Alessandro Garbisi | |
Birth Date: | 11 April 2002 |
Birth Place: | Venice, Italy |
Height: | 1740NaN0 |
Weight: | 830NaN0 |
Relatives: | Paolo Garbisi (brother) |
Position: | Scrum-half |
Currentclub: | Benetton |
Youthclubs1: | Mogliano |
Years1: | 2020–2022 |
Clubs1: | Mogliano |
Apps1: | 19 |
Points1: | 8 |
Years2: | 2021–2022 |
Clubs2: | →Benetton |
Apps2: | 9 |
Points2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2022− |
Clubs3: | Benetton |
Apps3: | 5 |
Points3: | 0 |
Repyears1: | 2021–2022 |
Repteam1: | Italy U20 |
Repcaps1: | 9 |
Reppoints1: | 13 |
Repyears2: | 2022– |
Repteam2: | Italy |
Repcaps2: | 7 |
Reppoints2: | 10 |
Clubupdate: | 19 November 2022 |
Repupdate: | 20 Sep 2023 |
Ru Sevensnationalyears1: | 2023− |
Ru Sevensnationalteam1: | Italy Sevens |
Ru Sevensnationalcomp1: | 1 |
Alessandro Garbisi (born 11 April 2002) is an Italian professional rugby union player who primarily plays scrum-half for Benetton of the United Rugby Championship. [1] [2]
Garbisi has previously played for clubs such as Mogliano in the past. He signed for Benetton in June 2021 ahead of the 2021–22 United Rugby Championship on a dual-contract from Top10 side Mogliano.[3] He made his debut in Round 6 of the 2021–22 season against .[4]
In 2021 and 2022 Garbisi was named in Italy U20s squad for the Six Nations Under 20s Championship.[5]
On 30 May 2022 he was selected by Kieran Crowley to be part of an Italy 33-man squad for the 2022 mid-year rugby union tests and won his first cap on 1 July 2022 in Bucharest also scoring a try during the test match Italy won 45-13 against Romania.[6] In occasion of the said match he and his older brother Paolo are the first couple of brothers since 2014 to appear in the same game sheet of the Italian national team after Mauro and Mirco Bergamasco.
On 22 August 2023, he was named in the Italy's 33-man squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.[7]
In June 2023 he was also named in Italy Sevens squad for the 2023 European Games:[8]