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Rugby player
Valeria Fedrighi
Fedrighi before the RWC 2021 qualification match against Spain
Date of birth (1992-09-05) 5 September 1992 (age 32)
Place of birthNegrar, Italy
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb; 12 st 13 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016–2017 Rugby Riviera (0)
2017–2018 Saracens (0)
2018–2024 Toulouse (0)
2024– Rugby Colorno (0)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017–Present  Italy 55 (0)

Valeria Fedrighi (born 5 September 1992) is an Italian rugby union player. She plays Lock for Italy internationally and for Rugby Colorno at club level.

Rugby career

Fedrighi started playing rugby in 2011 at the age of 19 after previously playing volleyball, she joined the Verona women 's seven-a-side team; in 2016 she was on loan to the Riviera fifteen-a- side team. In February 2017 she was called up to the Italy women's team for the Six Nations, during which she made her test debut against England.

With only three appearances under her belt, she was part of the team that played in the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland; in autumn 2017 she was signed by the Saracens women's team in England with whom she won the national title in 2018. She then joined Toulouse in 2018, before moving to Rugby Colorno in 2024.

She graduated in Cultural Heritage at the University of Verona.

References

  1. ^ Madinelli, Camilla (2023-08-05). "Valeria, la "Maradona del rugby", è ora una "Veronese nel mondo"". L'Arena (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-10-09.
Italy squad2021 Rugby World Cup
Forwards
Backs
Coach: Di Giandomenico
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