| Manfredi Albanese | |
| Fullname: | Manfredi Albanese Ginammi |
| Birth Date: | 25 July 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
| Height: | 1740NaN0 |
| Weight: | 830NaN0 |
| Position: | Scrum-half |
| Currentclub: | Lazio |
| Youthclubs1: | Lazio |
| Years1: | 2018–2020 |
| Clubs1: | Lazio |
| Apps1: | 17 |
| Points1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2020–2022 |
| Clubs2: | Calvisano |
| Apps2: | 31 |
| Points2: | 52 |
| Years3: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs3: | Benetton |
| Apps3: | 7 |
| Points3: | 5 |
| Years4: | 2023– |
| Clubs4: | Lazio |
| Repyears1: | 2020–2021 |
| Repteam1: | Italy U20 |
| Repcaps1: | 8 |
| Reppoints1: | 11 |
| Repyears2: | 2022 |
| Repteam2: | Emerging Italy |
| Repcaps2: | 1 |
| Reppoints2: | 8 |
| Repyears3: | 2022 |
| Repteam3: | Italy |
| Repcaps3: | 3 |
| Reppoints3: | 0 |
| Clubupdate: | 28 Jan 2023 |
| Repupdate: | 6 November 2022 |
Manfredi Albanese Ginammi (born 25 July 2001) is an Italian professional rugby union player who primarily plays scrum-half for Lazio in the Serie A Elite.[1] [2]
Albanese originally played for Lazio.[3] He joined Calvisano in 2020,[4] and joined as a permit player for the latter stages of the 2021–22 United Rugby Championship although didn't make an appearance.[5]
He played for Benetton in the United Rugby Championship in 2022−23 season.[6] [7] [8]
In 2020 and 2021 Albanese was named in Italy Under 20 squad for the annual Six Nations Under 20s Championship.[9] [10] On 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.[11] On 10 January 2023, he was named in Italy A squad for a uncapped test against Romania A.[12]
On 30 May 2022, Albanese was selected by Kieran Crowley to be part of an Italy 33-man squad for the 2022 mid-year rugby union tests. He made his debut against Portugal.[13] He represented Italy on 3 occasions in 2022.
On 7 March 2023 Albanese announced that he will retire from professional rugby at the end of the 2022-2023 season to move back to his native Rome and focus on a career in business.[14] [15]