Mauro Bergamasco

As of October 11, 2011 National: October 11, 2011

Mauro Bergamasco ( born May 1, 1979 in Padova ) is an Italian rugby union player who is active for Stade Français and the Italian national team. He plays the position of winger.

Bergamasco comes from a rugby loving family, his father Arturo was also a winger for Italy and his brother Mirco plays with him at Stade Français and the national team. He started at the age of five years with the rugby club at Selvazzano Rugby, which was coached by his father. His nickname gioiellino ( little gem ) comes from his early days as a professional in Petrarca Padova Rugby. He got it because he was the youngest player of the club, but had already played one match for Italy against the Netherlands. In 2000 he moved to Treviso, after three seasons and two championships there, he moved to France to Stade Français, where he three times won the French championship so far and once reached the final of the Heineken Cup.

Bergamasco belonged to the squad of Italy with the first Six Nations, made ​​since 2000 by the increase of the Five Nations by Italy. He was inducted into the tournament in all games and has since become one of the pillars of the Italian banns. He took part in the World Championships in 2003 and 2007, in which the Azzurri won two games, however, did not reach the quarterfinals. With the Six Nations 2009, he was employed by coach Nick Mallett in the opening match against England at the unfamiliar position for him the crowd Halbs. He did not get along on this position and provided with several Specimen errors for the decisive defeat of Italy. Following Mallett has been criticized for this decision, Bergamasco ran since then as a winger.