Paolo Pescetto

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Paolo Pescetto
Date of birth (1995-01-12) 12 January 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Genova, Italy
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight80 kg (12 st 8 lb; 176 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-Half
Current team Valorugby Emilia
Youth career
2007−2014 CUS Genova
2014−2015 Narbonne
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015−2018 Narbonne 22 (27)
2018−2020 Calvisano 38 (320)
2020 →Zebre 1 (0)
2020−2022 Zebre 11 (45)
2022−2024 Colorno 34 (66)
2024− Valorugby Emilia ()
Correct as of 8 Apr 2022
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016–2021 Emerging Italy 4 (8)
Correct as of 20 May 2020

Paolo Pescetto (Genova, 12 January 1995) is an Italian rugby union player. His usual position is as a Fly-Half and he currently plays for Valorugby Emilia in Serie A Elite. [1]

For 2019–20 Pro14 season, he was named as Additional Player for Zebre. [2] In 2020–21 Pro14 and 2021–22 United Rugby Championship seasons he played for Zebre. It was announced on 6 January 2022 that he was leaving Zebre to join Colorno. [3] [4] He played with Colorno until summer 2024. [5]

In 2016 and 2021 Pescetto was named in the Emerging Italy squad for the Nations Cup and for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals [6] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Valorugby punta sull'esperienza di Paolo Pescetto". Valorugby Emilia (in Italian). 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "AL MILANO RUGBY WEEK È FESTA SOLO A METÀ: IL MUNSTER PASSA 28 A 0 ALLO STADIO GIOVANNI MARI". Zebre Rugby Club. 21 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "La Rosa Delle Zebre Si Rinforza Con L'Arrivo Di Cinque Giovani Taleti Del Rugby Italiano". Zebre Rugby Club (in Italian). 1 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "PAOLO PESCETTO PASSA AL RUGBY COLORNO". Zebre Rugby (in Italian). 6 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "L'HBS COLORNO INGAGGIA PAOLO PESCETTO". Rugby Colorno (in Italian). 6 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "ITALIA EMERGENTI, I 29 azzurri convocati per il raduno". Your Reporter.it (in Italian).
  7. ↑ "ITALIA EMERGENTI, GLI AZZURRI CONVOCATI PER IL MATCH CONTRO LA ROMANIA". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.


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