Filippo Alongi (born 27 April 2000) is an Italian rugby union player. His usual position is as a Prop and he currently plays for Petrarca Padova in Serie A Elite.

Filippo Alongi
Date of birth (2000-04-27) 27 April 2000 (age 24)
Place of birthPietrasanta, Italy
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight121 kg (19 st 1 lb; 267 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Petrarca Padova
Youth career
Titani
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2018−2019 F.I.R. Academy ()
2019Zebre 2 (0)
2019−2022 Mogliano 17 (0)
2019−2022Benetton 19 (5)
2022−2024 Benetton 15 (0)
2024 Béziers 2 (0)
2024– Petrarca Padova ()
Correct as of 23 Sep 2022
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2019−2020 Italy Under 20 11 (0)
2021− Italy A 4 (0)
2022− Italy 1 (0)
Correct as of 29 Jul 2023

Selected for F.I.R. Academy squad, in 2018–19 Pro14 season, Alongi was named like Additional Player for Zebre.[1] Under contract with Mogliano in Top10, from 2019 to 2022, he was also named as Permit Player for Benetton.[2][3][4][5] In spring 2024 he signed for Béziers in Pro D2 as Joker Medical, untile the end of the season.[6][7]

In 2019 and 2020, Alongi was named in the Italy Under 20 squad. [8] On 14 October 2021, he was selected by Alessandro Troncon to be part of an Italy A 28-man squad for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals[9] and on 8 December he was named in Emerging Italy 27-man squad also for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals.[10] On 14 March 2022, he was selected by Kieran Crowley to be part of an Italy squad for the 2022 Six Nations Championship. He made his debut against Wales.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Comunicato Zebre Rugby". Zebre Rugby.
  2. ^ "COMINCIATA UFFICIALMENTE LA STAGIONE SPORTIVA 19/20 DEL BENETTON RUGBY". Benetton Rugby. 15 July 2019.
  3. ^ "SEI TALENTUOSI AZZURRINI SOTTO CONTRATTO COME PERMIT PLAYERS" (in Italian). Benetton Rugby. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  4. ^ "DODICI I PERMIT PLAYERS SELEZIONATI PER LA PROSSIMA STAGIONE SPORTIVA" (in Italian). Benetton Rugby. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  5. ^ "IL PILONE FILIPPO ALONGI RINNOVA CON I LEONI FINO AL 2025". Benetton Rugby. 23 April 2023.
  6. ^ "FILIPPO ALONGI DÉBARQUE CHEZ LES ROUGE & BLEU". ASBH Rugby.
  7. ^ "FILIPPO ALONGI AL BEZIERS RUGBY SINO A FINE STAGIONE". Benetton Rugby. 8 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Italia, Under 20: Filippo Alongi convocato per il raduno di Roma". On Rugby (in Italian). 9 January 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Italia A, gli azzurri convocati per il match contro la Spagna". FIR (in Italian). 14 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  10. ^ "ITALIA EMERGENTI, GLI AZZURRI CONVOCATI PER IL MATCH CONTRO LA ROMANIA". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  11. ^ "ITALRUGBY, CONVOCATO ALONGI IN PREPARAZIONE DEL GALLES". Federugby.it. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
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