Giampietro Ribaldi (born 12 March 1997) is an Italian rugby union player, currently playing for the Pro14 side Zebre. His preferred position is hooker.[1][2][3]
Date of birth | 12 March 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 kg (17 st; 240 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zebre
editUnder contract with Top10 side Viadana, Ribaldi was announced as a Permit player for Zebre for Pro14 Rainbow Cup in 2021 and for 2021–22 United Rugby Championship season.[4][5] He made his debut in the Round 1 of the Pro14 Rainbow Cup match against Edinburgh, coming on as a replacement.[6]
International career
editOn 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.[7] On 26 May he was called for the South African tour in the 2022 mid-year rugby union tests against Namibia and Currie Cup XV team.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Giampietro Ribaldi". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "Giampietro Ribaldi". Zebre Parma.
- ^ "IL TALLONATORE DELL'ITALIA EMERGENTI GIAMPIETRO RIBALDI RINFORZA LA PRIMA LINEA DELLE ZEBRE RUGBY". Zebre Rugby Club (in Italian). 20 April 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "Biondelli, Licata e Meyer rientrano per la sfida inaugurale della Guinness Pro14 Rainbow Cup". Zebre. 22 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "CONVOCATO IL TALLONATORE DEL RUGBY VIADANA GIAMPIETRO RIBALDI". Zebre. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "Edinburgh 24-18 Zebre: Young Murrayfield side start Rainbow Cup with narrow win". BBC Sport. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "ITALIA EMERGENTI, GLI AZZURRI CONVOCATI PER IL MATCH CONTRO LA ROMANIA". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ "ITALIA A IN RADUNO A TREVISO DAL 16 GIUGNO". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 10 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
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