Alessandro Ortombina

Alessandro Ortombina
Born (2002-10-05) 5 October 2002
Peschiera del Garda, Italy
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight114 kg (18.0 st; 251 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock, Flanker
Current team Zebre Parma
Youth career
Valpolicella
Verona
Valorugby Emilia
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2021−2023 Valorugby Emilia
2023−2025 Perpignan 6 (0)
2025− Zebre Parma 5 (0)
Correct as of 14 Dec 2025
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2021−2022 Italy U20 9 (10)
2026 Italy XV 2 (0)
Correct as of 14 Dec 2025

Alessandro Ortombina (born 5 October 2002) is an Italian rugby union player, who plays for Zebre Parma in United Rugby Championship. He usually plays lock or flanker.[1][2]

Club career

Ortombina started playing rugby for Valpolicella. During his youth years, he also played for Verona Rugby and Valorugby Emilia.[2]

In 2023, he signed with the Espoirs team of Perpignan, where he made his professional debut in December 2024 against Cheetahs in a 20-20 draw in Amsterdam during the 2024–25 EPCR Challenge Cup.[3][4]

After two seasons in Perpignan, before he could achieve JIFF status (joueurs issus des filières de formation), he moved back to Italy in the summer of 2025 to play in United Rugby Championship for Zebre Parma.[5][6]

International career

In 2022, Ortombina was named in Italy U20s squad for annual Six Nations Under 20s Championship.[7] In the same year, he also participated in the U20 Summer Series, that took place instead of the World Rugby U20 Championship, since it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] On 10 January 2023, he was named in Italy A squad for a uncapped test against Romania A.[9] On 28 January 2026 he was selected by Massimo Brunello to be part of an Italy XV squad for two official tests against Scotland A and Chile during 2026 men's rugby union internationals window of spring.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Alessandro Ortombina". www.ultimaterugby.com. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Alessandro Ortombina torna in Italia: sarà un nuovo giocatore delle Zebre dalla prossima stagione". www.zebreparma.it (in Italian). Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  3. ^ "Rugby – Challenge Cup : contre les Cheetahs, le staff de l'USAP a pu voir un large échantillon de ses jeunes joueurs". lindependant.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  4. ^ Palma, Francesco (19 December 2024). "Rugby - L'esordio europeo di Alessandro Ortombina: "Allan una guida per me. Sogno la convocazione con l'Italia e il Top 14"". On Rugby (in Italian). Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  5. ^ Palma, Francesco (4 July 2025). "Rugby - Altro ritorno in Italia: alle Zebre arriva anche Alessandro Ortombina". On Rugby (in Italian). Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  6. ^ "Top 14 : pourquoi l'Italien Alessandro Ortombina va-t-il pouvoir jouer avec l'USAP à Paris ?". lindependant.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  7. ^ Viscardi, Matteo (21 January 2022). "Rugby - Under 20, Italia: i convocati per l'ultimo raduno prima del Sei Nazioni 2022". On Rugby (in Italian). Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  8. ^ "U20 Summer Series - Match report Italy U20 vs Georgia U20, le 25/06/2022". all.rugby. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  9. ^ "ITALIA A, GLI AZZURRI CONVOCATI PER IL MATCH CONTRO LA ROMANIA A". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 10 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Italia XV, ufficializzati lo staff e i convocati per le due gare a Rieti e L'Aquila". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 28 January 2026. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
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