Andrea Pratichetti (born 26 November 1988) is a retired Italian

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player who played for

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as a

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until 2021−22 season. Pratichetti was raised at Rugby Roma, where his uncle Carlo was a player and then a coach. Andrea was then passed on to UR Capitolina's youth team, before being hired as a professional by

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. At Calvisano he played alongside is older brother and Italian international

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. Andrea then joined

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for a year, before signing for

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in 2010. He played for Benetton from 2010 to 2017. He debuted for the Italian national rugby union team in 2012 against

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. From 2017 he is also part of the Italy Sevens squad also to participate at the

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for the

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and the 2020 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series.

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External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172713/http://origin.ercrugby.com/eng/matchcentre/players_statistics_archive.php?player=68808&includeref=dynamic * http://www.itsrugby.fr/joueur_11797.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Pratichetti, Andrea 1988 births Living people Benetton Rugby players Italian rugby union players Italy international rugby union players Rugby union centres