Antonio Rizzi

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Antonio Rizzi
Date of birth (1998-01-05) 5 January 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Trieste, Italy
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight86 kg (13 st 8 lb; 190 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-Half
Youth career
Leonorso Udine
2014−2016 Mogliano
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016−2017 F.I.R. Academy ()
2017−2018 Petrarca Padova 12 (45)
2018−2020 Benetton 23 (62)
2020−2023 Zebre 38 (171)
Correct as of 30 Apr 2022
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016−2018 Italy Under 20 21 (93)
2021 Italy A 1 (2)
Italy
Correct as of 16 May 2020

Antonio Rizzi (Trieste, 5 January 1998) was an Italian rugby union player. His usual position was as a fly-half and he played for Zebre in Pro14. [1] [2] [3]

In the 2018-19 and 2019–20 Pro14 seasons, he played for Benetton. [4] [5]

He played for the Italy Under 20 team, from 2016 to 2018. [6] On 8 November 2021 he was named in the Italy A squad for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals. [7]

In January 2020 Rizzi was named in the Italian squad for the 2020 Six Nations Championship. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Zebre Rugby - L'apertura Antonio Rizzi primo innesto per la stagione 20/21". Zebre Rugby Club. 22 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "Antonio Rizzi profile". Zebre Parma.
  3. ↑ "RISOLTO CONSENSUALMENTE IL CONTRATTO CON ANTONIO RIZZI". Zebre Parma. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "ANTONIO RIZZI E' UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DEL BENETTON RUGBY". Benetton Rugby. 6 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "BENETTON RUGBY SALUTA GLI 8 LEONI CHE LASCIANO IL CLUB". Benetton Rugby. 16 June 2020.
  6. ↑ "ITALIA U20, GLI AZZURRINI PER IL WORLD RUGBY U20 CHAMPIONSHIP". Fir Rugby.
  7. ↑ "ITALRUGBY, CONVOCATO LOVOTTI. QUATTRO AZZURRI AGGREGATI AL RADUNO DELL'ITALIA A". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "SEI NAZIONI, L'ITALIA A ROMA PER PREPARARE IL TORNEO". www.federugby.it.


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