Maxime Mbanda
Mbanda in 2017
Full nameMata Maxime Mbanda
Date of birth (1993-04-10) 10 April 1993
Place of birthRome, Italy
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight102 kg (16 st 1 lb; 225 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker, Number 8
Current team Colorno
Youth career
2002−2011 Amatori Milano
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011−2012 Rugby Grande Milano ()
2012−2013 F.I.R. Academy ()
2013−2016 Calvisano 40 (20)
2015 →Zebre 4 (0)
2016−2022 Zebre 71 (35)
2022− Colorno ()
Correct as of 6 May 2022
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013 Italy Under 20 8 (20)
2014−2015 Emerging Italy 6 (5)
2016− Italy 29 (10)
Correct as of 20 Mar 2021

Mata Maxime Esuite Mbanda Cavaliere OMRI (born 10 April 1993) is an Italian international rugby union player. His usual position is as a flanker, and he currently plays for Colorno. Known for his ball carrying and athleticism.[1]

Early career

For 2015–16 Pro12 season, he named as Permit Player for Zebre in Pro 14.[2]

In 2013 Mbanda was named in the Italy Under 20 squad and in 2014 and 2015 he was also named to the Emerging Italy squad.[3][4]

Professional career

In 2016, from Calvisano, he signed for Zebre in Pro 14. He played for Italian team until 2021–22 United Rugby Championship season.[5][6][7] After a string of favourable performances, the No. 8, was selected to represent, the Italian national team in a test-match in San Jose, California, during Summer International tests against the United States. Italy won with a result of 24 to 20.[8] Since then Mbanda has been a regular in the Italian national side, featuring in the 2019 Rugby World Cup, in Japan.[9]

Personal life

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, Mbanda volunteered for the Yellow Cross, a humanitarian organization in Parma that transports food and medicine for the elderly.[10] On 3 June 2020 the President of Italy Sergio Mattarella named Mbanda a Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic for his services as a volunteer ambulance driver.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "MERCATO BIANCOROSSO: L'HBS COLORNO INGAGGIA MAXIME MBANDA'" (in Italian). 5 May 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Stagione 2015/16".
  3. ↑ "Irb Tblisi Cup 2014, la Rosa Che Affrontera' Il Torneo".
  4. ↑ "Italia Emerging: I 27 Azzurri per la Tblisi Cup".
  5. ↑ "La Terza Linea delle Zebre Rugby Maxime Mbanda' Scalda I Motori". 9 November 2018.
  6. ↑ "MAXIME MBANDÀ PUNTO FISSO DELLE ZEBRE RUGBY FINO AL 2023". 24 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "LE ZEBRE SALUTANO DODICI GIOCATORI CHE LASCIANO IL CLUB". Zebre Rugby (in Italian). 13 April 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  8. ↑ Palmer, Mark. "Maxime Mbanda offers sense of hope to Italy" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  9. ↑ "Italrugby, Conor O'shea Annuncia I 31 Giocatori Convocati per Il Mondiale".
  10. ↑ Baber, Andy (24 March 2020). "Italy flanker Mbanda on frontline in Covid-19 fight". sixnationsrugby.com. Six Nations Rugby. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  11. ↑ "Mbanda nominato cavaliere della Repubblica dal presidente Mattarella" [Mbanda awarded the knighthood by President Mattarella]. federugby.it (in Italian). Italian Rugby Federation. 3 June 2020. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
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