Early career Son of former
ACF Fiorentina goalkeeper
Alessandro Mannini, Daniele started his professional career at hometown club
Viareggio, playing with them in the Italian
Serie C2 and
Serie D tiers.
Pisa In summer 2003, he joined
Pisa of Serie C1.
Brescia In 2004–05 season he joined Serie A club
Brescia. On 12 September 2004, he made his Serie A debut against
Juventus. He stayed with Brescia after they were relegated to Serie B in summer 2005, and played with them until 31 January 2008.
Napoli He left for Serie A club
Napoli on 31 January 2008, joining fellow Brescia players Santacroce and Hamsik, for a total fee of €18 million within a season. Mannini himself was tagged for €7 million. In January 2009 he was handed a one-year suspension by the
Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) along with former teammate
Davide Possanzini from
WADA for being late for a drugs test following a
Serie B match between Brescia and
Chievo in December 2007. Later the ban was frozen by CAS due to appeal process., The ban was cancelled on 27 July 2009 after being proved there was no real intention to avoid the controls from Possanzini and Mannini.
Sampdoria In July 2009, Mannini joined Sampdoria in
co-ownership bid, for €3.5 million (€7 million divided half). On the same day
Hugo Campagnaro joined Napoli for €7 million. Mannini made an excellent start in his first season at Sampdoria, scoring 5 goals in
Serie A and 3 assists in just 8 games. At the end of
2010–11 Serie A, Doria was relegated. The club gave up the co-ownership and allowed players to return to their mother clubs for a peppercorn fee of €500 each, such as keeper
Gianluca Curci and winger
Stefano Guberti. However the co-ownership of Mannini was not resolved before the deadline on 24 June. Thus, both clubs had to submit a bid in a sealed envelope to
Lega Serie A in order to decide the highest bidder, which was only €500. on the other hand, Sampdoria abstain entirely from making an offer.
Siena On 6 August 2011, Mannini moved to newly promoted Serie A club
Siena in another co-ownership deal for €450,000 (plus €200,000 other fee) in a 4-year contract. In June 2013 Siena acquired Mannini outright for free after the club was relegated. Both clubs failed to form any deal before the deadline, but Napoli did not submit a bid.
Pisa (loan) On 31 January 2014 he was signed by the third-level club Pisa in a temporary deal. He was released after Siena failed to register for
2014–15 Serie B.
Lecce On 1 September 2014 he was signed by
US Lecce.
Return to Pisa Mannini was re-signed by Pisa on 27 August 2015.
Pontedera On 15 January 2020, his contract with
Pontedera was terminated by mutual consent.
Beverley Town Having been released by Pontedera, Mannini elected to retire from football, and moved to
East Yorkshire to work as a sales executive for a food company. During a chance encounter while they were both out walking dogs, Mannini met Mark Smith, the chairman of
Beverley Town, a local team preparing for their first ever season in Division One of the
Northern Counties East Football League, which saw Smith invite Mannini to pre-season training. On 22 July 2022, Beverley Town announced that Mannini had joined them for the upcoming season. ==References==