Carlo Checchinato

Carlo Checchinato
Checchinato in 2021
Born (1970-08-30) 30 August 1970
Adria, Province of Rovigo
Height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight242 lb (110 kg; 17 st 4 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock, Number eight
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1988-1995 Rugby Rovigo
1995-2005 Benetton Treviso 158
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1990-2004 Italy 83 (105)

Carlo Checchinato (born 30 August 1970 in Adria, Province of Rovigo) is an Italian rugby union former international player, with 83 caps and participated in 4 consecutive Rugby World Cup. He is the current Sales Director for the Italy national team.[1][2] He also served as CEO of Zebre Parma between 2021 and 2022.[3]

Career

Checchinato was born in Adria, close to Rovigo. His father, called Giancarlo, was an international lock, being capped for Italy during the 1970s. Following in his father's footsteps, he started to play rugby for Rovigo and made his debut at 18 years old with the senior team in 1900, year in which Rovigo won the Serie A1 Scudetto.[4]

Few months after his club debut, he was called up by Italy to make his international debut again Spain in the FIRA trophy.[4] He was with the Italy national team at the 1991 World Cup, in 1995 in South Africa, in 1999 in Wales and in 2003 in Australia as well as in several tournaments. He earned 83 caps and scored 21 tries in international matches. Checchinato's international try total was an all-time record for forwards until 2007, when it was surpassed by Colin Charvis of Wales.[5]

In 1995 he moved from Rovigo to Benetton Treviso, where he played 158 matches[6] in 10 seasons and won 6 times the Scudetto and twice the Coppa Italia.[4] He normally played lock or number eight.[7]

After his retirement in 2005, he became Team manager for the Italian national team.[8] In 2010 he became Elite Level Director (Direttore per l'Alto Livello) for the Italian Rugby Federation (FIR), in order to manage the relationship between the federation, the senior squad and the two professional clubs (at the time in Celtic League). In 2018, he assumed the role of Sales Director for FIR.[1] Between 2021 and 2022 he also served as CEO of Zebre Parma, one of the two professional rugby teams in Italy.[3][9]

Honours

Italy

Rovigo

Benetton Treviso

  • 6x Serie A1/Super 10 Scudetto: 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2003-04
  • 2x Coppa Italia: 1996-97, 2004-05

References

  1. ^ a b "Contatti". Federazione Italiana Rugby (in Italian). Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  2. ^ Avesani, Roberto (14 December 2015). "Rugby - Consiglio Federale: Carlo Checchinato direttore commerciale ad interim". On Rugby (in Italian). Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  3. ^ a b amedia (26 April 2021). "ZEBRE RUGBY, FIR ANNUNCIA LA NUOVA GOVERNANCE DELLA FRANCHIGIA FEDERALE". Federazione Italiana Rugby (in Italian). Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  4. ^ a b c Penati, Maurizio (30 August 2020). "Carlo Checchinato, 50 anni e una palla ovale". PokerStars News (in Italian). Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Wales battle but are defeated by world champions". Welsh Rugby Union. 24 November 2007. Archived from the original on 16 February 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2007.
  6. ^ "Club 100". benettonrugby.it. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  7. ^ Comisso, Guido (10 April 2025). "Benetton Rugby e Champions Cup: una lunga storia" (in Italian). Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  8. ^ Redazione, Web (2 June 2021). "C'è poco da fare: la storia siamo noi!". www.polesine24.it (in Italian). Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  9. ^ "Zebre, si cambia: via Checchinato, tra caos allenatore e mercato". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 4 April 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2025.


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