Tommaso Castello (born 14 August 1991) is a retired Italian

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

player. His usual position was as a Centre, and he represented

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

on 18 occasions. For

2015–16 Pro12 The 2015–16 Pro12 (also known as the ''Guinness Pro12'' for sponsorship reasons) was the fifteenth season of the professional rugby union competition originally known as the Celtic League, and the sixth with its current four-country format. it ...

season, he named like ''Additional Player'' for

Zebre Zebre Parma (, meaning "Zebras") are an Italian professional rugby union team competing in the United Rugby Championship and EPCR competitions from the 2012–13 season. They are based in Parma (Emilia-Romagna), Italy. They are operated by the ...

. From

2016–17 Pro12 The 2016–17 Pro12 (also known as the ''Guinness Pro12'' for sponsorship reasons) was the sixteenth season of the professional rugby union competition originally known as the Celtic League, and the seventh with a four-country format. It was the ...

season to

2021–22 United Rugby Championship The 2021–22 United Rugby Championship was the twenty-first season of the professional rugby union competition originally known as the Celtic League. It was the first season that the competition is referred to as the United Rugby Championship, ...

season, he played for

. In 2011 Castello was named in the Italy Under 20 squad and in 2012 and 2013 he was part of Emerging Italy squad. From 2016 he was also named in the

squad. He retired from rugby on 27th December 2021 after failing to recover from an injury he suffered in March 2019.

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ESPN Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Castello, Tommaso 1991 births Living people Italian rugby union players Italy international rugby union players Sportspeople from Genoa Zebre Parma players Rugby union centres Rugby Calvisano players