Diego Saccà (born 23 February 1981) is an Italian former international
rugby union player.
Saccà was born in
Livorno
Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronou ...
and is the son of sports administrator Nino Saccà, who was formerly vice-president of the
Italian Rugby Federation
The Italian Rugby Federation ( it, Federazione Italiana Rugby) or FIR is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in Italy. The FIR has one seat on the 28-member World Rugby Council, the governing body of World Rugby. (All other members of ...
. He is the elder brother of professional rugby player Andrea Saccà.
A powerful three-quarter, Saccà started his senior career with hometown club
Rugby Livorno 1931
Rugby Livorno 1931 is an Italian rugby union team from Livorno.
The club was founded in 1931 (hence that year in the club's name) and spent several seasons in the Italy's top tier championship.
Rugby Livorno 1931's best placement in the Italian ...
. He later competed with
Gran Parma
Amatori Parma Rugby is a historical Italian rugby union team founded in 1971.
History
From Amatori to Gran Ducato
Gran Parma Rugby was founded in 1999 following the merger of ''Amatori Parma Rugby'' and ''Rugby Noceto''.
From 1999 to 2002 they ...
,
Viadana and
Capitolina. In 2003, Saccà toured New Zealand with the
national team for a series of matches against provincial sides, then earned his solitary cap in a World Cup warm-up match against
Ireland in Limerick.
Saccà was head coach of Livorno from 2010 to 2015. Since then he has been involved in women's rugby, serving coaching roles with the Italian women's sevens, under-18 and under-20s national sides.
See also
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List of Italy national rugby union players
List of Italy national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the Italy national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match.
Note that the "position" column lists the position at which ...
References
External links
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1981 births
Living people
Italian rugby union players
Italy international rugby union players
Rugby union players from Tuscany
Sportspeople from Livorno
Rugby union centres
Rugby union wings
Rugby Livorno 1931 players
Gran Ducato Parma Rugby players
Rugby Viadana players
Unione Rugby Capitolina players
Italian rugby union coaches