Michele Campagnaro
Quick Facts
Biography
Michele Campagnaro ([miˈkɛle kampaɳˈɳaro]; born 13 March 1993) is an Italian rugby union player who plays as a Centre. He currently plays for Exeter Chiefs in the Aviva Premiership and Italy rugby.
On his debut match against Connacht in May 2013, Campagnaro was awarded man of the match.
On 19 February 2015, Campagnaro signed for English club Exeter Chiefs in the Aviva Premiership on a two-year contract from the 2015-16 season.
International Career
Campagnaro has 25 caps for Italy rugby union including 4 appearances in the 2015 rugby world cup. He made his international debut vs Fiji on November 23rd 2013. He has scored 4 tries for Italy including 2 in the rbs six nations match between Wales and Italy which Wales won 23-15 despite Campagnaro scoring twice. Campagnaro won many plaudits for his Man of the match performance.
Campagnaro has appeared 10 times for Italy in the six nations though is yet to win a match in the six nations as he was injured for much of the 2015 six nations campaign. Campagnaro has also scored for italy in the 2013 loss to Argentina and the 2015 loss to Scotland.