Birth name | Tito Tebaldi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 20 September 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Parma, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 87 kg (13 st 10 lb; 192 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Daniele Tebaldi (uncle) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tito Tebaldi (born 20 September 1987) is an Italian rugby union player. He plays as scrum-half. He made his debut for Italy against Australia on 13 June 2009. [1]
Tebaldi is the nephew of former Italy fullback Daniele Tebaldi, [2] began his career playing for Noceto, a team based in the Province of Parma. [3] He joined Gran Parma of the Super 10 in 2006, making his debut at 19. [4] 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. [5] Tebaldi joined Aironi in May 2010 for their debut season in the Celtic League. [6]
Nick Mallett included Tebaldi in the Italy squad for the 2009 mid-year rugby test series after Simon Picone pulled out for personal reasons. [7] Having made his debut as a replacement for Pablo Canavosio in the first test, [5] Tebaldi was the starting scrum-half for Italy's final two games of the tour. [8] Tebaldi played in all three of Italy's end of year tests and established himself as the first choice scrum half for the 2010 Six Nations Championship. [8] [9]
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. [10]
On 17 May 2016, Benetton Treviso announced the player as new scrum-half from the 2016–2017 season. [11] He played for Benetton until 2019–20 Pro14 season for to move to Petrarca Padova. [12] [13]
On 18 August 2019, he was named in the final 31-man squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. [14]
In June 2023 he was named in Italy Sevens squad for the 2023 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series. [15]
Birth name | Tito Tebaldi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 20 September 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Parma, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 87 kg (13 st 10 lb; 192 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Daniele Tebaldi (uncle) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tito Tebaldi (born 20 September 1987) is an Italian rugby union player. He plays as scrum-half. He made his debut for Italy against Australia on 13 June 2009. [1]
Tebaldi is the nephew of former Italy fullback Daniele Tebaldi, [2] began his career playing for Noceto, a team based in the Province of Parma. [3] He joined Gran Parma of the Super 10 in 2006, making his debut at 19. [4] 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. [5] Tebaldi joined Aironi in May 2010 for their debut season in the Celtic League. [6]
Nick Mallett included Tebaldi in the Italy squad for the 2009 mid-year rugby test series after Simon Picone pulled out for personal reasons. [7] Having made his debut as a replacement for Pablo Canavosio in the first test, [5] Tebaldi was the starting scrum-half for Italy's final two games of the tour. [8] Tebaldi played in all three of Italy's end of year tests and established himself as the first choice scrum half for the 2010 Six Nations Championship. [8] [9]
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. [10]
On 17 May 2016, Benetton Treviso announced the player as new scrum-half from the 2016–2017 season. [11] He played for Benetton until 2019–20 Pro14 season for to move to Petrarca Padova. [12] [13]
On 18 August 2019, he was named in the final 31-man squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. [14]
In June 2023 he was named in Italy Sevens squad for the 2023 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series. [15]