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| Date of birth | 3 January 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Brescia, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb; 12 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Filippo Bozzoni (born 3 January 2003) is an Italian professional rugby union player who plays wing for Zebre Parma of the United Rugby Championship and on loan to Valorugby Emilia in the Italian Serie A Elite, as Additional Player. [1] [2]
Bozzoni signed for Zebre Parma in May 2023 ahead of the 2023–24 United Rugby Championship. He made his debut in Round 1 of 2024–25 EPCR Challenge Cup against the Connacht. [3]
In 2022 and 2023 he was named in Italy U20s squad for annual Six Nations Under 20s Championship. [4] [5] On 30 November 2023 he was called in Italy Under 23 squad for test series against IRFU Combined Academies. [6]
From 2023 he also named in the Italy Sevens squad. [7]
His father, Aldi Bozzoni, was also a rugby player. [8]
The Italy national rugby sevens team has occasionally competed in the IRB Sevens World Series since the series' was introduced in 1999, although they do not participate in every leg. Their first ever points in the World Series came in 2003, when they scored four points in the Cardiff leg of the series. Italy also competes in the Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series each summer.
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