Simone Favaro

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Simone Favaro
Birth nameSimone Favaro
Date of birth (1988-11-07) 7 November 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Treviso, Italy
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight103 kg (227 lb; 16 st 3 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Back row
Youth career
2006−07 Treviso
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–12
2012–15
2015–17
2017−19		 F.I.R. Academy
Rovigo
Crociati RFC
Aironi
Treviso
Glasgow Warriors
Fiamme Oro
22
15
30
35
30
22
(10)
(0)
(0)
(10)
(15)
(10)
Correct as of 30 April 2019
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2008
2009–17
2018		 Italy Under 20
Italy
Barbarians 		5
36		 (0)
(10)
Correct as of 12 March 2017

Simone Favaro (born 7 November 1988) is a retired Italian international rugby union player. He made his debut for Italy against Australia on 20 June 2009. [1] He formerly played for Glasgow Warriors and Treviso in the Pro12. [2] Favaro plays at flanker.

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Favaro, the son of former Italy lock Roberto Favaro, started playing rugby aged nine while living in Zero Branco, on the advice of a family friend. After playing for the Treviso under-19 team, he then played in the Super 10 with Rovigo and Overmach Parma. [2]

Professional career

He began his professional career playing for the Treviso under-19 team. [2]

In June 2010 he joined Aironi for their first season in the Celtic League. [3] He then moved back to Treviso.

On 18 February 2015 it was announced that Favaro would sign for the Scottish side Glasgow Warriors for the 2015–16 season in the summer of 2015. Favaro signed until May 2017. [4] He quickly became a fan favourite [5] and won Player of the Season in his first year with the club. [6]

On 20 February 2017 it was announced that Favaro would leave the Warriors at the end of the season. [7] It was announced that Favaro would sign for Stade Français for the 2017-18 season, [8] however Favaro instead signed for Fiamme Oro in Italy's National Championship of Excellence. [9]

He announced his retirement in May 2019. [10]

International career

Favaro was an early developer and, at the age of 20, was the youngest player included in Nick Mallett's squad for the 2009 Six Nations Championship. [11] Favaro did not feature in the Championship; he subsequently made his debut against Australia in the 2009 Summer tour of the Southern Hemisphere. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Simone Favaro". ESPN . Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 "Favaro Simone". Glasgow Warriors. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Libero Sport".
  4. ↑ "News".
  5. ↑ "Seven stars in the running for Glasgow Warriors' Player of the Year". 5 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "News".
  7. ↑ "News". Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "Stade Français: Cittadini et Favaro dans le viseur, Williams reste".
  9. ↑ Andrea Cimbrico [@acimbrico] (5 August 2017). "BREAKING" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ↑ "Simone Favaro annuncia il ritiro dal rugby giocato". May 2019.
  11. ↑ "Italy name squad for England game". BBC. 29 January 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
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