Tito Tebaldi Italian rugby union player
Rugby player
Tito Tebaldi
Tebaldi in 2017
Born Tito Tebaldi (1987-09-20 ) 20 September 1987 (age 38) Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) Weight 87 kg (13 st 10 lb; 192 lb) Notable relative Daniele Tebaldi (uncle)
Tito Tebaldi (Italian pronunciation: [ ˈtiːto teˈbaldi] ⓘ ; born 20 September 1987) was an Italian rugby union player. He played as scrum-half .[ 1]
He made his debut for Italy against Australia on 13 June 2009.[ 2]
Career
Tebaldi is the nephew of former Italy fullback Daniele Tebaldi ,[ 3] began his career playing for Noceto , a team based in the Province of Parma .[ 4] He joined Gran Parma of the Super 10 in 2006, making his debut at 19.[ 5] 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.[ 6] Tebaldi joined Aironi in May 2010 for their debut season in the Celtic League .[ 7]
Nick Mallett included Tebaldi in the Italy squad for the 2009 mid-year rugby test series after Simon Picone pulled out for personal reasons.[ 8] Having made his debut as a replacement for Pablo Canavosio in the first test,[ 6] Tebaldi was the starting scrum-half for Italy's final two games of the tour.[ 9] 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 .[ 9] [ 10]
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 .[ 11]
On 17 May 2016, Benetton Treviso announced the player as new scrum-half from the 2016–2017 season.[ 12]
He played for Benetton until 2019–20 Pro14 season for to move to Petrarca Padova .[ 13] [ 14]
In 2020, he signed for Petrarca Padova in Italian Serie A Elite .[ 15]
On 18 August 2019, he was named in the final 31-man squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup .[ 16]
In June 2023, he was named in Italy Sevens squad for the 2023 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series .[ 17]