Tito Tebaldi | |
Birth Name: | Tito Tebaldi |
Birth Date: | 20 September 1987 |
Birth Place: | Parma, Italy |
Height: | 180cm (70inches) |
Weight: | 87kg (192lb) |
Relatives: | Daniele Tebaldi (uncle) |
Ru Currentteam: | Petrarca Padova |
Ru Position: | Scrum-half |
Ru Amateurclubs: | Noceto |
Ru Clubyears: | 2006–2010 2010–2012 2012–2013 2013–2014 2014–2016 2016–2020 2020– |
Ru Clubcaps: | 55 47 21 18 10 64 |
Ru Clubpoints: | (162) (93) (22) (5) (0) (54) |
Ru Clubupdate: | 29 April 2017 |
Ru Nationalyears: | 2011 2009–2019 |
Ru Nationalteam: | Emerging Italy |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 3 36 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (35) (13) |
Ru Ntupdate: | 4 Oct 2019 |
Ru Sevensnationalyears1: | 2023− |
Ru Sevensnationalteam1: | Italy Sevens |
Ru Sevensnationalcomp1: | 2 |
Tito Tebaldi (born 20 September 1987) is an Italian rugby union player. He plays as scrum-half. He made his debut for Italy against Australia on 13 June 2009.[1]
Tebaldi is the nephew of former Italy fullback Daniele Tebaldi,[2] began his career playing for Noceto, a team based in the Province of Parma.[3] He joined Gran Parma of the Super 10 in 2006, making his debut at 19.[4] 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.[5] Tebaldi joined Aironi in May 2010 for their debut season in the Celtic League.[6]
Nick Mallett included Tebaldi in the Italy squad for the 2009 mid-year rugby test series after Simon Picone pulled out for personal reasons.[7] Having made his debut as a replacement for Pablo Canavosio in the first test,[5] Tebaldi was the starting scrum-half for Italy's final two games of the tour.[8] 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.[8] [9]
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.[10]
On 17 May 2016, Benetton Treviso announced the player as new scrum-half from the 2016–2017 season.[11] He played for Benetton until 2019–20 Pro14 season for to move to Petrarca Padova.[12] [13]
On 18 August 2019, he was named in the final 31-man squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.[14]
In June 2023 he was named in Italy Sevens squad for the 2023 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series.[15]