Manfredi Albanese
Manfredi Albanese Ginammi (born 25 July 2001) is a retired Italian professional rugby union player who primarily played scrum-half for Benetton of the United Rugby Championship. Professional career 
Albanese originally played for Lazio. He joined Calvisano in 2020, and joined  as a permit player for the latter stages of the 2021–22 United Rugby Championship although didn't make an appearance. He played for Benetton in the United Rugby Championship in 2022−23 season. In 2020 and 2021 Albanese was named in Italy Under 20 squad for the annual Six Nations Under 20s Championship. On 8 December 2021, he was selected by Alessandro Troncon to be part of an Emerging Italy 27-man squad for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals. On 10 January 2023, he was named in Italy A squad for a uncapped test against Romania A. On 30 May 2022, Albanese was selected by Kieran Crowley to be part of an Italy 33-man squad for the 2022 mid-year rugby union tests. He made his debut against Portugal.He represented Italy on 3 occasions in 2022. On 7 March 2023 Albanese announced that he will retire from professional rugby at the end of the 2022-2023 season to move back to his native Rome and focus on a career in business. References

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2001 births
Living people
Italian rugby union players
Italy international rugby union players
S.S. Lazio Rugby 1927 players
Rugby Calvisano players
Zebre Parma players
Rugby union scrum-halves
Benetton Rugby players