Tito Tebaldi
Tito Tebaldi (born 20 September 1987) is an Italian rugby union player. He plays as scrum-half. He made his debut for Italy against Australia on 13 June 2009.[1]
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| Birth name | Tito Tebaldi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 20 September 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Parma, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (13 st 10 lb; 192 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Daniele Tebaldi (uncle) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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CareerEdit
Tebaldi is the nephew of former Italy fullback Daniele Tebaldi,[2] began his career playing for Noceto, a team based in the Province of Parma.[3] He joined Gran Parma of the Super 10 in 2006, making his debut at 19.[4] After establishing himself as a regular starter during the 2008–09 season, Tebaldi quickly earned a reputation as one of the best young players in Italy.[5] Tebaldi joined Aironi in May 2010 for their debut season in the Celtic League.[6]
Nick Mallett included Tebaldi in the Italy squad for the 2009 mid-year rugby test series after Simon Picone pulled out for personal reasons.[7] Having made his debut as a replacement for Pablo Canavosio in the first test,[5] Tebaldi was the starting scrum-half for Italy's final two games of the tour.[8] Tebaldi played in all three of Italy's end of year tests and established himself as the first choice scrum half for the 2010 Six Nations Championship.[8][9]
On 2 March 2013 he signed with Ospreys where he played 18 games with one score.
It was announced on 3 December 2014 that he was joining Harlequins from Ospreys.[10]
On 17 May 2016 Benetton Treviso announced the player as new scrum-half from the 2016-2017 season.[11]
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Tito Tebaldi". ESPN. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
- ^ "La rosa dell'Italia: Tito Tebaldi". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 28 February 2010.
- ^ "Lettera aperta del consigliere Federale Reverberi" (in Italian). Rugby Noceto. 26 July 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
- ^ "Tito Tebaldi". statbunker.com. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
- ^ a b "Tebaldi, un nocetano in azzurro". Gazzetta di Parma (in Italian). 13 June 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
- ^ "Aironi Rugby. Tre nuovi arrivi italiani nello scacchiere degli Aironi. Tito Tebaldi, Roberto Quartaroli e Giulio Rubini" (in Italian). Rugby CS. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
- ^ "Mallett: tre cambi per la tournée estiva". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 31 May 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
- ^ a b "Player analysis = Tito Tebaldi". ESPN. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
- ^ "Preview: Italy v Scotland". Orange. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
- ^ http://www.premiershiprugby.com/news/34083.php#.VH8T89KsVZQ
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 May 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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