Tito Tebaldi (born 20 September 1987) is an Italian

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player. He plays as scrum-half. He made his debut for

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against

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on 13 June 2009.

Career

Tebaldi is the nephew of former Italy fullback Daniele Tebaldi, began his career playing for Noceto, a team based in the

Province of Parma The Province of Parma ( it, Provincia di Parma) is a province in the Emilia–Romagna region of Italy. Its largest town and capital is the city of Parma. It is made up of 47 ''comuni''. It has an area of and a total population of around 450,000 ...

. He joined

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of the

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in 2006, making his debut at 19. After establishing himself as a regular starter during the 2008–09 season, Tebaldi quickly earned a reputation as one of the best young players in Italy. Tebaldi joined Aironi in May 2010 for their debut season in the

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included Tebaldi in the Italy squad for the

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after

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pulled out for personal reasons. Having made his debut as a replacement for

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in the first test, Tebaldi was the starting scrum-half for Italy's final two games of the tour. Tebaldi played in all three of Italy's end of year tests and established himself as the first choice scrum half for the

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. On 2 March 2013, he signed with Ospreys where he played 18 games with one score. It was announced on 3 December 2014 that he was joining Harlequins from Ospreys. On 17 May 2016, Benetton Treviso announced the player as new scrum-half from the 2016–2017 season. He played for Benetton until 2019–20 Pro14 season for to move to

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. On 18 August 2019, he was named in the final 31-man squad for the

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References

1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Parma Italian rugby union players Rugby union scrum-halves Italy international rugby union players Zebre Parma players Aironi players Ospreys (rugby union) players Expatriate rugby union players in England Italian expatriate rugby union players Harlequin F.C. players Benetton Rugby players Petrarca Rugby players {{Italy-rugbyunion-bio-stub