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Birth name | Simone Gesi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 23 May 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (13 st; 180 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Simone Gesi (born 23 May 2001) is an Italian rugby union player for United Rugby Championship side Zebre Parma. His preferred position is wing.[1][2][3]
Under contract with Italian Top10 team Colorno, in March 2022, Gesi was named as a Permit Player for Zebre Parma for the 2021–22 United Rugby Championship season ahead of the re-arranged Round 7 match against the Sharks.[4][5][6] He made his debut in the same match, starting on the wing.[7]
In 2021 Gesi was named in the Italy U20s squad for the annual Six Nations Under 20s Championship.[8] On 14 October 2021, he was selected by Alessandro Troncon to be part of an Italy A 28-man squad[9] and on 8 December he was named in Emerging Italy 27-man squad also for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals.[10] On 8 March 2023, he was selected by Kieran Crowley to be part of an Italy squad for the 2023 Six Nations Championship. He made his debut against Scotland in the last match.[11]
In June 2023 he was named in Italy Sevens squad for the 2023 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Simone Gesi". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "ZEBRE RUGBY SECURE THE TALENT OF THE WING OF ITALY EMERGING SIMONE GESI". Zebre Rugby Club (in Italian). 26 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Simone Gesi profile". Zebre Parma (in Italian).
- ^ "SIMONE GESI PERMIT PLAYER ALLE ZEBRE". Rugby Colorno (in Italian). 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "28 GIOCATORI A DISPOSIZIONE DI COACH BERGAMASCHI PER I RECUPERI DEL 6° E 7° TURNO DELLO UNITED RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP - 4 ESORDIENTI NEL GRUPPO SQUADRA CHE SCONTA L'ASSENZA DI NUMEROSI ATLETI INDISPONIBILI". Zebre. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "Simone Gesi e Tommaso di Bartolomeo vicini allesordio con le Zebre". Zebre Parma (in Italian). 18 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "Sharks come out firing for bonus-point victory". SA Rugby Magazine. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "Italia U20, Gli Azzurrini Convocati per Il Sei Nazioni 2021".
- ^ "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.
- ^ "ITALRUGBY, CONVOCATO SIMONE GESI PER LE ULTIME GARE DEL GUINNESS SEI NAZIONI 2023". F.I.R. Rugby. 8 March 2023.
- ^ "ITALSEVEN MASCHILE, GLI AZZURRI CONVOCATI PER IL RUGBY EUROPE 7S CHAMPIONHIP DI ALGARVE".
External links
[edit]- Simone Gesi at ItsRugby.co.uk