Davide Longo (born 9 December 1975) is an English former professional

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footballer who started playing Rugby League for

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ARLFC, playing in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, and as of 2019 he was the

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. He played at club level for

Dewsbury Rams The Dewsbury Rams are a professional English rugby league club based in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire that compete in the Championship. They play their home games at the Tetley's Stadium, on Owl Lane. The Rams' main fanbase comes from their hometo ...

(two spells),

Bradford Bulls The Bradford Bulls are a professional rugby league club in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, playing in the Championship. They have won five Challenge Cups, six league championships and three World Club Challenges. The team jersey is predom ...

( Heritage No.),

Swinton Lions The Swinton Lions are a professional rugby league club based in Swinton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the Championship. The club has won the Championship six times and three Challenge Cups. Before 1996, the club was known s ...

Keighley Cougars The Keighley Cougars are a professional rugby league club from Keighley in West Yorkshire, England who compete in League 1, the third tier of English rugby league. Keighley's home ground, Cougar Park has a capacity of 7,800. History Early y ...

and Batley Bulldogs - Heritage Number 1472, as a , or . Davide Longo left Featherstone Rovers in March 2021 to take on a new role with

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Background

Davide Longo was born in

Wakefield Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 99,251 in the 2011 census.https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/ks101ew Census 2011 table KS101EW Usual resident population, ...

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, England. His father was born in

Alessandria Della Rocca Alessandria della Rocca ( Sicilian: ''Lisciànnira di la Rocca'') is a ''comune'' and small agricultural town located in the northern part of the Province of Agrigento, west central Sicily, southern Italy. The remains of the 14th century Caste ...

Agrigento Agrigento (; scn, Girgenti or ; grc, Ἀκράγας, translit=Akrágas; la, Agrigentum or ; ar, كركنت, Kirkant, or ''Jirjant'') is a city on the southern coast of Sicily, Italy and capital of the province of Agrigento. It was one of ...

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allowing him dual nationality status.

International honours

Davide Longo represented

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(Academy) against France (Academy) playing in two international matches at Hilton Park, Leigh and Carcasonne, Southern France.

Super League

Davide Longo signed for

on 15th December 1995 and made his debut on Wednesday 20th December 1995 against

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at Wilderspool Stadium. Davide Longo made his Super League debut for

on 8 April 1996 against

London Broncos The London Broncos are a professional rugby league club in London, England. The club competes in the RFL Championship. It was a member of Super League from its inaugural season in 1996 until the end of the 2014 season, when they were relegat ...

at Odsal Stadium.

Challenge Cup

Davide Longo was part of the

1996 Challenge Cup Final squad. He scored a hat-trick of tries against

Batley Batley is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. Batley lies south-west of Leeds, north-west of Wakefield and Dewsbury, south-east of Bradford and north-east of Huddersfield. Batley is part of the ...

on 4 February 1996 and featured in every round in games against

Leigh Centurions The Leigh Leopards are a professional rugby league club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, who compete in the Betfred Super League. The club was founded in 1878, and is one of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern R ...

Wakefield Trinity Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, that plays in the Super League. One of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, between 1999 and 2016 the c ...

and

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Longo, Davide 1975 births Living people Batley Bulldogs players Bradford Bulls players Dewsbury Rams players English rugby league players English people of Sicilian descent Keighley Cougars players Rugby league centres Rugby league five-eighths Rugby league fullbacks Rugby league players from Wakefield Swinton Lions players