From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rugby player
Nicola Mazzucato
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/NicolaMazzucato.JPG/220px-NicolaMazzucato.JPG) |
Date of birth
| (
1975-10-27
)
27 October 1975
(age 48)
|
---|
Place of birth
| Padova
,
Italy
|
---|
Height
| 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
|
---|
Weight
| 209 lb (95 kg)
|
---|
Occupation(s)
| Coach (
Sheffield Medics RUFC
)
|
---|
|
|
Nicola Mazzucato
(born 27 October 1975 in
Padua
) is a former Italian
rugby union
footballer and the former coach of the SMRUFC. He played as a
wing
achieving over 40 caps for Italy, playing in 2 world cups and 4 trips to the 6 nations.
Mazzucato first played at
CUS Padova Rugby
, from 1994/95 to 1998/99, moving then to
Benetton Treviso
, where he stayed from 1999/2000 to 2002/03. He spent two seasons at
Rugby Calvisano
, followed by two more seasons at
Overmach Rugby Parma
. His final season was spent in the English
National Division Two
(now National League 1), at
Waterloo R.F.C.
, in 2007/08. Mazzucato then started a coach career as the assistant coach of
Gran Parma Rugby
, in charge of the backs. In 2009 he took the reins as the head coach of the club he grew up playing for, CUS Padova,
[1]
before moving on for a fresh challenge in Sheffield in 2015.
He won two Italian Championships, with Benetton Rugby Treviso, in 2000/01 and 2002/03, and one title with Rugby Calvisano, in 2004/05. He also won a Cup of Italy with Calvisano, in 2004/05, and another one with Parma, in 2005/06.
Mazzucato had 39 caps for
Italy
, from 1995 to 2004, scoring 5 tries and 25 points in aggregate. He was present at the
1999 Rugby World Cup
finals and the
2003 Rugby World Cup
finals. He played in four editions of the
Six Nations
, in
2000
,
2002
,
2003
and
2004
.
[2]
References
[
edit
]
External links
[
edit
]