Corrado Pilat (born 24 September 1974 in
Belluno
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) is a former Italian international rugby union player and a current coach.
He played as a fullback and as a fly-half.
He played professionally for
Benetton Treviso, from 1998/99 to 200/01, where he won two Italian Championships, in 1998/99 and 2000/01. He later played for
Rugby Parma F.C. 1931 (2001/02-2003/04) and Rugby Bologna 1928 (2004/05).
He moved for one season to
Barking, in 2005/06, in the
National Division One
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of
England
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, where he won the Essex Cup. Returning to
Italy
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, Pilat represented
Rugby Viadana
Rugby Viadana 1970 is an Italian rugby union club based in Viadana (province of Mantua, Lombardy). The club was established in 1970, and has since won the Italian championship in 2002, and the Coppa Italia three times. They also compete in Eur ...
(2006/07-2007/08), winning the Cup of Italy for 2006/07,
Venezia Mestre Rugby FC
Venezia Mestre Rugby FC, also known as ''Casinò di Venezia'' for sponsorship's reasons, was an Italian rugby union club based in Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of th ...
(2008/09-2009/10) and Montebelluna (2010/11), where he finished his career as a player-coach.
He had 7 caps for
Italy
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, from 1997 to 2001, scoring 2 tries and 1 penalty, 13 points on aggregate. He was called for the
2000 Six Nations Championship
The 2000 Six Nations Championship was the first series of the rugby union Six Nations Championship, following the addition of Italy to the Five Nations. It was the 106th season of the championship overall.
The title was won by England. England won ...
and the
2001 Six Nations Championship
The 2001 Six Nations Championship was the second series of the rugby union Six Nations Championship, and the 107th international championship overall. The tournament was affected by an outbreak of the highly infectious livestock disease foot-and- ...
, this time scoring 1 try and 1 penalty, 8 points on aggregate.
Corrado Pilat International Statistics
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References
External links
1974 births
Living people
Italian rugby union players
Italy international rugby union players
Italian rugby union coaches
Benetton Rugby players
Rugby Viadana players
Venezia Mestre Rugby FC players
Rugby union fullbacks
Rugby union fly-halves
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