Matteo Pratichetti

Matteo Pratichetti (born 27 July 1985 in Rome) is a former Italian rugby union player.

Matteo Pratichetti
Birth nameMatteo Pratichetti
Date of birth (1985-07-27) 27 July 1985
Place of birthRome, Italy
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight100 kg (220 lb)
Notable relative(s)Silvano Tartaglini, great-uncle
Oreste Pratichetti, father
Carlo Pratichetti, uncle
Andrea Pratichetti, brother
Flavia Tartaglini, cousin
Occupation(s)Physiotherapist
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing/Centre
Youth career
2000–2003 Capitolina
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2003–2004
2004–2009
2009–2010
2010–2012
2012–2018		 Capitolina
Calvisano
Viadana
Aironi
Zebre		 13
66
18
26
80		 (25)
(30)
(10)
(0)
(15)
Correct as of 29 July 2018
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2004–2011 Italy 24 (25)
Correct as of 29 July 2018

Pratichetti's father, Oreste, was a rugby player and coach, his uncle Carlo was capped several times for Italy in the 1980s, and his brother Andrea was his teammate at Calvisano for the 2008–09 season.

Since his adolescence, Pratichetti played in the UR Capitolina's (one of the several Roman rugby union teams) youth squad; in 2004, at 19, he moved to Calvisano in the Super 10 and won the Italian Championship at the end of his debut season with his new club.

His first cap for Italy was in November 2004 against the All Blacks; his 2nd cap was more than 2 years later in the 2007 Six Nations Championship, with Pierre Berbizier as Italy's head coach. Berbizier included Pratichetti in the Italy squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup.

Also the new head coach Nick Mallett included Pratichetti in the squad for the 2008 Summer tour of South Africa and Argentina.

Pratichetti won one more Super 10 with Calvisano in 2008. In June 2010 he joined Aironi.[1]

Honours

References
  1. Aironi Rugby (5 May 2021). "La rosa degli AIRONI al 1 Luglio 2010 e i primi convocati al raduno del 5 Luglio". Facebook.


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