Salvatore Perugini (born 6 March 1978 in
Benevento
Benevento (, , ; la, Beneventum) is a city and ''comune'' of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill above sea level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino (or Beneventano) and the ...
) is a former
Italian rugby union player. He made his debut for the
Italian national team
The Italy national football team ( it, Nazionale di calcio dell'Italia) has represented Italy in international football since its first match in 1910. The national team is controlled by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), the governing bo ...
in 2000 against
Ireland. Perugini usually played at prop. He previously played for Italian club
Calvisano and French side
Stade Toulouse
Stade Toulousain () ( oc, Estadi Tolosenc), also referred to as Toulouse, is a professional rugby union club based in Toulouse, France. They compete in the Top 14, France's top division of rugby, and the European Rugby Champions Cup.
Toulous ...
.
In April 2010 it was announced he would move to the newly formed
Aironi
Aironi Rugby (, "herons") was an Italian professional rugby union team competing in the Pro12 and the Heineken Cup, representing the Italian regions of Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna. It lost its status as a regional side at the end of the 2011–12 ...
for the 2010/2011 season.
Perugini was selected to play for the
Barbarians when they beat
New Zealand in 2009.
External links
RBS 6 Nations profile
1978 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Benevento
Italian rugby union players
Rugby union props
Italian expatriate rugby union players in France
Italy international rugby union players
Zebre Parma players
2003 Rugby World Cup players
2007 Rugby World Cup players
2011 Rugby World Cup players
Stade Toulousain players
Aviron Bayonnais players
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