Lorenzo Pani (born 4 July 2002) is an Italian

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player, currently playing for Italian

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side

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. His preferred position is fullback. Pani signed for Benetton in July 2021 ahead of the

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. He made his debut in Round 2 of the 2021–22 EPCR Challenge Cup against . He played with Benetton until April 2022. In 2021 and 2022, Pani was named in Italy U20s squad for annual

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. On the 5 July 2023, he was selected by

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to be part of an

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squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches. He made his debut against

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in the first match of 29 July 2023 . In June 2023 he was named in Italy Sevens squad for the 2023 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pani, Lorenzo 2002 births Living people Italian rugby union players Benetton Rugby players Rugby union fullbacks Zebre Parma players Sportspeople from Florence Italy international rugby union players European Games competitors for Italy Rugby sevens players at the 2023 European Games