Manfredi Albanese

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.^[1][2]

Manfredi Albanese

Full name	Manfredi Albanese Ginammi
Date of birth	(2001-07-25) 25 July 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth	Rome, Italy
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb; 13 st 1 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half Current team Lazio Youth career Lazio Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2018–2020 Lazio 17 (0) 2020–2022 Calvisano 31 (52) 2022–2023 Benetton 7 (5) 2023– Lazio () Correct as of 28 Jan 2023 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2020–2021 Italy U20 8 (11) 2022 Emerging Italy 1 (8) 2022 Italy 3 (0) Correct as of 6 November 2022

Professional career

Albanese originally played for Lazio.^[3] He joined Calvisano in 2020,^[4] and joined Zebre Parma as a permit player for the latter stages of the 2021–22 United Rugby Championship although didn't make an appearance.^[5]

He played for Benetton in the United Rugby Championship in 2022−23 season.^[6][7][8]

In 2020 and 2021 Albanese was named in Italy Under 20 squad for the annual Six Nations Under 20s Championship.^[9][10] On 8 December 2021, he was selected by Alessandro Troncon to be part of an Emerging Italy 27-man squad for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals.^[11] On 10 January 2023, he was named in Italy A squad for a uncapped test against Romania A.^[12]

On 30 May 2022, Albanese was selected by Kieran Crowley to be part of an Italy 33-man squad for the 2022 mid-year rugby union tests. He made his debut against Portugal.^[13] 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.^[14][15]