Juan Sebastian Francesio (born 18 August 1975) is an Argentine-Italian former professional
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
player.
Born in
Rosario
Rosario () is the largest city in the central provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe. The city, located northwest of Buenos Aires on the west bank of the Paraná River, is the third-most populous city in the ...
, Argentina, Francesio came to Italy in 1999 to play professional rugby for
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Surname
* Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (c. 1560 – 1627), Italian composer, teacher, and Franciscan friar
* Gilberto Viadana (born 1973), Italian figure skater
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and was a member of a
Coppa Italia
Coppa Italia () is the annual domestic cup of Italian football. The knockout competition was organized by the DDS and the Lega Calcio until the 2009–10 season and by Lega Serie A ever since.
Juventus is the competition's most successf ...
-winning side in his first season. He played his rugby primarily as a winger and was capped four times for
Italy
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, featuring twice in the
2000 Six Nations, then in away Tests against
Samoa
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and
Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...
.
See also
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List of Italy national rugby union players
List of Italy national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the Italy national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match.
Note that the "position" column lists the position at which th ...
References
External links
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1975 births
Living people
Italian rugby union players
Italy international rugby union players
Rugby union players from Rosario, Santa Fe
Rugby union wings
Rugby Viadana players
Argentine rugby union players
Argentine emigrants to Italy