Federico Zani

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Federico Zani
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Date of birth (1989-04-09) 9 April 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Parma
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Weight110 kg (17 st 5 lb; 243 lb) [1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Benetton
Youth career
2006−09 Colorno
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2008−10 Colorno 10 (0)
2010−11 Gran Ducato 8 (0)
2011−14 Cus Verona 51 (70)
2014−15 Petrarca 18 (10)
2015−16 Mogliano 17 (10)
2016 →Benetton 1 (0)
2016− Benetton 72 (10)
Correct as of 21 Jan 2023
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Italy Under 20
2015−2021 Italy A 7 (0)
2017−2023 Italy 25 (10)
Correct as of 6 Oct 2023

Federico Zani (born 9 April 1989) is an Italian rugby union player. His usual position is as a prop, and he has been playing in the United Rugby Championship for Benetton since 2016. [2]

Under contract with Mogliano, in 2015–16 Pro12 season, he named as Additional Player for Benetton Treviso in Pro 12. [3]

In 2015 and 2016 Zani was named in the Emerging Italy squad from 2017 he was also named in the Italy squad. [4] [5] On 18 August 2019, he was named in the final 31-man squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. [6] On 8 November 2021 he was named in the Italy A squad for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals. [7] In March 2022 it was announced that his contract was extended until the end of 2024. [8]

On 22 August 2023, he was named in Italy's 33-man squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. [9]

Since 2023, he represented Italy on 25 occasions with 2 tries. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Federico Zani player profile". rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  2. ↑ "ZANI E BUONDONNO, ALTRE DUE CONFERME IN BIANCOVERDE". Benetton Rugby. 4 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "DAL MOGLIANO ARRIVANO BUONFIGLIO E ZANI". Benetton Rugby.
  4. ↑ Portoghese, Matteo (25 May 2017). "Rugby – Italia Emergenti pronta per la Nations Cup".
  5. ↑ "NAZIONALE, I 31 CONVOCATI PER I CREDIT AGRICOLE CARIPARMA TEST MATCH 2017". www.federugby.it.
  6. ↑ "ITALRUGBY, CONOR O'SHEA ANNUNCIA I 31 GIOCATORI CONVOCATI PER IL MONDIALE". federugby.it.
  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. ↑ "BENETTON RUGBY E FEDERICO ZANI INSIEME SINO AL 2024". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "ITALIA, I 33 AZZURRI PER LA RUGBY WORLD CUP "FRANCIA 2023". Federazione Italiana Rugby (in Italian). 22 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "ITALRUGBY, FEDERICO ZANI LASCIA LA MAGLIA AZZURRA". Federazione Italiana Rugby (in Italian). 2 November 2023.
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