Giacomo Nicotera

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Giacomo Nicotera
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Nicotera in 2023
Date of birth (1996-07-15) 15 July 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Trieste, Italy
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight108 kg (238 lb; 17 st 0 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Current team Stade Francais
Youth career
Rugby Trieste 2004
– Venjulia Rugby Trieste
– Mogliano Rugby
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016–2018 Mogliano 36 (15)
2018–2019 San Donà 22 (5)
2019–2021 Rovigo 24 (30)
2020–2022 →Benetton 15 (0)
2022–2024 Benetton 26 (10)
2024– Stade Francais 17 (10)
Correct as of 27 Jun 2025
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2021 Italy A 2 (0)
2022– Italy 34 (15)
Correct as of 27 Jun 2025

Giacomo Nicotera (born 15 July 1996) is an Italian professional rugby union player who primarily plays hooker for Stade Francais in Top 14. [1] [2]

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Club career

Nicotera has previously played for clubs such as Mogliano, San Donà, and Rovigo in the past. Under contract with Top10 side Rovigo Delta, he was named as a Permit Player for Benetton in the 2020–21 Pro14 and 2021–22 United Rugby Championship seasons. [3] [4] [5] He made his Benetton debut in the rearranged Round 4 match of the 2020–21 Pro14 against Connacht. [6] He played for Benetton until 2023–24 United Rugby Championship season. [7] [8]

International career

On 14 October 2021, Nicotera was selected by Alessandro Troncon to be part of an Italy A 28-man squad for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals. [9]
On 13 January 2022, he was selected by Kieran Crowley to be part of an Italy 33-man squad for the 2022 Six Nations Championship. He made his debut against Scotland. [10]

On 22 August 2023, he was named in the Italy's 33-man squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. [11]

In 2025 he participated in the 2025 tour of Namibia and South Africa where he was nominated to be the captain for the tour, leading the team for the first time again Namibia. [12] [13]

References

  1. ↑ "LE RECRUTEMENT PARISIEN POUR LA SAISON 2024-2025". Stade. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "Giacomo Nicotera". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "GIACOMO NICOTERA È UN NUOVO PERMIT PLAYER DEL BENETTON RUGBY". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). 23 June 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "DODICI I PERMIT PLAYERS SELEZIONATI PER LA PROSSIMA STAGIONE SPORTIVA". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "IN BOCCA AL LUPO RAGAZZI!". Rugby Rovigo Delta.
  6. ↑ "Pro14: Boyle scores hat-trick as Connacht beat Benetton". BBC Sport. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "GIACOMO NICOTERA LEONE A TUTTI GLI EFFETTI SINO AL 2025". Benetton Rugby. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "12 GIOCATORI SALUTANO IL CLUB BIANCOVERDE" (in Italian). Benetton Rugby.it. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "Italia A, gli azzurri convocati per il match contro la Spagna". FIR (in Italian). 14 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  10. ↑ "ITALRUGBY, GLI AZZURRI CONVOCATI PER L'ESORDIO AL GUINNESS SEI NAZIONI 2022". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  11. ↑ "ITALIA, I 33 AZZURRI PER LA RUGBY WORLD CUP "FRANCIA 2023". Federazione Italiana Rugby (in Italian). 22 August 2023.
  12. ↑ Palma, Francesco (19 June 2025). "Rugby - Italia: annunciato il capitano (e i due vice) per il tour estivo in Namibia e Sudafrica". On Rugby (in Italian). Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  13. ↑ Onrugby, Redazione (27 June 2025). "Summer Tour: Italia, buona la prima. Namibia battuta 73-6". Federazione Italiana Rugby (in Italian). Retrieved 27 June 2025.


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