Matteo Canali
Date of birth (1998-09-11) 11 September 1998
Place of birthMarino, Italy
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight118 kg (18 st 8 lb; 260 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Current team Zebre Parma
Youth career
Rugby Ariccia
Castel Gandolfo Rugby
Roma Olimpic
S.S. Lazio Rugby 1927
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017−2018 Colorno ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016−2018 F.I.R. Academy ()
2018−2021 Rovigo Delta 42 (30)
2020−2021 →Benetton 4 (0)
2021−2023 Petrarca Padova 17 (5)
2023− Zebre Parma ()
Correct as of 12 Mar 2021
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2018 Italy Under 20 10 (0)
2021–2022 Italy A 2 (0)
Correct as of 1 November 2021

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

  1. ↑ "UN ALTRO INNESTO IN SECONDA LINEA: BENVENUTO MATTEO CANALI!". Zebre Parma. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "TRE NUOVI PERMIT PLAYERS IN ACCORDO CON I CLUB DI APPARTENENZA". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). 23 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "BENVENUTI MATTEO CANALI E LORENZO CITTON". Petrarca Rugby (in Italian). 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "DELLE BELLE ZEBRE SFIORANO IL SUCCESSO CASALINGO CONTRO LA CORAZZATA ULSTER". Zebre Parma. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "ITALIA U20, GLI AZZURRINI PER IL PRIMO MATCH CONTRO LA SCOZIA". F.I.R. Rugby (in Italian). 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Italia A, gli azzurri convocati per il match contro la Spagna". FIR (in Italian). 14 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "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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