Diego Saccà
| Date of birth | 23 February 1981 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Livorno, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 187 lb (85 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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Diego Saccà (born 23 February 1981) is an Italian former international rugby union player.
Saccà was born in Livorno and is the son of sports administrator Nino Saccà, who was formerly vice-president of the Italian Rugby Federation. He is the elder brother of professional rugby player Andrea Saccà.[1]
A powerful three-quarter, Saccà started his senior career with hometown club Rugby Livorno 1931. He later competed with Gran Parma, Viadana and Capitolina. In 2003, Saccà toured New Zealand with the national team for a series of matches against provincial sides, then earned his solitary cap in a World Cup warm-up match against Ireland in Limerick.[2]
Saccà was head coach of Livorno from 2010 to 2015.[3] Since then he has been involved in women's rugby, serving coaching roles with the Italian women's sevens, under-18 and under-20s national sides.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Diego Saccà, il tecnico bambino". Il Tirreno (in Italian). 1 June 2010.
- ^ "More injury problems for Hayes as deadline looms". Irish Independent. 26 August 2003.
- ^ "Rugby, c'è Nava Il nuovo jolly viene da Firenze". Il Tirreno (in Italian). 17 June 2010.
- ^ Cassano, Michele (9 July 2024). "U20 Women's Summer Series: l'Italia batte anche l'Irlanda e continua nel suo momento d'oro". On Rugby (in Italian).
External links
[edit]- Diego Saccà at ESPNscrum
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Italian rugby union players
- Italy international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Tuscany
- Sportspeople from Livorno
- Rugby union centres
- Rugby union wings
- Rugby Livorno 1931 players
- Gran Ducato Parma Rugby players
- Rugby Viadana players
- Unione Rugby Capitolina players
- Italian rugby union coaches