Birth name | Fabio Semenzato | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 6 May 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Treviso, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 14 st 2 lb (198 lb; 90 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fabio Semenzato (born 6 May 1986) is an Italian rugby union player. His regular playing position is as a scrum-half. He plays currently for Rugby Paese. He played for Mogliano from 2021 to 2023. From 2022 to 2024 season he became also its Assistant Coach. [1] [2] [3]
Semenzato played for Benetton Treviso from 2005 to 2014 [4] and in 2015 he was named as Additional Player for Zebre. [5]
Semenzato already played for Italy A and was selected for the Italian national team at the 2010 Six Nations Championship. In the 2011 Six Nations Championship he was the first choice scrum-half for Italy. He was voted second best player of the tournament, after fellow Italian Andrea Masi.
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