page_title: Eliaquim Mangala
section_title: Manchester City
hierarchical_section_title: Eliaquim Mangala / Club career / Manchester City
caption_attribution_description: English: Eliquim Mangala playing for Manchester City in a Champions League clash against CSKA Moscow on 21 October 2014.
context_page_description: Eliaquim Hans Mangala is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre back for La Liga club Valencia and the France national team.
  Born in France, he moved to Belgium as a child and began his career there at Standard Liège, going onto Porto in 2011 where he won consecutive Primeira Liga titles before joining Manchester City in 2014 for £32 million. He played 79 matches for City, won the Premier League in 2017–18, and had loans at Valencia and Everton before joining the former on a free transfer in 2019.
  Mangala made his debut with the French national team on 6 June 2013 against Uruguay. He was included in the nation's squads for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2016, helping them to runners-up position in the latter.
context_section_description: On 11 August 2014, Mangala signed for English club Manchester City on a five-year contract, for a reported £31.8 million transfer fee. It was however reported 18 months into his contract that the fee was more in the region of £42m due to spiralling costs as a result of Mangala's split ownership at Porto, with City having to pay in the region of £18m to two companies which owned over 40% of Mangala's economic rights. This second figure would have made Mangala the most expensive defender in British transfer history at the time. He reunited with his former Porto teammate, Fernando, who had joined City earlier in the summer.
  Mangala made his debut in City's fifth match of the Premier League season, a 1–1 home draw against Chelsea on 21 September. Lining up alongside captain Vincent Kompany, his performance was described by BBC Sport as "colossal". Six days later, an own goal and concession of a penalty by Mangala caused City to lose a 2–0 lead against Hull City, although they eventually triumphed 4–2. Despite media criticism, manager Manuel Pellegrini said "we continue to trust him because he is a very good player who had very bad luck". On 30 November, Mangala was sent off for two yellow cards in City's 3–0 win away to Southampton.
caption: Mangala playing for Manchester City in 2014
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