Matteo Canali

Matteo Canali

Canali in March 2024

Date of birth

11 September 1998 (age 26)

Place of birth

Height

1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)

Weight

118 kg (18 st 8 lb; 260 lb)

Rugby union career

Youth career
Position(s)	Lock
Current team	Zebre Parma
Rugby Ariccia
–	Castel Gandolfo Rugby
–	Roma Olimpic
–	S.S. Lazio Rugby 1927
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2017−2018	Colorno		()
Senior career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2016−2018	F.I.R. Academy		()
2018−2021	Rovigo Delta	42	(30)
2020−2021	→Benetton	4	(0)
2021−2023	Petrarca Padova	17	(5)
2023−	Zebre Parma	34	(5)
Correct as of 12 Mar 2021
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2018	Italy Under 20	10	(0)
2021–2022	Italy A	2	(0)
2024–	Italy	2	(0)
Correct as of 12 Jul 2025

Matteo Canali (Marino, 11 September 1998) is an Italian rugby union player. His usual position is as a Lock and he currently plays for Zebre Parma in united Rugby Championship.^[1]

Career

Under contract with Rovigo Delta, for 2020–21 Pro14 season, he was named as Permit Player for Benetton Rugby.^[2] He played for Petrarca Padova in Italian Top10 from 2021 to 2023.^[3] Canali signed for Zebre Parma in August 2023 ahead of the 2023–24 United Rugby Championship. He made his debut in Round 1 of the 2023–24 season against the Ulster.^[4]

In 2018, Canali was named in the Italy Under 20 squad.^[5] On 14 October 2021, he was selected by Alessandro Troncon to be part of an Italy A 28-man squad and on 8 December, he was named in Emerging Italy 27-man squad for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals.^[6]^[7]

On 28 January 2024, he was named in Italy squad for 2024 Six Nations Championship.^[8] He was also named in Italy squad for the 2025 Six Nations Championship as invited player, but did not play during the championship.^[9]

He was called up to join Italy 2025 Tour of Namibia and South Africa.^[10] On 5 July 2025, he made his debut in Pretoria against South Africa.^[11]

References

^ "UN ALTRO INNESTO IN SECONDA LINEA: BENVENUTO MATTEO CANALI!". Zebre Parma. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
^ "TRE NUOVI PERMIT PLAYERS IN ACCORDO CON I CLUB DI APPARTENENZA". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). 23 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
^ "BENVENUTI MATTEO CANALI E LORENZO CITTON". Petrarca Rugby (in Italian). 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
^ "DELLE BELLE ZEBRE SFIORANO IL SUCCESSO CASALINGO CONTRO LA CORAZZATA ULSTER". Zebre Parma. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
^ "ITALIA U20, GLI AZZURRINI PER IL PRIMO MATCH CONTRO LA SCOZIA". F.I.R. Rugby (in Italian). 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
^ "Italia A, gli azzurri convocati per il match contro la Spagna". FIR (in Italian). 14 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
^ "ITALIA EMERGENTI, GLI AZZURRI CONVOCATI PER IL MATCH CONTRO LA ROMANIA". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
^ "Italrugby, gli Azzurri convocati per Scozia e Galles". www.federugby.it. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
^ "Italy squad for 2025 Guinnes Six Nations". 10 January 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
^ "The Azzurri name team for 2025 Summer Tour". www.ultimaterugby.com. 21 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 5 July 2025.

External links

Matteo Canali at ItsRugby.co.uk
Matteo Canali at All.Rugby
Ultimate Rugby profile

v t e Zebre Parma – current squad
Forwards	Luca Andreani Iacopo Bianchi Luca Bigi Paolo Buonfiglio Matteo Canali Tommaso Di Bartolomeo Giacomo Ferrari Danilo Fischetti Taina Fox-Matamua Riccardo Genovese Muhamed Hasa Josh Kaifa Leonard Krumov Giovanni Licata Marco Manfredi Ion Neculai Matteo Nocera Juan Pitinari Giampietro Ribaldi Daniele Rimpelli Luca Rizzoli Davide Ruggeri Alessio Sanavia Dave Sisi Bautista Stavile Guido Volpi Andrea Zambonin Liam Zocchi-Dommann
Backs	Filippo Bozzoni Pierre Bruno Ben Cambriani Thomas Dominguez Tiff Eden Alessandro Fusco Gonzalo García Simone Gesi Scott Gregory Ratko Jelic Enrico Lucchin Damiano Mazza Giovanni Montemauri Luca Morisi Fetuli Paea Lorenzo Pani Gerónimo Prisciantelli Franco Smith Jacopo Trulla
Coach	Fabio Roselli

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