Carlo Checchinato (born 30 August 1970 in
Adria
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,
Province of Rovigo
The Province of Rovigo (''Provincia di Rovigo'') is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Rovigo.
It borders on the north with the provinces of Verona, Padua and Venice, on the south with the province of Ferrara, o ...
) is an Italian
rugby union
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former player and is the current team manager for the
Italy national team.
Checchinato was born in
Adria
Adria is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Rovigo in the Veneto region of northern Italy, situated between the mouths of the rivers Adige and Po River, Po. The remains of the Etruria, Etruscan city of Atria or Hatria are to be found below ...
, close to Rovigo. His father, called
Giancarlo
Giancarlo is an Italian given name meaning "John Charles". It is one of the most common masculine given names in Italy and is often short for "Giovanni Carlo". Notable people with the name include:
List
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* Giancarlo Agazzi (1933–1995), Italia ...
, was an international lock, being capped for
Italy
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during the 1970s. He was with the Italy national team at the World Cup in
1995
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in South Africa,
1999
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in Wales and in
2003
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in Australia as well as in several tournaments. He earned 83 caps and scored 21 tries in international matches. Checchinato's international try total was an all-time record for forwards until 2007, when it was surpassed by
Colin Charvis
Colin Charvis (born 27 December 1972) is a former captain of the Wales national rugby union team and also played for the British & Irish Lions. A back row forward, Charvis was equally adept as a flanker or as the no. 8.
Charvis became the w ...
of
Wales
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.
Normally a
number eight, he played for
Rugby Rovigo
stadium, 200px
Rugby Rovigo Delta, formerly known until 2010 as Rugby Rovigo, is an Italian rugby union club currently competing in the Top10.
They are based in Rovigo, in Veneto.
The club was founded in 1935 by medical student Dino Lanzoni, wh ...
and
Benetton Treviso.
Currently he is the Italy national Team manager.
References
External links
RBS 6 Nations profilebioERC bio
1970 births
Living people
People from Adria
Italian rugby union players
Rugby union number eights
Benetton Rugby players
Italy international rugby union players
Sportspeople from the Province of Rovigo
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