Manuel Zuliani (born 26 April 2000) is an Italian professional rugby union player who primarily plays

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for Benetton of the United Rugby Championship.

Professional career

Selected for F.I.R. Academy, he represented Calvisano in the

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as ''Additional Player''. Under contract with

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, for the last part of

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season and for the

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season, he was named as ''Permit Player'' for Benetton. In January 2019, Zuliani was also named in the Italy Under 20 squad for the

2019 Six Nations Under 20s Championship The 2019 Six Nations Under 20s Championship was the 12th series of the Six Nations Under 20s Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. France were the defending champions. Ireland won the tournament and a Grand Slam, a ...

and in 2020 the squad for the

2020 Six Nations Under 20s Championship The 2020 Six Nations Under 20s Championship was the 13th series of the Six Nations Under 20s Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ireland were the defending champions, having won the 2019 Championship with a Gra ...

. On the 13 January 2022, he 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 France. On 22 August 2023, he was named in the Italy's 33-man squad for the

2023 Rugby World Cup The 2023 Rugby World Cup is scheduled to be the tenth men's Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's rugby union teams. It is scheduled to take place in France from 8 September to 28 October 2023 in nine venues across the cou ...

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