Matteo Zanusso

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Matteo Zanusso
Full nameMatteo Zanusso
Date of birth (1993-09-04) 4 September 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth San Dona di Piave, Italy
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight119 kg (18 st 10 lb; 262 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Current team Benetton
Youth career
2007-2010 San Dona
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2010-2012 F.I.R. Academy ()
2012-2014 San Dona 34 (0)
2014-2018 Benetton 71 (5)
2018-2019 Calvisano 2 (0)
Correct as of 14 November 2014 [1]
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2010-2011 Italy U20 1 (0)
2014 Emerging Italy - (-)
2016 Italy 5 (0)
Correct as of 19 March 2016 [2]

Matteo Zanusso (born 9 April 1993) is an Italian rugby union player who plays as a Prop. He currently competes for Benetton in the Pro14. [3]

Born in San Dona di Piave, Matteo played locally for San Dona rugby club, which is known for its youth academy. Later he joined the first team, of which in his first year, the club achieved promotion to the National Championship of Excellence. In summer 2014, he joined Benetton Treviso, [4] later fellow San Dona team member Amar Kudin, joined as well.

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References

  1. ↑ /itsrugby, Matteo Zanusso
  2. ↑ /itsrugby, Matteo Zanusso
  3. ↑ /Guinness Pro 12, Matteo Zanusso, September, 2014 Archived 29 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ / benettonrugby, Matthew Zanusso, 3 July 2014


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