Manfredi Albanese Ginammi (born 25 July 2001) is an Italian professional rugby union player who primarily plays scrum-half for Lazio in the Serie A Elite.

Professional career

Albanese originally played for Lazio. He joined Calvisano in 2020, and joined as a permit player for the latter stages of the

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although didn't make an appearance. He played for Benetton in the United Rugby Championship in 2022−23 season. In 2020 and 2021 Albanese was named in Italy Under 20 squad for the annual

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. On 8 December 2021, he was selected by

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to be part of an Emerging Italy 27-man squad for the

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. On 10 January 2023, he was named in Italy A squad for a ''uncapped test'' against Romania A. On 30 May 2022, Albanese was selected by Kieran Crowley to be part of an Italy 33-man squad for the

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. He made his debut against Portugal. He represented Italy on 3 occasions in 2022. On 7 March 2023 Albanese announced that he will retire from professional rugby at the end of the 2022-2023 season to move back to his native Rome and focus on a career in business.

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* * 2001 births Living people Italian rugby union players Italy international rugby union players S.S. Lazio Rugby 1927 players Rugby Calvisano players Zebre Parma players Rugby union scrum-halves Benetton Rugby players Rugby union players from Rome {{Italy-rugbyunion-bio-stub