Manfredi Albanese

Manfredi Albanese Ginammi (born 25 July 2001) is a retired Italian professional rugby union player who primarily played scrum-half for Benetton of the United Rugby Championship.[1]

Manfredi Albanese
Full nameManfredi Albanese Ginammi
Date of birth (2001-07-25) 25 July 2001
Place of birthRome, Italy
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb; 13 st 1 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Youth career
Lazio
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2018–2020 Lazio 17 (0)
2020–2022 Calvisano 31 (52)
2022–2023 Benetton 7 (5)
Correct as of 28 Jan 2023
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2020–2021 Italy U20 8 (11)
2022 Emerging Italy 1 (8)
2022 Italy 3 (0)
Correct as of 6 November 2022

Professional career

Albanese originally played for Lazio.[2] He joined Calvisano in 2020,[3] and joined Zebre Parma as a permit player for the latter stages of the 2021–22 United Rugby Championship although didn't make an appearance.[4]

He played for Benetton in the United Rugby Championship in 2022−23 season.[5][6]

In 2020 and 2021 Albanese was named in Italy Under 20 squad for the annual Six Nations Under 20s Championship.[7][8] On 8 December 2021, he was selected by Alessandro Troncon to be part of an Emerging Italy 27-man squad for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals.[9] On 10 January 2023, he was named in Italy A squad for a uncapped test against Romania A.[10]

On 30 May 2022, Albanese was selected by Kieran Crowley to be part of an Italy 33-man squad for the 2022 mid-year rugby union tests. He made his debut against Portugal.[11]He represented Italy on 3 occasions in 2022.

On 7 March 2023 Albanese announced that he will retire from professional rugby at the end of the 2022-2023 season to move back to his native Rome and focus on a career in business.[12][13]

References
  1. "Manfredi Albanese". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  2. "Le Zebre accolgono l'ex azzurrino Manfredi Albanese". Sport Parma (in Italian). 17 February 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  3. "Manfredi Albanese". Rugby Calvisano (in Italian). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  4. "Lex azzurrino Manfredi Albanese aggiunge qualita rosa delle Zebre Rugby". Zebre Parma (in Italian). 16 February 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  5. "OTTO GIOVANI TALENTI SI UNISCONO ALLA PRIMA SQUADRA DEI LEONI". Benetton Rugby. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  6. "OTTO GIOCATORI SALUTANO IL BENETTON RUGBY". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). 12 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  7. "ITALIA U20, GLI AZZURRINI CONVOCATI PER LE PRIME DUE PARTITE DEL SEI NAZIONI U20" (in Italian). Italy Rugby. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  8. "Italia U20, Gli Azzurrini Convocati per Il Sei Nazioni 2021".
  9. "ITALIA EMERGENTI, GLI AZZURRI CONVOCATI PER IL MATCH CONTRO LA ROMANIA". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  10. "ITALIA A, GLI AZZURRI CONVOCATI PER IL MATCH CONTRO LA ROMANIA A". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 10 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  11. "Italrugby, il XV per l'esordio nel tour contro il Portogallo". Italy Rugby (in Italian). 25 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  12. "RISOLTO CONSENSUALMENTE IL CONTRATTO CON MANFREDI ALBANESE". Benetton Rugby. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  13. "MANFREDI ALBANESE LASCIA IL RUGBY D'ALTO LIVELLO A FINE STAGIONE". F.I.R. Rugby. Retrieved 7 March 2023.


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