Date of birth | 28 March 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Treviso, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 79 kg (12 st 6 lb; 174 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alberto Lucchese (Treviso, 28 March 1986) is a retired Italian rugby union player and his usual position was Scrum-Half. [1]
In the 2014–15 and 2015–16 Pro12 seasons, he played for Benetton Treviso. [2]
In 2016 Lucchese was named in the Italy squad for the 2016 Six Nations and he represented it on 2 occasions. [3]
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