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Saturday, January 26, 2008
 Mancini snubbed for Italian manager award

MILAN, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Roberto Mancini, who led league leaders Inter Milan to last year's Serie A title, has been overlooked in the Italian Player Association's nominations for 2007 manager of the year.

Carlo Ancelotti, coach of world and European champions AC Milan, is in the running for the award in Monday's ceremony.

So too is Fiorentina's Cesare Prandelli and AS Roma's Luciano Spalletti, the association website said on Friday.

Roma's Francesco Totti and Daniele De Rossi face competition from Milan's Andrea Pirlo for the Italian player of the year award while Inter's Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Kaka of Milan and Fiorentina's Adrian Mutu have been nominated for best foreign player.

An overall player of the year will be chosen from the two winners while other awards include best referee, goalkeeper, defender and young player.

A special award for the best player between 1997 and 2007 will also be handed out.



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