Valeria Fedrighi
 Fedrighi before the RWC 2021 qualification match against Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 5 September 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Negrar, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb; 12 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Valeria Fedrighi (born 5 September 1992) is an Italian rugby union player. She plays Lock for Italy internationally and for Rugby Colorno at club level. She has competed at the 2017 and 2021 Rugby World Cup's.
Rugby career
Fedrighi started playing rugby in 2011 at the age of 19 after previously playing volleyball, she joined the Verona women 's seven-a-side team; in 2016 she was on loan to the Riviera fifteen-a- side team. In February 2017 she was called up to the Italy women's team for the Six Nations, during which she made her test debut against England.
With only three appearances under her belt, she was part of the team that played in the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland; in autumn 2017 she was signed by the Saracens women's team in England with whom she won the national title in 2018.[1] She then joined Toulouse in 2018, before moving to Rugby Colorno in 2024.[1]
She graduated in Cultural Heritage at the University of Verona.
Fedrighi was named in Italy's squad for the 2025 Women's Six Nations Championship.[2][3] On 11 August 2025, she was named in the Italian squad to the Women's Rugby World Cup in England.[4][5]
References
- ^ a b Madinelli, Camilla (5 August 2023). "Valeria, la "Maradona del rugby", è ora una "Veronese nel mondo"". L'Arena (in Italian). Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "Italia Femminile, scelta la rosa delle Azzurre per il Guinness Women's Six Nations 2025" [Italy Women, the Azzurre squad chosen for the Guinness Women's Six Nations 2025]. Italian Rugby Federation (in Italian). 5 March 2025. Archived from the original on 5 March 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
- ^ "Italy name squad for the 2025 Guinness Women's Six Nations". Six Nations Rugby. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- ^ "Nazionale Femminile, le 32 convocate per la Rugby World Cup 2025" [Women's National Team, the 32 called up for the 2025 Rugby World Cup]. Italian Rugby Federation (in Italian). 11 August 2025. Archived from the original on 11 August 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ^ "Italy name experienced squad for Women's RWC 2025". Rugby World Cup 2025 England. 8 November 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2025.