Birth name | Tommaso Iannone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 16 September 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Treviso, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 77 kg (12 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tommaso Iannone (born 16 September 1990) is a retired Italian rugby union player and he played for Zebre and Benetton in the Pro14 and the Italian national team. His position was Wing, although he can also play as a Fly-half. [1]
He began his career with Crociati Parma before he moved to Benetton Treviso in 2011. He made his international test debut in a 28–23 win against Tonga on 10 November 2012. [2]
In May 2013, it was announced that Tommaso Iannone was dropped from the squad and would join Zebre. [3] [4] Iannone returned to Benetton in 2015.
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