Alberto Sgarbi (born 26 November 1986 in Montebelluna) is an Italian

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former player who played at Centre for the

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. He represented italy on 29 occasions with 2 tries.

Benetton Rugby

Sgarbi joined Benetton Treviso in the 2006–07 season, with a few appearances in the Super 10 Italian Premiership and the

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. In the 2007–08 season Sgarbi has been highlighted in the match against Amatori Catania, in which he scored 4 personal tries and was elected "Man of the Match". At the end of the season will be 7 individual tries scored. The 2009–10 season was the maturation of the player, with the capture of three titles ( Super 10 Italian Premiership, Italian Cup and Italian Super Cup), 5 tries and best individual performance in the

, where he played every match in the XV holder. On 4 September 2010 he debuted in the then- Celtic League with Benetton Treviso in the historic 34-28 victory against Scarlets of Wales. He played with Benetton until

2020–21 Pro14 The 2020–21 PRO14 (also known as the ''Guinness PRO14'' for sponsorship reasons) was the twentieth season of the professional rugby union competition originally known as the Celtic League. It was the fourth season to be referred to as the ''PRO ...

season. In 2021−2022 season he played for Petrarca Padova in the Italian Top10.

Italy

After being launched in the National youth teams, Sgarbi was part of the Italy "A" in the IRB Nations Cup 2007 and was called in Italy to prepare the World Cup in France in 2007. He was called up to the Italy squad for the

2008 Six Nations Championship The 2008 Six Nations Championship, known as the 2008 RBS 6 Nations because of sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the ninth series of the rugby union Six Nations Championship, the 114th series of the international championship. Fifteen ...

and he get his first Italian International cap against England on 10 February 2008. He participated in the

2010 IRB Nations Cup The 2010 IRB Nations Cup was the fifth edition of the international rugby union tournament, a competition created by the International Rugby Board. It pits the "A" Teams of the stronger (Tier 1) rugby nations (Argentina Jaguars, Italy A and Scot ...

with Italy and scoring his first points for an Italy team, thanks to a try during the final match of the event against Romania. He returned with the Italy squad at the end of July 2010 and in autumn 2010, thanks to excellent start to the season in the Celtic League, Sgarbi was used by

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from the first minute in the two Test Matches against

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and

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. At the

2011 Six Nations Championship The 2011 Six Nations Championship, known as the 2011 RBS 6 Nations due to sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the 12th series of the Six Nations Championship, and the 117th edition of the international championship. The annual rugby uni ...

he was deployed from the first minute in the opening match against Ireland. On 21 August 2011, he was named in the final 31-man squad for the

2011 Rugby World Cup The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Af ...

References

External links

Alberto Sgarbi profile
from ''BenettonRugby.it''
Alberto Sgarbi Magners League club statistics
from ''MagnersLeague.com''
RBS 6 Nations profile
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