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Manfredi Albanese
Full nameManfredi Albanese Ginammi
Date of birth (2001-07-25) 25 July 2001 (age 23)
Place of birthRome, Italy
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb; 13 st 1 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Current team Lazio
Youth career
Lazio
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2018–2020 Lazio 17 (0)
2020–2022 Calvisano 31 (52)
2022–2023 Benetton 7 (5)
2023– Lazio ()
Correct as of 28 Jan 2023
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2020–2021 Italy U20 8 (11)
2022 Emerging Italy 1 (8)
2022 Italy 3 (0)
Correct as of 6 November 2022

Manfredi Albanese Ginammi (born 25 July 2001) is an Italian professional rugby union player who primarily plays scrum-half for Lazio in the Serie A Elite.[1][2]

Professional career

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Albanese originally played for Lazio.[3] He joined Calvisano in 2020,[4] 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.[5]

He played for Benetton in the United Rugby Championship in 2022−23 season.[6][7][8]

In 2020 and 2021 Albanese was named in Italy Under 20 squad for the annual Six Nations Under 20s Championship.[9][10] 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.[11] On 10 January 2023, he was named in Italy A squad for a uncapped test against Romania A.[12]

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.[13] 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.[14][15]

References

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  1. ^ "Manfredi Albanese". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Manfredi Albanese Profile". S.S.Lazio Rugby.
  3. ^ "Le Zebre accolgono l'ex azzurrino Manfredi Albanese". Sport Parma (in Italian). 17 February 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Manfredi Albanese". Rugby Calvisano (in Italian). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Lex azzurrino Manfredi Albanese aggiunge qualita rosa delle Zebre Rugby". Zebre Parma (in Italian). 16 February 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  6. ^ "OTTO GIOVANI TALENTI SI UNISCONO ALLA PRIMA SQUADRA DEI LEONI". Benetton Rugby. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  7. ^ "OTTO GIOCATORI SALUTANO IL BENETTON RUGBY". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). 12 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Manfredi Albanese Lascia Il Rugby D'Alto Livello A Fine Stagione". F.I.R. Rugby. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Italia U20, Gli Azzurrini Convocati per Il Sei Nazioni 2021".
  11. ^ "ITALIA EMERGENTI, GLI AZZURRI CONVOCATI PER IL MATCH CONTRO LA ROMANIA". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  12. ^ "ITALIA A, GLI AZZURRI CONVOCATI PER IL MATCH CONTRO LA ROMANIA A". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 10 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  13. ^ "Italrugby, il XV per l'esordio nel tour contro il Portogallo". Italy Rugby (in Italian). 25 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  14. ^ "RISOLTO CONSENSUALMENTE IL CONTRATTO CON MANFREDI ALBANESE". Benetton Rugby. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  15. ^ "MANFREDI ALBANESE LASCIA IL RUGBY D'ALTO LIVELLO A FINE STAGIONE". F.I.R. Rugby. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
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