio. He was again restricted by financial considerations, having to sell key players such as Hernan Crespo and Alessandro Nesta, and players were forced to take an 80% pay cut. However, in his first season with Lazio, the club reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup. In the 2003–2004, Lazio won the Coppa Italia. Lazio finished fourth in 2003 and sixth in 2004. Before the start of the 2004–05 season, rumours circulated in the Italian press that Inter had approached Mancini to fill the recently vacated managerial position at the club. Shortly after, Mancini quit Lazio and announced that he would be joining Inter.

Internazionale

Under Mancini, Inter soon won the club's first domestic trophy since 1989. Inter became the dominant team in Italy.

In Mancini's first season, Inter won the Coppa Italia with a 3–0 victory over Roma at the San Siro Stadium. Inter finished third in Serie A and reached the Champions League quarter-finals only to be knocked out by city rivals AC Milan 3–0 on aggregate. In August 2005, Inter won the Italian Super Cup for the second time in their history with a 1–0 victory over Juventus.

Inter again won the Italian Cups and Italian Super Cup. Following the Calciopoli scandal, Juventus were stripped of the Scudetto title which was handed to Inter instead.

Inter achieved a record-breaking run of 17 consecutive victories in Serie A, starting on 25 September 2006 with a 4–1 home win over Livorno and ending on 28 February 2007 after a 1–1 draw at home to Udinese. The run lasted for almost five months and is among the best in European league football history. Inter won a second successive league title with 5 games to spare and only losing one league game all season. Inter finished with a record-breaking 97 points, which is an Italian football record and, until 2010, was a European record.

Mancini became the third coach in Inter history to win back-to-back league titles after Alfredo Foni (1952–53 and 1953–54) and Helenio Herrera (1964–65 and 1965–66).

Inter also progressed to the Coppa Italia and Italian Super Cup for the third consecutive season, but were beaten in both finals by AS Roma. However, once again, Inter struggled in Europe. In the Champions League they were knocked out in the first round by Valencia. At the end of the game there was a mass brawl involving both sets of players. Mancini was not involved in the incident, but camera footage showed him attempting to block a camera's view, before he was seen shrugging his shoulders and walking away.

This was Mancini's fourth, and final, season in charge of Inter. His reputation continued to grow as he added a third consecutive Serie A title to his honours. Again he guided Inter to the Coppa Italia final, but lost for a second consecutive season to Roma, 2–1 at the Stadio Olimpico.

Despite his successes, the inability to make any real progress in the Champions League displeased Inter owner Massimo Moratti. Inter were knocked out in the Second Round of the UEFA Champions League by Liverpool. In March 2008, amid rumours that he was to be sacked and replaced by José Mourinho at the end of the season, Mancini announced his intention to step down at the end of the 2007–08 season. He rescinded this decision a day later after meeting with Inter president Massimo Moratti.

On 29 May 2008, Inter officially announced the sacking of Mancini. Club Chairman Massimo Moratti justified the sacking by pointing to Mancini's negative comments after the Liverpool defeat. He was replaced by Jose Mourinho.

Out of football

Mancini was linked to the vacant Chelsea job in May 2008 and then the Notts County job On 30 October 2009, Mancini won compensation for his sacking by Inter. However, the contract settlement meant Mancini was actually unemployable by any other club from May 2008 to October 2009. It was rumoured that Mancini was entitled to a €16m pay-off, in the end he reportedly settled for a €5m.

Manchester City

On 19 December 2009, Mancini was publicly revealed to be taking over as manager of Manchester City on a three and a half year deal following the sacking of Mark Hughes. With wealthy Arab owners who were willing to invest heavily in the team, Manchester City had become a club expectant of success.

2009–10

Having been appointed half-way through the season, Mancini's arrival had an immediate impact on City's form, with four consecutive wins. Mancini won his first ever Manchester Derby 2–1 in a Carling Cup semi-final first leg. However United won the second-leg 3–1, and eliminated City from the competition.

In April, Manchester City moved into fourth place in the Premier League. However, on May 5, a single goal defeat at home to Tottenham Hotspur meant that City missed out on a Champions League place. City finished the season in 5th place, their highest Premier League finish. There had been speculation that Mancini might lose his job if Manchester City did not to secure Champions League Football, but chairman, Khaldoon Al Mubarak gave his support to Mancini.

2010–11

Mancini spent heavily during the summer transfer window. He signed German international defender Jerome Boateng from Hamburg for approximately £10.64m, Spanish World Cup winner David Silva from Valencia for approximately £24m, Yaya Toure from Barcelona for around £24m and Aleksandar Kolarov from Lazio for approximately £19m.

The 2010-11 season Premier League season was marked by a run of good form and poor form. A 2-0 win away at Wigan Athletic on 19 September 2010, City went 4th in the 2010-11 Premier League and did not drop out of the top 4 which offers lucrative Champions League football throughout the rest of the season. However the team struggled for form in October and November putting pressure on Mancini to deliver with his tactics criticised following two consecutive 0–0 home draws at home to Manchester United and Birmingham in November 2010.

However a fine run of form in the weeks running up to Christmas meant City occupied 1st place twice over the Christmas period, although City missed the opportunity to be 1st at on Christmas Day with a 2-1 defeat to Everton days before. In the ten games before the 15 January 2011, City won 7 times, drew twice and lost only once as they surged into title contention, whilst also securing passage into the Round of 32 of the Europa League as group winners. As a result of strong league form, Mancini was awarded the Premier League Manager of the Month award for December.

Premier League form tailed off in the new year with City jointly contesting the FA Cup and Europa League with Mancini citing burnout for losing ground in the title race. City were eliminated from the Europa League by Dynamo Kiev in March, but City replied strongly winning 8 out of the next 10 matches with a FA Cup semi-final victory at Wembley over rivals Manchester United in April. A win over Tottenham Hotspur in May 2011 guaranteed City 2011-12 Champions League football. The win was followed with City winning the 2010-11 FA Cup with a 1-0 win over Stoke City on the weekend after the Tottenham victory. The FA Cup truimph meant Mancini joined five other City managers who have won major honours and had ended the club's longest trophy drought in its history. Thanks to their strong run of form finished 3rd ahead of Arsenal on the last day of the season with a 2-0 win over Bolton, thus avoiding a play-off round to progress to the group stages, with only goal difference separating City from a 2nd place finish over Chelsea.

Management style

Defensive emphasis

Mancini places great emphasis on building from the back, stressing the importance of not conceding a goal means the team will always have an opportunity to win, going as far to say, 'I like 1-0 wins. When you don't concede a goal and you have players like Edin Dzeko, Carlos Tevez or David Silva, you win 90%. I prefer we are boring for two to three matches and we win 1-0... If you watch teams that won titles, they conceded very few goals.' Despite this, some argue Mancini is more of a "''defense first''" manager, rather than a "''win first''" manager. A style that has been criticised by some in the British media. However, others believe his pragmatic and cautious approach is what the team lacked, and that Mancini is adopting a style to ensure City can challenge for trophies regularly.

Although Mancini has been defensive in some fixtures at Manchester City which has attracted criticism. Mancini did inherit a team from Mark Hughes, which whilst showing great prolifigacy and potential in front of goal, had a very insecure defence. Months of intensively coaching his defence, even throwing young Dedryck Boyata into the fray from the youth team in Mancini's first few weeks enabled him to get his tenure at City off to a positive start.

In Internazionale's Serie A winning season 2007-08, Inter conceded the fewest goals in the league - 26 to be precise, 11 fewer than Juventus and Roma. At Manchester City, his team has gradually garnered a reputation as being well organised defensively and tough to break down. In Mancini's first full season in charge at City, they conceded 33 goals in the Premier League, fewest conceded along with Chelsea and 18 clean sheets, the highest in the 2010-11 Premier League season.

Training methods

Mancini's training methods have been criticised by some City players and especially by ex-Manchester City fitness coach Raymond Verheijen, who is a personal fitness coach for Craig Bellamy.. The training sessions are known for being very competitive and has led to well publicised bust ups leading to City earning the nickname of "Fight Club" and recently Mancini was left nursing a sore calf after being flattened by summer signing Stefan Savic who was taking part in his first training session as a City player.

Attitude to players

During his time at Manchester City, Mancini has tried to stamp his authority with rebellious players who are unhappy or are not performing and has stated "''If a top player is not happy then it's better to go''". It has been alleged that Mancini has had frosty relationships with Craig Bellamy, club doctor Jamie Murphy and Emmanuel Adebayor who was unhappy at not getting first team football. Manchester City players have alluded to Mancini's occasional "''hairdryer treatment''" at half-time if he feels his team are not playing well.

Personal life

Mancini has been married for nearly 20 years to his wife, Federica. They have a daughter and two sons, Filippo and Andrea, who have both played in the Internazionale youth ranks, where Filippo has played 10 minutes in a Coppa Italia match. Both of his sons have at one point been a part of Manchester City's youth set-up. Filippo trained with the City academy for several months of the 2007–08 season, while Andrea was signed by his father for the Manchester City under-21 Elite Development Squad in November 2010 after being released from Bologna.

Statistics

Player stats

:''As of 27 November 2009''

Bologna Football Club 1909 rowspan=151983–84 Serie A1984–85 Serie A1985–86 Serie A1986–87 Serie A1987–88 Serie A1988–89 Serie A1989–90 Serie A1990–91 Serie A1991–92 Serie A1992–93 Serie A1993–94 Serie A1994–95 Serie A1995–96 Serie A1996–97 Serie A !colspan="3" rowspan=31998–99 Serie A1999–2000 Serie A !colspan="3"Leicester City F.C.

Season	Club	Championship	Coppa Italia	!colspan="3"	Supercoppa Italiana	Total
!Comp	!Apps	!Goals	!Comp	!Apps	!Goals	!Comp	!Apps	!Goals	!Comp	!Apps	!Goals	!Apps	!Goals
Bologna Football Club 1981–1982	1981–1982	Bologna||	1981–82 Serie A>A	30	9	Coppa Italia 1981–82>CI	1	0
1982–1983	Sampdoria||	1982–83 Serie A>A	22	4	Coppa Italia 1982–83>CI	5	1
1983–1984	A||	30	8	Coppa Italia 1983–84>CI	8	2
Unione Calcio Sampdoria 1984–1985	1984–1985	A||	24	3	Coppa Italia 1984–85>CI	11	3
Unione Calcio Sampdoria 1985–1986	1985–1986	A||	23	6	Coppa Italia 1985–86>CI	11	4	1985–86 European Cup Winners' Cup>EWC	4	2
Unione Calcio Sampdoria 1986–1987	1986–1987	A||	26	6	Coppa Italia 1986–87>CI	5	0
Unione Calcio Sampdoria 1987–1988	1987–1988	A||	30	5	Coppa Italia 1987–88>CI	13	3
Unione Calcio Sampdoria 1988–1989	1988–1989	A||	29	9	Coppa Italia 1988–89>CI	11	5	1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup>EWC	8	0	1988 Supercoppa Italiana>SI	0	0	48	14
Unione Calcio Sampdoria 1989–1990	1989–1990	A||	31	11	Coppa Italia 1989-90>CI	3	2	1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup>EWC	9	2	1989 Supercoppa Italiana>SI	1	0	44	15
Unione Calcio Sampdoria 1990–1991	1990–1991	A||	30	12	Coppa Italia 1990–91>CI	10	2	1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup>EWC	5	2	1990 European Super Cup>SE	2	0	47	16
Unione Calcio Sampdoria 1991–1992	1991–1992	A||	29	6	Coppa Italia 1991-92>CI	6	2	1991–92 European Cup>EC	9	4	1991 Supercoppa Italiana>SI	1	1	45	13
Unione Calcio Sampdoria 1992–1993	1992–1993	A||	30	15	Coppa Italia 1992-93>CI	2	0
Unione Calcio Sampdoria 1993–1994	1993–1994	A||	30	12	Coppa Italia 1993-94>CI	7	0
Unione Calcio Sampdoria 1994–1995	1994–1995	A||	31	9	Coppa Italia 1994-95>CI	2	1	1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup>EWC	4	2	1994 Supercoppa Italiana>SI	1	0	38	12
Unione Calcio Sampdoria 1995–1996	1995–1996	A||	26	11	Coppa Italia 1995-96>CI	2	1
Unione Calcio Sampdoria 1996–1997	1996–1997	A||	33	15	Coppa Italia 1996-97>CI	2	0
Total – Sampdoria ||	424	132		98	26		39	12		5	1	566	171
Società Sportiva Lazio 1997–1998	1997–1998	Lazio||	1997–98 Serie A>A	34	5	Coppa Italia 1997-98>CI	8	1	1997–98 UEFA Cup>UC	10	3
Società Sportiva Lazio 1998–1999	1998–1999	A||	33	10	Coppa Italia 1998-99>CI	6	2	1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup>EWC	7	0	1998 Supercoppa Italiana>SI	1	0	47	12
Società Sportiva Lazio 1999–2000	1999–2000	A||	20	0	Coppa Italia 1999-2000>CI	7	3	UEFA Champions League 1999-2000>UCL	9	0	1999 UEFA Super Cup>SE	1	0	37	3
Total – Lazio ||	87	15		21	6		26	3		2	0	136	24
2001	Leicester City||	2000–01 FA Premier League>PL	4	0	2000–01 FA Cup>FAC	1	0		0	0		0	0	5	0
colspan="2"	Total – Career	|	545	156		121	32		65	15		7	1	738	204

Managerial statistics

:''Competitive games only – as of 28 August 2011''

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
G	W	D	L	Win %
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Total

Honours

As player

;Italy ;Serie A (2)

Sampdoria: 1990-91

Lazio: 1999-2000

;Coppa Italia (6)

Sampdoria: 1984-85, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1993-94

Lazio: 1997-98, 1999-2000

;Supercoppa Italiana (2)

Sampdoria: 1991

Lazio: 1998

;UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (2)

Sampdoria: 1989-90

Lazio: 1998-99

;UEFA Super Cup (1)

Lazio: 1999

;Italy national team

1990 FIFA World Cup: Bronze medal - Third place

;Individual

Guerin d'Oro: 1988, 1991

Serie A Footballer of the Year: 1997

Italian Footballer of the Year: 1997

As manager

;Italy ;Serie A (3)

Internazionale: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08

;Coppa Italia (4)

Fiorentina: 2000–01

Lazio: 2003–04

Internazionale: 2004–05, 2005–06

;Supercoppa Italiana (2)

Internazionale: 2005, 2006

;England ;FA Cup (1)

Manchester City: 2010–11

;Individual ;Manchester City

Premier League Manager of the Month: December 2010

References

External links

Official website

Profile on Manchester City Official Website

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playername	Carlos Tévez
fullname	Carlos Alberto Tévez
dateofbirth	February 05, 1984
cityofbirth	Ciudadela, Buenos Aires
countryofbirth	Argentina
height
position	Forward
currentclub	Manchester City
clubnumber	32
youthyears1	1992–1996 |youthclubs1 All Boys
youthyears2	1997–2001 |youthclubs2 Boca Juniors
years1	2001–2004 |clubs1 Boca Juniors |caps1 75 |goals1 26
years2	2004–2006 |clubs2 Corinthians |caps2 38 |goals2 25
years3	2006–2007 |clubs3 West Ham United |caps3 26 |goals3 7
years4	2007–2009 |clubs4 Manchester United |caps4 63 |goals4 19
years5	2009– |clubs5 Manchester City |caps5 63 |goals5 43
nationalyears1	2001 |nationalteam1 Argentina U17 |nationalcaps1 6 |nationalgoals1 2
nationalyears2	2004 |nationalteam2 Argentina U23 |nationalcaps2 6 |nationalgoals2 8
nationalyears3	2004– |nationalteam3 Argentina |nationalcaps3 59 |nationalgoals3 13
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| pcupdate = 8 July 2011 | ntupdate = 3 July 2010 }} Carlos Alberto Tévez (born Carlos Alberto Martínez on 5 February 1984) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for English club Manchester City and is currently the team's captain. He has previously played for Boca Juniors, Corinthians, West Ham United and Manchester United.

He transferred to Manchester City in the 2009 summer transfer window, becoming the first player to move between the two rival clubs since Terry Cooke in 1999. His energy and goal scoring rate has since made him an indispensable player for the club in the eyes of fellow players and media alike. His importance was marked by promotion to captain at the beginning of the 2010–11 season by manager Roberto Mancini. In 2011, Tévez sought a transfer away from Manchester citing family reasons and Sergio Agüero was drafted in as a replacement. However he remains a City player after his family moved back to Manchester with manager Roberto Mancini believing Tévez will stay for the foreseeable future.

His career has been dogged by a long-standing affair with Media Sports Investments, the company which owned the rights of Tévez, and several other players and coaches. This eventually resulted in West Ham United being fined over issues regarding third-party ownership. He has made 59 appearances for the Argentina national team, scoring 13 goals.

Early life

Tévez was born Carlos Alberto Martínez in Ciudadela, Buenos Aires, and raised in the neighbourhood of Ejército de Los Andes, better known as "Fuerte Apache". It was from there that he got the nickname of "El Apache". His parents changed his surname to his mother's during a conflict between his junior club All Boys and Boca Juniors.

Tévez has a distinctive burn scar that runs down his neck from his right ear to his chest. He was accidentally scalded with boiling water as a child, which caused third-degree burns and kept him hospitalised in intensive care for nearly two months. After joining Boca Juniors, Tévez refused an offer from the club to have them cosmetically improved, saying that the scars were a part of who he was in the past and who he is today.

Club career

Boca Juniors

Tévez joined Boca Juniors at the age of sixteen, and made his senior debut on 21 October 2001 against Talleres de Córdoba. He opted not to take part in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship with Argentina, and committed to playing in the 2003 Intercontinental Cup instead. After winning the Copa Sudamericana, Copa Libertadores and Intercontinental Cup in 2003, he departed the club after the 2005 season.

Corinthians

In January 2005, Tévez transferred to Corinthians for £13.7 million (15 million euro), and signed a five-year, £6.85 million contract following the Brazilian club's deal with Media Sports Investments. The deal was the biggest transfer ever in South American football. Tévez captained the squad to the 2005 Campeonato Brasileiro, and he was named the league's best player by the Brazilian Football Confederation, becoming the first non-Brazilian player to win the award since 1976.

West Ham United

On 23 August 2006, Sky Sports reported that Tévez was refusing to play for Corinthians. Tévez confirmed on his website on 31 August that both he and Javier Mascherano were signing for West Ham United on permanent deals for £12 million each. Media reports speculated that other Premier League clubs turned down the opportunity of signing Tévez and Mascherano because of stipulations put in place by Media Sports Investments, who owned both players' rights.

Tévez made his West Ham debut coming on as a second-half substitute in the 1–1 home draw with Aston Villa on 10 September 2006. After this game though, West Ham went on a nine-game winless streak (one draw and eight defeats), which included seven consecutive matches without scoring. This winless run also included going out of both the UEFA Cup and Carling Cup. In November of the same season, Tévez left the ground early after being substituted and throwing a mini tantrum during a league match against Sheffield United, and as punishment, his teammates decided that Tévez had to donate half of a week's wages to charity and train in a Brazil jersey. Tévez refused to wear the shirt, saying, ''"I played in Brazil and have a great respect for Brazil and Brazilians but I'm Argentine and won't wear that shirt."''

On 6 January 2007, Tévez made his first start for West Ham under the new management of Alan Curbishley in a 3–0 FA Cup third round victory over Brighton & Hove Albion. He scored his first West Ham goal and assisted two others on 4 March 2007 in a 4–3 home defeat to Tottenham. In April, after West Ham were fined a record £5.5 million for breaching Premier League rules over the signings of Tévez and Mascherano, Tévez was cleared to play for West Ham by the Premier League after changes were made to a third party agreement related to him. That same month, Tévez was named the club's Hammer of the Year.

In relegation-threatened West Ham's final league match of the season against Manchester United on 13 May, Tévez scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory securing the Hammers' stay in the top flight for the next season.

Sheffield United controversy

Sheffield United were relegated after their loss to Wigan Athletic on the final day of the 2006–07 season. The Premier League fined the Hammers a record £5.5 million ($9 million) in the signing of Tévez and compatriot Javier Mascherano. They were found to have been partially-owned by businessman Kia Joorabchian's Media Sports Investment (MSI) company.

Sheffield United first appealed to the league to be reinstated in the Premier League but that failed so they instead moved to exact a financial settlement. Initial media reports suggested that United wanted £30 million ($56 million), which they believed was the true cost of relegation. The controversy continued for nearly two-long years, interspersed with various differing media reports/speculations, when on March 2009 both clubs agreed an out-of-court settlement to end their dispute over this long running saga. West Ham were made to pay £20 million (£4 million a year over the next five seasons) as compensation to Sheffield United.

2007 transfer saga

At the end of June 2007, Tévez rejected a move to Internazionale, and his agent, Kia Joorabchian, stated that he was in discussions to stay with West Ham, as the player had settled into the Premier League and wanted to remain in England. Tévez replied that he would not make a decision until the Copa América wrapped up in July.

On 5 July, the ''Daily Mail'' reported that Tévez had agreed to join Manchester United in a deal worth £20 million, which was subject to an appeal from West Ham; West Ham said in turn that they would block any transfer unless they received a majority of the transfer fee. The next day, West Ham released a statement that Tévez was under contract until June 2010, in addition to denying having held negotiations with any other club. Joorabchian contradicted the claim by saying that West Ham had indeed given permission to United to engage in talks.

Manchester United and West Ham sought FIFA's assistance to rule on Tévez's ownership, but on 24 July, FIFA suggested that the case be referred to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Joorabchian intervened by issuing West Ham with a High Court writ ''"...to compel West Ham to release the registration of Carlos Tévez in accordance with contracts entered into between the parties."'' However, the case never made it to court as the Premier League approved an agreement between West Ham and MSI, in which MSI would pay £2 million to West Ham, who in turn released Tévez from his contract.

Manchester United

Manchester United put forward a proposed two-year loan deal for Tévez, which was approved on 10 August 2007. He made his debut on 15 August when he started in place of the injured Wayne Rooney in a 1–1 draw against Portsmouth. On 23 September, he scored his first goal in a 2–0 home victory against Chelsea. In November, United manager Alex Ferguson confirmed that the club wanted to sign Tévez permanently. ''"He'll get me fifteen goals this season, and what's more, they'll be important goals."'' Tévez was greeted with an ovation and singing of ''"There's Only One Carlos Tévez"'' from the West Ham supporters upon his return to Upton Park for an away match (lost by Manchester United) on 29 December. He returned the gesture by repeatedly crossing his arms in front of his chest, in reference to the hammers on the West Ham team crest.

Tévez scored a total of five goals during Manchester United's successful 2007–08 Champions League campaign. He also scored the first penalty in the shootout against Chelsea in the final, which Manchester United won 6–5 after the match had ended 1–1 after extra time.

He scored his first league goal of the 2008–09 season on 13 September 2008 in a 2–1 away defeat to Liverpool, and his first hat-trick came on 3 December 2008, when he scored a quartet of goals in United's 5–3 League Cup win over Blackburn Rovers in the fifth round. His first Champions League goal of the season, against Aalborg BK on 10 December, was the fastest goal scored in the tournament for 2008–09 at two minutes and 41 seconds.

On 21 December, Tévez started for United in the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup final, which United won 1–0 over Ecuadorean club LDU Quito, but he was substituted in the 51st minute for Jonny Evans after Nemanja Vidić was sent off. On 10 May 2009, Tévez was reported as saying that he believed his time at Manchester United would come to an end that summer and he expressed his dissatisfaction at not having been offered a permanent contract with the club and having been dropped from the team despite, in his opinion, not having played badly. Despite this outburst, Tévez was named in Manchester United's starting XI for the derby match against Manchester City later that day, before scoring the second of United's two goals on the stroke of half-time, which prompted chants of "Fergie, sign him up" from some of the club's fans. After the match, manager Alex Ferguson refused to be drawn on the subject of Tévez's future with the club, saying "I didn't read any of the papers. He's a Manchester United player."

The following game for Manchester United was away at Wigan Athletic. Tévez did not start the game, but came off the bench on 58 minutes and scored the equaliser three minutes later with a flamboyant back-heeled finish. His introduction immediately improved the team's play and Michael Carrick scored the winner on 86 minutes. After the game, to the relief of most United fans, Alex Ferguson announced that the club had commenced talks to sign Tévez on a permanent deal. This news came on the same day as claims in ''The Sun'' that United lawyers were looking into the possibility of a Bosman-type case, which would allow Tévez to be signed for free. Tévez started the next game against Arsenal, but was substituted by Park Ji-Sung in the 66th minute. As he left the field, the Manchester United supporters applauded him, in his last game at Old Trafford for Manchester United. United chief executive David Gill suggested that Tévez's future would be resolved by early June 2009. Although United agreed to meet the option fee of £25.5 million and offered Tévez a five-year contract that would have made him one of the club's top earners, Tévez's advisors informed the club that he no longer wished to play for Manchester United. Nevertheless, reports also emerged that Tévez had ruled out signing for Liverpool, given the implications of a Manchester United player moving to join their north-west rivals.

Manchester City

After protracted negotiations, Tévez signed a five-year contract with Manchester United's cross-town rivals, Manchester City, after a medical on 14 July 2009. On 12 September, it was claimed that the transfer fee was £47 million, a British transfer record, but this was later denied by both Manchester City and Media Sports Investments. Tévez was given the number 32 shirt, just as he was at Manchester United and West Ham. In signing for Manchester City, Tévez became the first player to move between the two Manchester clubs since Terry Cooke moved from United to City in 1999. After signing Tévez, Manchester City erected a blue 'Welcome to Manchester' billboard with Tévez in the background. The billboard was located at the top of Deansgate in Manchester city centre, which leads to Salford and Trafford, where Old Trafford is.

He made his City debut coming off the bench against Blackburn Rovers in a 2–0 away win. He scored his first goal for the club on 27 August 2009 against Crystal Palace in the 2nd round of the Carling Cup, heading in City's second goal in a 2–0 victory.

During September 2009, Tévez suffered a knee injury whilst on international duty with Argentina, which would keep him out for two to three weeks, forcing him to miss the match against Arsenal. It was also thought that Tévez would miss the Manchester derby the following weekend, but he recovered in time to play in the match. He set up his side's first goal for Gareth Barry, but City ended up losing 4–3.

Tévez scored his first and second Premier League goals for the club during a 3–1 win over his former club, West Ham United prompting City fans to imitate the chant 'Fergie sign him up'. Later that week, he scored the third goal in Manchester City's 5–1 win over Scunthorpe United in the Carling Cup, and three weeks later, he scored his third successive cup goal in the quarter-finals against Arsenal. The following week he scored the winner in a 2–1 win over Chelsea. One week later he scored twice, with an impressive brace, in a 3–3 draw with Bolton Wanderers. His next two goals came against Sunderland and Stoke City, scoring six goals in as many matches. On 28 December he continued his goal scoring run, scoring two against Wolverhampton Wanderers, making it nine goals in seven games for the striker. Tévez netted his first Premier League hat-trick for Manchester City on 11 January 2010 in a 4–1 home win over Blackburn Rovers, coincidentally on the same night he received his first ever Premier League Player of the Month award for December 2009.

On 19 January 2010, Tevez spear headed City's attack as the club defeated former club and cross city rivals Manchester United in the first leg of the League Cup semi final at the City of Manchester Stadium. Despite United taking a 1–0 lead, Tevez hit the equaliser in from the penalty spot before heading the winner in the 65th minute. The game also involved a slagging match between Tevez and former team mate Gary Neville, which saw Tevez goading Neville and the travelling United fans whilst celebrating his first goal. On 27 February 2010 Tevez scored two goals against Chelsea in a 4–2 away win over the league leaders, following his return from compassionate leave in Argentina. On 29 March 2010, Tevez scored his second Premier League hat-trick for Manchester City against Wigan in a 3–0 victory. This therefore brought his self record breaking goal scoring tally for a single season to a total of 19 in the Premier League and 25 in all competitions. His 20th goal of the season came in a 6–1 win over Burnley. At the end of his first year at Manchester City, he was given two club awards, the Etihad Player of the Year award and the Players' Player of the Year award.

On 18 August 2010, he was made Club Captain by manager Roberto Mancini, replacing defender Kolo Toure. Tévez continued his scoring form in the league from the 2009/10 in the 2010–11 season with two goals in the 3–0, defeating of Liverpool. Against Wigan Athletic, Tévez scored a goal in a 2–0 win. He also continued his goal scoring record against Chelsea with a solo effort taking his tally against it to six goals in five games, and leading to a 1–0 win. He scored a penalty in a 2–1 home win against Newcastle, and followed up with two more goals against Blackpool FC in a 3–2 Away win.

In December 2010, despite his agent recently asking the club to renegotiate and improve his contract, Tévez handed the club a written transfer request, citing family reasons and a breakdown in "relationship with certain executives and individuals at the club". The transfer request was rejected by the club with a senior club official describing Tévez's reasons for wanting to leave as "ludicrous and nonsensical", whilst the club also stated that the player would not be sold in the January transfer window and will seek compensation for breach of contract from his agent if he retires or refuses to play. In the week following Tévez's transfer request, manager Roberto Mancini believed Tévez would stay at the club after some convincing, as did fellow compatriot at City and close friend Pablo Zabaleta, and club's Football Administration Officer, Brian Marwood.

On 20 December 2010, Tevez withdrew his transfer request and expressed his 'absolute commitment' to Manchester City following clear-the-air talks. On Boxing Day 2010 Tevez scored twice as City won 3-1 away at Newcastle United. Further goals against Leicester City, Wolves, West Brom, Birmingham City and Notts County took him to 50 goals for his club. The mere 73 games played to reach this figure made him the second fastest player in City's history to reach that figure, short of former player Derek Kevan's 64 game record.

After missing the 1-0 FA Cup semi-final victory over Manchester United at Wembley Stadium due to a hamstring injury, Tevez returned to captain City on 14 May 2011 in the historic final victory over Stoke City. Two days later, admist rumours of his departue to Italy in the summer, he announced his desire to stay at Eastlands if his family issues could be resolved. However, on 8 June, he told an Argentine chat show host that he "would not even return there on vacation".

International career

Tévez first came into prominence with Argentina while playing in the FIFA U-17 World Championship. At the 2004 Olympic Games, he won the gold medal and scored eight goals (including the winner in the final) in six matches to be the top scorer of the competition. He was the world's second-highest goalscorer of 2004 in overall international competition with sixteen goals, one fewer than Iran forward Ali Daei.

Tévez was called up for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals, and scored his only goal of the tournament in Argentina's 6–0 group stage thrashing of Serbia and Montenegro on 16 June. However, he was sent off twice in a three-game stretch during 2010 World Cup qualifying, once against Colombia on 21 November 2007 after he kicked fullback Rubén Darío Bustos in the 24th minute, and then on 9 September 2008 after a late tackle on defender Darío Verón that earned him a red card in the 31st minute of a 1–1 draw with Paraguay after he had been booked earlier. Tévez later apologised for the incident. In the last 16 of the 2010 FIFA World Cup held in South Africa, Tevez scored a brace against Mexico. His first goal was a header and he scored in controversial style as the assisted pass by Lionel Messi was offside but the linesman didn't call it. Tevez scored his second goal of the game with a powerful shot from outside the box.

International goals

''As of 20 June 2011''

Estadio Elias Aguirre, Chiclayo, Peru 20 July 2004 1 March 2006 16 June 2006 2 June 2007 5 June 2007 28 June 2007 28 March 2009 24 May 2010 rowspan="2" 7 September 2010 20 June 2011

+	Goal !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
1	17 July 2004	|		1 – 0	1 – 0	Copa América 2004
2	|	Estadio Nacional (Lima)>Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru		1 – 0	3 – 0	Copa América 2004
3	|	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland		1 – 0	2 – 3	Friendly
4	|	Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany		5 – 0	6 – 0	2006 FIFA World Cup>2006 World Cup
5	|	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland		1 – 0	1 – 0	Friendly
6	|	Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain		1 – 0	4 – 3	Friendly
7	|	Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela		4 – 1	4 – 1	Copa América 2007
8	|	El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina		2 – 0	4 – 0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)>2010 WCQ
9	|	El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina		4 – 0	5 – 0	Friendly
10	27 June 2010 ||	Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa		1 – 0	3 – 1	rowspan="2"
11	3 – 0
12	|	El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina		3 – 0	4 – 1	Friendly
13	|	El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina		4 – 0	4 – 0	Friendly

Goal celebrations

Tévez is known for his tango flare celebrations ever since playing for Boca Juniors, as well with Corinthians of Brazil. During his time at Manchester United, he would hide a baby pacifier in his shorts and put it in his mouth after scoring a goal as a commemorative gesture to his baby daughter. Since his move to Manchester City, Tévez has often performed a dance where he puts his hands together, bends down and rocks his body; this dance has been named after him as the "Tévez Dance".

Personal life

Tévez and his wife, Vanesa, have two daughters together: Florencia and Katia. He performs as the frontman for his ''cumbia villera'' musical group, Piola Vago, with his brother Diego. The group's most successful hit, "Lose Your Control", charted in Argentina.

On 6 February 2009, Tévez was stopped by Greater Manchester Police near junction 7 of the M60 motorway. It was found that Tévez was driving without a full UK driving licence and illegally tinted windows. His car was then impounded by the police since he could not arrange for it to be removed himself.

Career statistics

1 11 12 2 !75!!26!!colspan="2" 20 5 !38!!25! 1 14 5 23 20

Club	Season	League	Cup	League Cup	Continental	Other	Total
!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
rowspan="5"	Boca Juniors		11	|	–		–		–		–		11	1
2002–03 Argentine Primera División	2002–03	32	|	–		–		–		–		32	11
2003–04 Argentine Primera División	2003–04	23	|	–		–		–		–		23	12
2004–05 Argentine Primera División	2004–05	9	|	–		–		–		–		9	2
!Total	–!!colspan="2"|–!!colspan="2"|–!!colspan="2"|–!!75!!26
rowspan="3"	Corinthians		29	|			–				–		38	25
2006 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A	2006	9	|			–				–		9	5
!Total	!! !!colspan="2"	–!! !! !!colspan="2"|–!!47!!31
rowspan="2"	West Ham United		26	7	|	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	29	7
!Total	!26!!7!!1!!0!!0!!0!!2!!0!!0!!0!!29!!7
rowspan="3"	Manchester United		34	|	2	1	0	0	12	4	0	0	48	19
2008–09 Premier League	2008–09	29	|	3	2	6	6	9	2	4	0	51	15
!Total	!63!!19!!5!!3!!6!!6!!21!!6!!4!!0!!99!!34
rowspan="3"	Manchester City		35	|	1	0	6	6	–		0	0	42	29
2010–11 Premier League	2010–11	28	|	5	3	0	0	6	0	0	0	39	23
!Total	!63!!43!!6!!3!!6!!6!!6!!0!!0!!0!!81!!52
Total	!274!!126!!12!!6!!12!!12!!29!!6!!4!!0!!331!!150

''Statistics accurate as of match played 15 May 2011''

|- |2004||10||2 |- |2005||9||0 |- |2006||8||2 |- |2007||11||3 |- |2008||4||0 |- |2009||8||1 |- |2010||7|||4 |- !Total||58||12 |}

Honours

Club

;Boca Juniors

Primera División: 2003 Apertura

Copa Libertadores: 2003

Copa Sudamericana: 2004

Intercontinental Cup: 2003

;Corinthians

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2005

;Manchester United

Premier League: 2007–08, 2008–09

FA Community Shield: 2008

UEFA Champions League: 2007–08

FIFA Club World Cup: 2008

Football League Cup: 2008–09

;Manchester City

FA Cup: 2010–11

International

2004 Summer Olympics: Gold medal

South American U-20 Championship: 2003

Individual

Copa Libertadores Most Valuable Player: 2003

Silver Olimpia (Argentine Footballer of the Year): 2003, 2004

Golden Olimpia (Argentine Sportsperson of the Year): 2004

Olympic Golden Boot: 2004

CBF ''Campeonato Brasileiro'' Best Player: 2005

''Placar Bola de Ouro'': 2005

South American Footballer of the Year: 2003, 2004, 2005

Hammer of the Year: 2007

FA Premier League Player of the Month: December 2009 PFA Player of the Month: March 2010 Manchester City Official Supporter's Player of the Year: 2009–10 Manchester City Player's Player of the Year: 2009–10

Premier League Golden Boot: 2010–11*

(*Jointly shared with Dimitar Berbatov)

Notes

References

External links

Profile at FutbolPunto with maps and graphs

CBF

Premier League profile

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Steven George Gerrard MBE (; born 30 May 1980 in Whiston, Merseyside, England) is an English footballer who plays for and captains Premier League club Liverpool. He also has 89 caps for the England national team. He has played much of his career in a centre midfielder role, but he has also been used as a second striker and right winger. Gerrard is best known for his tremendous long-range striking ability and has scored in numerous cup finals, including the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final and the 2006 FA Cup Final.

Gerrard, who has spent his entire career at Anfield, made his début in 1998 and cemented his place in the first team in the 2000–01 season, succeeding Sami Hyypiä as Liverpool team captain in 2003. His honours include two FA Cup wins, two League Cup wins, a UEFA Cup win, and a UEFA Champions League win in 2005. In 2005, Gerrard came third in the voting for Ballon d'Or, given to the top player in Europe.

Gerrard made his international debut in 2000 and has represented England at Euro 2000 and Euro 2004, as well as the 2006 World Cup, where he was the team's top goalscorer with two goals. Gerrard is the current vice-captain of the England national football team. However, he captained his country at the 2010 World Cup in the absence of regular captain Rio Ferdinand who missed the tournament through injury.

Gerrard is widely regarded as one of the greatest English footballers ever. Gerrard came second only to Kenny Dalglish in the 100 Players Who Shook The Kop, a Liverpool F.C. fan poll. Zinedine Zidane said in 2009 that he considers Gerrard one of the best footballers in the world. In 2010, The Guardian named Gerrard to their World XI team, which compiled the greatest footballers of all-time onto one squad.

Club career

Early Years

Born in Whiston, Merseyside, Gerrard started out playing for hometown team Whiston Juniors, where he was noticed by Liverpool scouts. He joined the Reds' youth academy at the age of nine. Gerrard then had trials with various clubs at fourteen, but his success wasn't immediate—Gerrard never made it into the England Schoolboys team. Gerrard's trials included Manchester United, which he claimed in his 2006 autobiography was "to pressure Liverpool into giving me a YTS contract." He signed his first professional contract with Liverpool on 5 November 1997.

Liverpool Beginnings (1998-2003)

Gerrard made his Liverpool first-team debut on 29 November 1998 in a match against Blackburn Rovers as a last minute substitute for Vegard Heggem. He made thirteen appearances in his debut season, filling in the midfield position for injured captain Jamie Redknapp and playing on the right wing, but he scarcely contributed in the short on-pitch time he received, due to nervousness affecting his play. Gerrard recalled in a November 2008 interview with ''The Guardian'', "I was out of position and out of my depth." The Liverpool hierarchy nonetheless remained convinced that he would improve. Gerrard saw himself as a defensive player primarily, looking to make key tackles rather than push the team forward.

Gerrard partnered Redknapp in central midfield for the 1999–00 season. After starting the derby match against Everton on the bench, he replaced Robbie Fowler in the second half but received his first career red card for a late foul on Everton's Kevin Campbell. Later that season, Gerrard scored his first senior goal in a 4–1 victory over Sheffield Wednesday. However, he began to suffer from nagging back problems, which sports consultant Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt later diagnosed as a result of accelerated growth, coupled with excessive playing, during his teenage years. He was then beset by groin injuries that required four separate operations.

In 2000–01, he made fifty starts in all competitions and scored ten goals as Liverpool won the League Cup, FA Cup, and the 2001 UEFA Cup.

Team Struggles and Uncertainty (2003-2004)

Gerrard replaced Sami Hyypiä as Liverpool captain in October 2003, as manager Gérard Houllier said that he recognised Gerrard had demonstrated leadership qualities early on, but needed to mature. He chose to extend his contract at the club, signing a new four-year deal.

Houllier quit after a trophyless 2003–04 campaign, and Gerrard was linked with a move to Chelsea during the offseason. He admitted he was not "happy with the progress Liverpool has made," and that "for the first time in my career I've thought about the possibility of moving on." In the end, Gerrard turned down a £20 million offer from Chelsea to stay with Liverpool and new coach Rafael Benítez.

Breakthrough and Trophy Campaigns (2004-2007)

Liverpool were wracked with injury early in the 2004–05 season, and a foot injury suffered in a September league match against Manchester United shelved Gerrard until late November. He returned to score in the last five minutes of a Champions League group stage match against Olympiacos to secure Liverpool's advancement to the knockout round. He claimed that this was his most important, if not his best, goal for Liverpool to date. However, Gerrard netted an own goal during the 2005 League Cup final on 27 February, which proved decisive in Liverpool's 3–2 loss to Chelsea.

During a six-minute stretch in the second half of the 2005 Champions League final against A.C. Milan, Liverpool came back from a three-goal deficit to tie the match at 3–3 after extra time, with Gerrard scoring one of the goals. Liverpool's third goal was gained as a penalty from a foul awarded to Liverpool when Gennaro Gattuso fouled Gerrard in Milan's penalty box. Gerrard did not participate in the penalty shootout, which Liverpool won 3–2 as they claimed their first Champions League trophy in twenty years, though he was named the Man of the Match, and later received the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award.

In regards to his contract issues with Liverpool, Gerrard told the press after the final, "How can I leave after a night like this?" But negotiations soon stalled and on 5 July 2005, after Liverpool turned down another lucrative offer from Chelsea, Gerrard rejected a club-record £100,000-a-week offer. Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry conceded the club had lost Gerrard, saying, "Now we have to move on. We have done our best, but he has made it clear he wants to go and I think it looks pretty final." The next day, Gerrard signed a new four-year deal as Parry blamed the earlier breakdown of talks on miscommunication between the two sides.

Gerrard scored 23 goals in 53 appearances in 2005–06, and in April became the first Liverpool player since John Barnes in 1988 to be voted the PFA Player of the Year. He scored twice in the 2006 FA Cup final against West Ham United, including an equalizer that sent the match into extra time, and Liverpool won their second consecutive major trophy on penalties. The goals made him the only player to have scored in the FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Cup and Champions League finals. Gerrard netted a penalty as Liverpool eliminated league rival Chelsea in the 2006–07 Champions League semi-finals to return to their second final in three seasons, which they lost 2–1 to Milan.

Gerrard suffered a hairline toe fracture in an August 2007 Champions League qualifier against Toulouse F.C., but returned four days later to play the entirety of a 1–1 league draw against Chelsea. On 28 October 2007, Gerrard played his 400th game for Liverpool in a league match against Arsenal, in which he scored. He scored in all but one of Liverpool's domestic and European matches during the month of November, and after scoring the only goal in a Champions League away tie against Olympique de Marseille on 11 December, he became the first Liverpool player since John Aldridge in 1989 to score in seven consecutive games in all competitions.

Continued Success and Stardom (2007-)

Gerrard made his 300th Premier League appearance on 13 April 2008 in a match against Blackburn Rovers, scoring the opening goal, and finished the season with twenty-one goals in all competitions, surpassing his total from the 2006–07 season. Gerrard was selected for the PFA Team of the Year and he was also one of the nominees or the PFA Player of the Year, alongside teammate Fernando Torres.

Gerrard needed to undergo groin surgery at the beginning of the 2008–09 season, but the problem was not serious and he quickly returned to training. He scored what appeared to be his hundredth career Liverpool goal against Stoke City on 20 September, but it was disallowed after Dirk Kuyt was ruled offside. He achieved the milestone eleven days later in a 3–1 Champions League group stage win over PSV.

He made his 100th appearance in European club competition for Liverpool on 10 March 2009 against Real Madrid and scored twice in a 4–0 win. Four days after the impressive victory over Real, Gerrard would score at Old Trafford for the first time from the penalty spot, putting Liverpool ahead on their way to a 4–1 victory over Manchester United. Following these results, three-time FIFA World Player of the Year Zinedine Zidane hailed the Liverpool skipper, saying "Is he the best in the world? He might not get the attention of Messi and Ronaldo but yes, I think he might be." On 22 March 2009, Gerrard scored his first ever hat-trick in the Premier League, against Aston Villa, in a 5–0 victory. On 13 May 2009, Gerrard was named as the 2009 Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year, becoming the first Liverpool player to win the award in nineteen years. Gerrard had pipped Manchester United duo Ryan Giggs and Wayne Rooney in the poll voted for by journalists, beating Ryan Giggs by just 10 votes. Upon receiving the award, he was quoted as saying "I'm delighted but I'm a little bit surprised," he commented. "When you look at the quality of the players there are in this league, it's a great privilege to win this kind of award." He ended the 2009–10 season with a total of 12 goals and 9 assists from 46 matches.

Following the 2009–10 season, Rafael Benitez departed Liverpool after six years and was succeeded as manager b|y Roy Hodgson, who quickly assured fans that Gerrard would not be sold. To further eliminate any speculation surrounding his future at the club, Gerrard made a statement emphasising his excitement at the coming season with Liverpool and praising the signing of Joe Cole. Gerrard soon played his first pre-season match of the 2010–11 season against Borussia Mönchengladbach on 1 August 2010 alongside new signing Cole.

Gerrard scored his first goal of the 2010–11 season from the penalty spot in a Europa League qualifier against Macedonian side FK Rabotnicki on the 5th August 2010.

His next two goals came on 19 September at Old Trafford in a 3–2 loss against Manchester United; he scored from a penalty kick in the 64th minute and a free-kick 6 minutes later to level the game at 2–2. He followed this up with the equaliser in a 2–2 home draw with Sunderland. 11 days later Gerrard came off the bench to score a second-half hat-trick in a 3–1 win over Napoli in the Europa League. Steven Gerrard has missed the start of English Premier League season 2011-2012 due to groin injury which kept him away for much of the 2010-2011 season as well.

International career

Gerrard made his international debut against Ukraine on 31 May 2000. That summer, he was called up for Euro 2000, making only one appearance as a substitute in a 1–0 win over Germany before England were eliminated in the group stage. Gerrard scored his first international goal in the famous 5–1 victory over Germany in a 2002 World Cup qualifier in September 2001, and while England qualified, Gerrard was forced to pull out of the squad due to his ongoing groin problems after pulling up in Liverpool's final match of the season against Ipswich.

He was a regular starter in Euro 2004, scoring once – against Switzerland – before England were eliminated by Portugal in the quarter-finals on penalties. He participated in his first World Cup in 2006 and two goals, both in the group stage, against Trinidad & Tobago and Sweden, although his spot kick was one of three saved by goalkeeper Ricardo as England again bowed out to Portugal in the quarter-finals on penalties. He was England's top scorer in the tournament.

Gerrard was made vice-captain of the England team by coach Steve McClaren, and while he filled in for John Terry as captain, England suffered back-to-back losses to Russia and Croatia that ended their Euro 2008 qualifying hopes. After new coach Fabio Capello took over the team in early 2008, Gerrard was given a trial run as captain but Capello settled on Terry for the role. Gerrard was subsequently replaced as England vice-captain by Rio Ferdinand.

Gerrard helped England qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, scoring two goals in England's 5–1 win over Croatia.

John Terry was replaced by Rio Ferdinand as captain in 2010, following revelations about the former's private life, and Gerrard subsequently became vice-captain again. When the England team left for the 2010 World Cup, Gerrard was the most experienced player in the squad with 80 caps. During preparations for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, however, Rio Ferdinand was injured, meaning that Gerrard was appointed by Capello as captain for the tournament. After the tournament Gerrard, part of a group of England players dubbed the "Golden Generation", confirmed that he would continue to be available for selection, despite suggestions from Capello that he would seek to re-build the team.

In August 2010, Gerrard scored twice in a friendly match against Hungary and helped England to a 2–1 win. Due to Ferdinand's continued absence through injury, Gerrard retained the captaincy for the opening match of the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign against Bulgaria, which England won 4–0.

International goals

:''Scores and results list England's goal tally first.'' Olympic Stadium (Munich) 16 October 2002 3 June 2003 17 June 2004 4 September 2004 30 March 2005 30 May 2006 15 June 2006 20 June 2006 2 September 2006 rowspan="2" 28 May 2008 15 October 2008 rowspan="2" 12 June 2010 rowspan="2"

# !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
1	1 September 2001	Olympiastadion, Germany ||		2–1	Germany 1–5 England (2001)>5–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)#Group 9>2002 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
2	|	St Mary's Stadium, England		2–2	2–2	2004 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying#Group 7>UEFA Euro 2004 Qualifying
3	|	Walkers Stadium, England		1–0	2–1	Exhibition game>Friendly
4	|	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Portugal		3–0	3–0	2004 UEFA European Football Championship - Group B>UEFA Euro 2004
5	|	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Austria		2–0	2–2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)#Group 6>2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
6	|	St James' Park, England		1–0	2–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)#Group 6>2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
7	|	Old Trafford, England		1–0	3–1	Exhibition game>Friendly
8	|	Frankenstadion, Germany		2–0	2–0	2006 FIFA World Cup - Group B>2006 FIFA World Cup
9	|	RheinEnergieStadion>RheinEnergie Stadion, Germany		2–1	2–2	2006 FIFA World Cup - Group B>2006 FIFA World Cup
10	|	Old Trafford, England		2–0	5–0	2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying Group E>UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying
11	28 March 2007 || rowspan="2"|Olympic Stadium, Spain ||		1–0	3–0	rowspan="2"
12	2–0
13	|	Wembley Stadium, England		2–0	2–0	Exhibition game>Friendly
14	|	Dinamo Stadium (Minsk)>Dinamo Stadium, Belarus		1–0	3–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 6>2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
15	9 September 2009 ||	Wembley Stadium, England		2–0	5–1	rowspan="2"
16	4–0
17	|	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, South Africa		1–0	1–1	2010 FIFA World Cup
18	11 August 2010 ||	Wembley Stadium, England		1–1	2–1	rowspan="2"
19	2–1

Player Profile

Gerrard primarily plays centre midfielder with attacking tendencies. Gerrard has also played on the right wing, as well as a second striker. Early in his career, Gerrard was known for his defensive abilities, but over time, he has become known for his scoring. Gerrard's strengths are his long-range shooting and his powerful shot. Many of Gerrard's most memorable goals are scored from a volley, a specialty of Gerrard. He is also a good passer, especially on long passes and overhead crosses from the wide area that set his teammates up for scoring chances. Gerrard has tremendous endurance and is rarely subbed out of games. Gerrard's tireless work in the attacking midfield leads his team to an abundance of opporitunities. However, Gerrard has been criticized by opposing teams and coaches for his lack of positional awareness and his tendency to leave opponents unmarked.

Personal life

Gerrard and his wife, fashion journalist Alex Curran, married at the Cliveden mansion in Buckinghamshire on 16 June 2007. He has an older brother, Paul (not to be confused with former Everton goalkeeper Paul Gerrard), and his cousin Anthony plays for Cardiff. Steven and Alex have two daughters, Lilly-Ella (born 23 February 2004) and Lexie (9 May 2006). On 17 May, Alex told ''OK! Magazine'' that she and Steven were expecting a third child.

In September 2006, Gerrard published his autobiography, ''Gerrard: My Autobiography'', ghost-written by journalist Henry Winter, which went on to win the Sports Book of the Year honour at the British Book Awards.

The autobiography ends with "I play for Jon-Paul." Gerrard's ten-year-old cousin, Jon-Paul Gilhooley, was killed in the 1989 Hillsborough Tragedy, when Gerrard was eight. "It was difficult knowing one of your cousins had lost his life," Gerrard said. "Seeing his family's reaction drove me on to become the player I am today."

On 1 October 2007, Gerrard was involved in a low-speed accident in Southport when the car he was driving hit a ten-year-old cyclist, who had shot into the street and inadvertently cut off Gerrard's path. He later visited the boy in the hospital and presented him with a pair of boots signed by Wayne Rooney, the boy's favourite player, after which he stayed to sign autographs for other young patients.

Councillors of Knowsley voted to make Gerrard a Freeman of the Borough on 13 December 2007, and two weeks later, he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire by The Queen in The Queen's New Year Honours List, for services to sport. He received an honorary fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University on 26 July 2008 as recognition for his contribution to sport.

On 29 December 2008, Gerrard was taken into custody outside the Lounge Inn in Southport on suspicion of a section 20 assault. He and two others were later charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and affray, relating to an incident which left the bar's disc jockey with a broken tooth and cuts to his forehead. The three men were given police to court bail and were required to appear at North Sefton Magistrates' Court on 23 January 2009, where they all pleaded not guilty. The case was adjourned until 20 March when the assault charge was dropped but Gerrard was required to attend Liverpool Crown Court to face trial for affray. On 3 April, Gerrard pleaded not guilty.

The case went to trial in Liverpool Crown Court. Gerrard's co-defendants pleaded guilty before the trial but Gerrard maintained his innocence. Gerrard admitted hitting Marcus McGee but claimed it was in self defence and on July 24, Gerrard was found not guilty by the jury. Following the verdict, Gerrard said he was looking forward to getting back to playing football and putting the experience behind him.

In 2011 Gerrard appeared in the film ''Will''.

Career statistics

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* Includes appearance in FA Community Shield that season

^ Includes two appearances and one goal in FIFA Club World Championship

Honours

Liverpool

Winner

FA Cup: 2000–01, 2005–06

League Cup: 2000–01, 2002–03;

FA Community Shield: 2001, 2006;

UEFA Champions League: 2004–05;

UEFA Cup: 2000–01

UEFA Super Cup: 2001, 2005

Runner-Up

FA Premier League: 2001–02, 2008–09;

League Cup: 2004–05

FA Community Shield: 2002

UEFA Champions League: 2006–07

FIFA Club World Championship: 2005

Individual

FWA Footballer of the Year: 2009

PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2006

PFA Young Player of the Year: 2001

PFA Fans' Player of the Year: 2001, 2009

PFA Team of the Year: 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

FA Premier League Player of the Month: March 2001, March 2003, December 2004, April 2006, March 2009

Liverpool top goalscorer: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09

UEFA Club Footballer of the Year: 2005

UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match: 2005

UEFA Team of the Year: 2005, 2006, 2007

FIFA/FIFPro World XI: 2007, 2008, 2009

FA Cup Final Man of the Match: 2006

Goal of the Season: 2006

England Player of the Year: 2007

Awards

Gerrard has been nominated on numerous occasions for the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year Award.

Ballon d'Or

2001 – 25th

2005 – 3rd

2006 – nominated (top 50)

2007 – 13th

2008 – 10th

2009 – 10th

FIFA World Player of the Year

2001 – 28th

2005 – 7th

2006 – 12th

2007 – 6th

2008 – 6th

2009 – 8th

Others

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE): 2007

Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University: 2008

BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award 3rd place: 2005

References

External links

Official LFC profile

BBC Sport profile

Tactical Profile at football-lineups.com

Steven Gerrard profile at Carling.com

Steven Gerrard profile at FootballDatabase.com

Profile and stats at LFChistory.net

ESPN profile

Premier League profile

Profile at SoccerSurfer.com

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Name	Henry Mancini
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth name	Enrico Nicola Mancini
Born	April 16, 1924Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died	June 14, 1994Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Composer, conductor
Instrument	Piano
Genre	Film scores
Spouse	Virginia O'Connor (September 13, 1947 – June 14, 1994) (his death) 3 children }}

Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) When Mancini was 12 years old, he began piano lessons. Quinto and Henry played flute together in the Aliquippa Italian immigrant band, "Sons of Italy". After graduating from Aliquippa High School in 1942, Mancini attended the renowned Juilliard School of Music in New York. In 1943, after roughly one year at Juilliard, his studies were interrupted when he was drafted into the United States Army. In 1945, he participated in the liberation of a concentration camp in southern Germany.

Career

Newly discharged, Mancini entered the music industry. Entering 1946, he became a pianist and arranger for the very newly re-formed Glenn Miller Orchestra, led by 'Everyman'Tex Beneke. After World War II, Mancini really broadened his composition, counterpoint, harmony group music and orchestration skills during studies opening with two acclaimed "serious" concert hall composers, Ernst Krenek and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

In 1952, Mancini joined the Universal Pictures music department. During the next six years, he contributed music to over 100 movies, most notably ''The Creature from the Black Lagoon'', ''It Came from Outer Space'', ''Tarantula'', ''This Island Earth'', ''The Glenn Miller Story'' (for which he received his first Academy Award nomination), ''The Benny Goodman Story'' and Orson Welles' ''Touch of Evil''. During this time, he also wrote some popular songs. His first hit was a single by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians titled ''I Won't Let You Out of My Heart''.

Mancini left Universal-International to work as an independent composer/arranger in 1958. Soon after, he scored the television series ''Peter Gunn'' for writer/producer Blake Edwards, the genesis of a relationship which lasted over 35 years and produced nearly 30 films. Together with Alex North, Elmer Bernstein, Leith Stevens and Johnny Mandel, Henry Mancini was one of the pioneers who introduced jazz music into the late romantic orchestral film and TV scores prevalent at the time.

Mancini's scores for Blake Edwards included ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' (with the standard "Moon River") and ''Days of Wine and Roses'' (with the title song, "Days of Wine and Roses"), as well as ''Experiment in Terror'', ''The Pink Panther'' (and all of its sequels), ''The Great Race'', ''The Party'', and ''Victor Victoria''. Another director with whom Mancini had a longstanding partnership was Stanley Donen (''Charade'', ''Arabesque'', ''Two for the Road''). Mancini also composed for Howard Hawks (''Man's Favorite Sport?'', ''Hatari!'' – which included the well-known "Baby Elephant Walk"), Martin Ritt (''The Molly Maguires''), Vittorio de Sica (''Sunflower''), Norman Jewison (''Gaily, Gaily''), Paul Newman (''Sometimes a Great Notion'', ''The Glass Menagerie)'', Stanley Kramer (''Oklahoma Crude''), George Roy Hill (''The Great Waldo Pepper''), Arthur Hiller (''Silver Streak''), Ted Kotcheff (''Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?''), and others. Mancini's score for the Alfred Hitchcock film ''Frenzy'' (1972) was rejected and replaced by Ron Goodwin's work.

Mancini scored many TV movies, including ''The Thorn Birds'' and ''The Shadow Box''. He wrote many television themes, including ''Mr. Lucky'' (starring John Vivyan and Ross Martin), ''NBC Mystery Movie'', ''What's Happening!!'', ''Tic Tac Dough'' (1990 version) and ''Once Is Not Enough''. In the 1984–85 television season, four series featured original Mancini themes: ''Newhart'', ''Hotel'', ''Remington Steele'', and ''Ripley's Believe It or Not''. Mancini also composed the "Viewer Mail" theme for ''Late Night with David Letterman''. Mancini composed the theme for ''NBC Nightly News'' used beginning in 1975, and a different theme by him, titled ''Salute to the President'' was used by NBC News for its election coverage (including primaries and conventions) from 1976 to 1992. ''Salute to the President'' was only published in a school-band arrangement, although Mancini performed it frequently with symphony orchestras on his concert tours.

Songs with music by Mancini were staples of the easy-listening genre from the 60s to the 80s. Some of the artists who have recorded Mancini songs include Andy Williams, Paul Anka, Pat Boone, Anita Bryant, Jack Jones, Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Connie Francis, Eydie Gorme, Steve Lawrence, Trini Lopez, George Maharis, Johnny Mathis, Jerry Vale, Ray Conniff, The Lennon Sisters, The Lettermen, Herb Alpert, Eddie Cano, Frank Chacksfield, Warren Covington, Percy Faith, Ferrante & Teicher, Horst Jankowski, Andre Kostelanetz, Peter Nero, Liberace, Mantovani, Tony Bennett, Julie London, Wayne Newton, Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra, Peggy Lee, Al Martino, Jim Nabors, and Matt Monro. Lawrence Welk held Mancini in very high regard, and frequently featured Mancini's music on ''The Lawrence Welk Show'' (Mancini, at least once, made a guest appearance on the show).

Mancini recorded over 90 albums, in styles ranging from big band to light classical to pop. Eight of these albums were certified gold by The Recording Industry Association of America. He had a 20 year contract with RCA Records, resulting in 60 commercial record albums that made him a household name artists of easy-listening music. Mancini's earliest recordings in the 1950s and early 1960s were of the jazz idiom; with the success of ''Peter Gunn'', ''Mr. Lucky'', and ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'', Mancini shifted to primarily recording his own music in record albums and film soundtracks. (Although relatively little of his music was written for recordings compared to the amount that was written for film and television.) Beginning with his 1969 hit ''A Time for Us'' (Love Theme from ''Romeo and Juliet'') and its accompanying album ''A Warm Shade of Ivory'', Mancini began to function more as a piano soloist and easy-listening artist primarily recording music written by other people. In this period, for two of his best-selling albums he was joined by trumpet virtuoso and ''Tonight Show'' bandleader Doc Severinsen.

Mancini's range also extended to orchestral scores (''Lifeforce'', ''The Great Mouse Detective'', ''Sunflower'', ''Tom and Jerry: The Movie'', ''Molly Maguires'', ''The Hawaiians''), and darker themes (''Experiment in Terror'', ''The White Dawn'', ''Wait Until Dark'', ''The Night Visitor'').

Mancini was also a concert performer, conducting over fifty engagements per year, resulting in over 600 symphony performances during his lifetime. He conducted nearly all of the leading symphonies of the world, including the London Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic, the Boston Pops, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. One of his favorites was the Minnesota Orchestra, where he debuted the ''Thorn Birds Suite'' in June 1983. He appeared in 1966, 1980 and 1984 in command performances for the British Royal Family. He also toured several times with Johnny Mathis and also with Andy Williams, who had each sung many of Mancini's songs; Mathis and Mancini collaborated on the 1986 album ''The Hollywood Musicals''.

Cameos

Mancini had occasional experience with cameo and voice roles.

Shortly before his death in 1994, he made a one-off cameo appearance in the first season of the sitcom series ''Frasier'', as a call-in patient to Dr. Frasier Crane's radio show. Mancini voiced the character Al, who speaks with a melancholy drawl and hates the sound of his own voice, in the episode "Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast?"

Mancini also had an uncredited performance as a pianist in the 1967 movie ''Gunn'', the movie version of the series ''Peter Gunn'', the score of which was originally composed by Mancini himself.

In the 1966 Pink Panther cartoon ''Pink, Plunk, Plink'', the panther commandeered an orchestra and proceeded to conduct Mancini's theme for the series. At the end, the shot switched to rare live action, and Mancini was seen alone applauding in the audience.

Death and legacy

Mancini died of pancreatic cancer in Los Angeles on June 14, 1994. He was working at the time on the Broadway stage version of ''Victor/Victoria'', which he never saw on stage. Mancini was survived by his wife of 43 years, singer Virginia "Ginny" O'Connor, with whom he had three children. They had met while both were members of the Tex Beneke orchestra, just after World War II. In 1948, Ginny was one of the founders of the Society of Singers, a non-profit organization which benefits the health and welfare of professional singers worldwide. Additionally the Society awards scholarships to students pursuing an education in the vocal arts. One of Mancini's twin daughters, Monica Mancini, is a professional singer; her sister Felice runs The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation (MHOF). His son Christopher is a music publisher and promoter in Los Angeles.

In 1996, the Henry Mancini Institute, an academy for young music professionals, was founded by Jack Elliott in Mancini's honor, and was later under the direction of composer-conductor Patrick Williams. By the mid 2000s, however, the institute could not sustain itself and closed its doors on December 30, 2006. However, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Foundation "Henry Mancini Music Scholarship" has been awarded annually since 2001. While still alive, Henry created a scholarship at UCLA and the bulk of his library and works are archived in the highly esteemed music library at UCLA.

In 2005, the Henry Mancini Arts Academy was opened as a division of the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center. The Center is located in Midland, Pennsylvania, minutes away from Mancini's hometown of Aliquippa. The Henry Mancini Arts Academy is an evening-and-weekend performing arts program for children from pre-K to grade 12, with some classes also available for adults. The program includes dance, voice, musical theater, and instrumental lessons.

The American Film Institute ranked Mancini's score for ''The Pink Panther'' No. 20 on their list of the greatest film scores. His scores for the following films were also nominated for the list:

''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' (1961)

''Charade'' (1963)

''Hatari!'' (1962)

''Touch of Evil'' (1958)

''Wait Until Dark'' (1967)

Awards

Mancini was nominated for an unprecedented 72 Grammys, winning 20. Additionally he was nominated for 18 Academy Awards, winning four. He also won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for two Emmys.

Mancini won a total of four Oscars for his music in the course of his career. He was first nominated for an Academy Award in 1955 for his original score of ''The Glenn Miller Story'', on which he collaborated with Joseph Gershenson. He lost out to Adolph Deutsch and Saul Chaplin's ''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers''. In 1962, he was nominated in the Best Music, Original Song category for "Bachelor in Paradise" from the film of the same name, in collaboration with lyricist Mack David. That song did not win. However, Mancini did receive two Oscars that year: one in the same category, for the song "Moon River" (shared with lyricist Johnny Mercer), and one for "Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture" for ''Breakfast at Tiffany's''. The following year, he and Mercer took another Best Song award for "Days of Wine and Roses", another eponymous theme song. His next eleven nominations went for naught, but he finally garnered one last statuette working with lyricist Leslie Bricusse on the score for ''Victor Victoria'', which won the "Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score" award for 1983. All three of the films for which he won were directed by Blake Edwards. His score for ''Victor/Victoria'' was adapted for the 1995 Broadway musical of the same name.

On April 13, 2004, the United States Postal Service honored Mancini with a 37 cent commemorative stamp. The stamp shows Mancini conducting with a list of some of his most famous movies and TV show themes in the background. The stamp is Scott catalog number 3839.

Discography

Hit singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
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1960		21	—	—	—
		90	—	—	—
	11	1	—	44
1962		95	—	—	—
		33	10	—	—
	93	—	—	—
	36	15	—	—
		31	10	—	—
	97	—	—	—
	77	14	—	—
	—	—	—	10
		117	23	—	—
	—	27	—	—
1966		—	6	—	—
		—	17	—	—
	—	4	—	—
		—	21	—	—
	—	36	—	—
		1	1	—	—
	87	15	—	—
	—	39	—	—
		115	17	—	—
	—	26	—	—
		13	2	—	—
	—	14	—	42
		—	38	—	—
	117	—	2	—
1973		—	38	—	—
1974		—	21	—	—
1975		—	45	—	—
		—	40	—	—
	—	38	—	—
1977		45	22	—	—
1980		101	—	—	—
1984		—	—	—	23

Albums

''The Versatile Henry Mancini'', Liberty LRP 3121

''The Mancini Touch'', RCA Victor LSP 2101

''The Blues & the Beat'', RCA Victor LSP-2147

''Mr. Lucky Goes Latin'', RCA Victor LSP-2360

''Our Man in Hollywood'', RCA Victor LSP-2604

''Uniquely Mancini'', RCA Victor LSP-2692

''The Best of Mancini'', RCA Victor LSP-2693

''Mancini Plays Mancini'', RCA Camden CAS-2158

''Everybody's Favorite'', RCA Camden CXS-9034

''Concert Sound of Henry Mancini'', RCA Victor LSP-2897

''Dear Heart and Other Songs'', RCA Victor LSP-2990

''Theme Scene'', RCA Victor LSP-3052

''Debut Conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra'', RCA Victor LSP-3106

''The Best of Vol. 3'', RCA Victor LSP-3347

''The Latin Sound of Henry Mancini'', RCA Victor LSP-3356

''A Merry Mancini Christmas'', RCA Victor LSP-3612

''Pure Gold'', RCA Victor LSP-3667

''Mancini Country'', RCA Victor LSP-3668

''Mancini '67'', RCA Victor LSP-3694

''Music of Hawaii'', RCA Victor LSP-3713

''Brass on Ivory'', RCA Victor LSP-3756

''A Warm Shade of Ivory'', RCA Victor LSP-3757

''Big Latin Band'', RCA Victor LSP-4049

''Six Hours Past Sunset'', RCA Victor LSP-4239

''Theme music from Z & Other Film Music'', RCA Victor LSP-4350

''Big Screen-Little Screen'', RCA Victor LSP-4630

''This Is Henry Mancini'', RCA Victor VPS6029

''Music from the TV Series "The Mancini Generation"'', RCA Victor LSP-4689

''Brass, Ivory & Strings'' (with Doc Severinsen), RCA APL1-0098

''The Theme Scene'', RCA AQLI-3052

''Country Gentleman'', RCA APD1-0270 (Quadraphonic)

''Hangin' Out'', RCA CPL1-0672

''Symphonic Soul'', RCA APD1-1025 (Quadraphonic)

''Mancini's Angels'', RCA CPL1-2290

(with Johnny Mathis), ''The Hollywood Musicals'', Columbia FC 40372

''The Pink Panther Meets Speedy Gonzales'', Koch Schwann CD

''The Legendary Henry Mancini'', BMG Australia 3 CD set

Soundtracks

Many of Mancini's "soundtracks" are actually "Music from ...", which allowed him to arrange the music to be more accessible and to release records without the expense of paying studio orchestra fees.

''The Music from Peter Gunn'', RCA Victor LSP 1956

''More Music from Peter Gunn'', RCA Victor LSP 2040

''Music from Mr. Lucky'', RCA Victor LSP 2198

''Bachelor in Paradise'', Film Score Monthly FSMCD vol. 7 Nr. 18

''Breakfast at Tiffany's: Music from the Motion Picture'', RCA Victor LSP-2362

''A Change of Seasons''

''Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation'', Intrada special collection vol. 11

''Experiment in Terror'', RCA Victor LSP-2442

''Hatari!'', RCA Victor LSP-2559

''Charade'', RCA Victor LSP-2755

''The Pink Panther'', RCA Victor LSP 2795

''The Great Race'', RCA Victor LSP-3402

''Arabesque'', RCA Victor LSP-3623

''What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?'', RCA Victor LSP-3648

''Two for the Road'', RCA Victor LSP-3802

''Gunn'', RCA Victor LSP-3840

''The Party'', RCA Victor LSP-3997

''Me, Natalie'', Columbia OS 3350

''Visions of Eight'', RCA Victor ABL1-0231

''The Great Waldo Pepper'', MCA 2085

''Darling Lili'', RCA LSPX 1000

''Gaily, Gaily'', UAS 5202

''The Glass Menagerie'', MCA MCAD 6222

''The Great Mouse Detective'', Varèse Sarabande VSD 5359

''The Hawaiians'', UAS 5210

''Lifeforce'', BSXCD 8844

''The Molly Maguires'', Bay Cities BCD 3029

''Nightwing''

''Oklahoma Crude'', RCA APL1 0271

''The Pink Panther Strikes Again'', UA-LA 694

''Revenge of the Pink Panther'', EMI 791113-2

''Santa Claus: The Movie'', EMI SJ 17177

''Silver Streak'', Intrada special collection vol. 5

''Sometimes a Great Notion'', Decca DL 79185

''Son of the Pink Panther'', Milan 21-16461-2

''Sunflower'', SLC SLCS 7035

''The Thief Who Came to Dinner'', WB BS 2700

''The Thorn Birds'', Varèse Sarabande 30206 65642 8

''Tom and Jerry – The Movie'', MCA MCD 10721

''Touch of Evil'', Movie Sound MSCD 401

''Victor Victoria'', GNP Crescendo GNPD 8038

''W.C. Fields and Me'', MCA 2092

''Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?'', Epic SE 35692

''Without a Clue''

Filmography

''Breakfast at Tiffany's

''Days of Wine and Roses

''The Pink Panther

''Charade Universal Studios

''A Shot in the Dark

''Frenzy (Rejected Score)

''The White Dawn

''The Return of the Pink Panther

''The Pink Panther Strikes Again

''Revenge of the Pink Panther

''Victor Victoria

''Trail of the Pink Panther

''Curse of the Pink Panther

''The Great Mouse Detective'' – Walt Disney Pictures

''Ghost Dad'' – Universal Studios

''Tom and Jerry: The Movie'' – Turner Pictures

''Son of the Pink Panther

''Blind Date (1987 film)

Bibliography

Mancini, Henry: ''Sounds And Scores: a practical guide to professional orchestration'' (Book on orchestration of popular music, 1962)

Mancini, Henry: ''Did they mention the music?'' (Autobiography, with Gene Lees, 1989)

Thomas, Tony: ''Music For The Movies'' (1973)

Thomas, Tony: ''Film Score'' (1979)

Larson, Randall: 'Henry Mancini: On Scoring Lifeforce and Santa Claus' (interview)(in: ''CinemaScore'', #15, 1987)

Büdinger, Matthias: 'An interview with Henry Mancini' (in: ''Soundtrack'', vol. 7, No. 26, 1988)

Büdinger, Matthias: 'Henry Mancini' (in: ''Soundtrack'', vol. 13, No. 50, 1994)

Büdinger, Matthias: 'Henry Mancini remembered' (in: ''Soundtrack'', vol. 13, No. 51)

Büdinger, Matthias: 'Whistling Away The Dark' In: ''Film Score Monthly'', # 45, p. 7

Büdinger, Matthias: 'Henry Mancini 1924–1994' In: ''Film Score Monthly'', # 46/47, p. 5

Büdinger, Matthias: 'Feeling Fancy Free' (in: ''Film Score Monthly'', vol. 10, No. 2)

Brown, Royal S.: Overtones and undertones – reading film music (1994)

References

External links

Henry Mancini, Space Age Pop

A Henry Mancini discography

Joe Reisman scores, 1945–1986 Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Henry Mancini, Soundtrackinfo

Official site on Mancini's 80th anniversary

A Mancini anthology

Memories of Henry Mancini

The story behind the making of the music from Peter Gunn, including interviews with the musicians and sound engineers

Henry Mancini interview recorded 5.9.1968 on the Pop Chronicles

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