Nicola Mazzucato

Nicola Mazzucato

Date of birth	27 October 1975 (1975-10-27) (age 36)
Place of birth	Padova, Italy
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	209 lb (95 kg)
Occupation(s)	Coach (CUS Padova Rugby)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Winger
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
1994-1999	CUS Padova Rugby
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1999-2003 2003-2005 2005-2007 2007-2008	Treviso Calvisano Parma Waterloo
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1995-2004	Italy	38	(25)
Coaching career
Years	Club / team
2008-09 2009-	GrAN Parma (assistant) CUS Padova Rugby
Rugby union career

Nicola Mazzucato (born Padua, 27 October 1975) is a former Italian rugby union footballer and a current coach. He played as a wing.

Mazzucato first played at CUS Padova Rugby, from 1994/95 to 1998/99, moving then to Benetton Rugby Treviso, where he stayed from 1999/2000 to 2002/03. He spent two seasons at Rugby Calvisano, followed by two more seasons at Overmach Rugby Parma. His final season was spent in the English National Division Two (now National League 1), at Waterloo RFC, in 2007/08. Mazzucato then started a coach career as the assistant coach of Gran Parma Rugby, in charge of the backs. In 2009 he took the reins as the head coach of the club he grew up playing for, CUS Padova.^[1]

He won two Italian Championships, with Benetton Rugby Treviso, in 2000/01 and 2002/03, and one title with Rugby Calvisano, in 2004/05. He also won a Cup of Italy with Calvisano, in 2004/05, and another one with Parma, in 2005/06.

Mazzucato had 38 caps for Italy, from 1995 to 2004, scoring 5 tries and 25 points in aggregate. He was present at the 1999 Rugby World Cup finals and the 2003 Rugby World Cup finals. He played in four editions of the Six Nations, in 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2004.^[2]

References

1. ^ "New Coach for CUS Padova (in Italian)". CUS Padova Rugby. http://www.cuspadova.net/news_padre.php?id=1. Retrieved 2009-10-16. 
2. ^ "Mazzucato's international stats". ESPN scrum.com. http://www.scrum.com/italy/rugby/player/12125.html. Retrieved 2009-12-15. 

External links

• ESPN scrum.com

Persondata
Name	Mazzucato, Nicola
Alternative names	Nico
Short description	Rugby Union coach
Date of birth	October 27, 1975
Place of birth	Padova
Date of death
Place of death