Matteo Canali
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| Date of birth | 11 September 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Marino, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 118 kg (18 st 8 lb; 260 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matteo Canali (Marino, 11 September 1998) is an Italian rugby union player. His usual position is as a Lock and he currently plays for Zebre Parma in united Rugby Championship.[1]
Under contract with Rovigo Delta, for 2020–21 Pro14 season, he was named as Permit Player for Benetton Rugby.[2] He played for Petrarca Padova in Italian Top10 from 2021 to 2023.[3] Canali signed for Zebre Parma in August 2023 ahead of the 2023–24 United Rugby Championship. He made his debut in Round 1 of the 2023–24 season against the Ulster.[4]
In 2018 Canali was named in the Italy Under 20 squad.[5] On 14 October 2021, he was selected by Alessandro Troncon to be part of an Italy A 28-man squad and on 8 December he was named in Emerging Italy 27-man squad for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "UN ALTRO INNESTO IN SECONDA LINEA: BENVENUTO MATTEO CANALI!". Zebre Parma. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ "TRE NUOVI PERMIT PLAYERS IN ACCORDO CON I CLUB DI APPARTENENZA". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). 23 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "BENVENUTI MATTEO CANALI E LORENZO CITTON". Petrarca Rugby (in Italian). 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "DELLE BELLE ZEBRE SFIORANO IL SUCCESSO CASALINGO CONTRO LA CORAZZATA ULSTER". Zebre Parma. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ "ITALIA U20, GLI AZZURRINI PER IL PRIMO MATCH CONTRO LA SCOZIA". F.I.R. Rugby (in Italian). 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Italia A, gli azzurri convocati per il match contro la Spagna". FIR (in Italian). 14 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ "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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- Living people
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- Italian rugby union players
- Rugby Roma Olimpic players
- Rugby Rovigo Delta players
- People from Marino, Lazio
- Rugby union locks
- Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital
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