Manfredi Albanese Ginammi (born 25 July 2001) is an Italian professional rugby union player who primarily plays scrum-half or Flanker for Benetton of the United Rugby Championship.[1]
| Full name | Manfredi Albanese Ginammi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 25 July 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rome, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb; 13 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Professional career edit
Albanese originally played for Lazio.[2] He joined Calvisano in 2020,[3] and joined Zebre Parma as a permit player for the latter stages of the 2021–22 United Rugby Championship although didn't make an appearance.[4]
He played for Benetton in the United Rugby Championship in 2022−23 season.[5][6]
In 2020 and 2021 Albanese was named in Italy Under 20 squad for the annual Six Nations Under 20s Championship.[7][8] On 8 December 2021, he was selected by Alessandro Troncon to be part of an Emerging Italy 27-man squad for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals.[9] On 10 January 2023, he was named in Italy A squad for a uncapped test against Romania A.[10]
On 30 May 2022, Albanese was selected by Kieran Crowley to be part of an Italy 33-man squad for the 2022 mid-year rugby union tests. He made his debut against Portugal.[11]He represented Italy on 3 occasions in 2022.
On 7 March 2023 Albanese announced that he will retire from professional rugby at the end of the 2022-2023 season to move back to his native Rome and focus on a career in business.[12][13]
References edit
- ^ "Manfredi Albanese". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ "Le Zebre accolgono l'ex azzurrino Manfredi Albanese". Sport Parma (in Italian). 17 February 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ "Manfredi Albanese". Rugby Calvisano (in Italian). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ "Lex azzurrino Manfredi Albanese aggiunge qualita rosa delle Zebre Rugby". Zebre Parma (in Italian). 16 February 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ "OTTO GIOVANI TALENTI SI UNISCONO ALLA PRIMA SQUADRA DEI LEONI". Benetton Rugby. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ "OTTO GIOCATORI SALUTANO IL BENETTON RUGBY". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). 12 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ "ITALIA U20, GLI AZZURRINI CONVOCATI PER LE PRIME DUE PARTITE DEL SEI NAZIONI U20" (in Italian). Italy Rugby. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "Italia U20, Gli Azzurrini Convocati per Il Sei Nazioni 2021".
- ^ "ITALIA EMERGENTI, GLI AZZURRI CONVOCATI PER IL MATCH CONTRO LA ROMANIA". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ "ITALIA A, GLI AZZURRI CONVOCATI PER IL MATCH CONTRO LA ROMANIA A". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 10 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ "Italrugby, il XV per l'esordio nel tour contro il Portogallo". Italy Rugby (in Italian). 25 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ "RISOLTO CONSENSUALMENTE IL CONTRATTO CON MANFREDI ALBANESE". Benetton Rugby. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ "MANFREDI ALBANESE LASCIA IL RUGBY D'ALTO LIVELLO A FINE STAGIONE". F.I.R. Rugby. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
External links edit
- Manfredi Albanese at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Manfredi Albanese at ESPNscrum
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