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| Born | Alessandro Troncon (1973-09-06)6 September 1973 (age 52) Treviso, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 242 lb (110 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alessandro Troncon (born 6 September 1973 inTreviso) is a formerItalianrugby union player.
Troncon is the 6th most capped player in Italian rugby union history, and the first Italian to gain 100 caps. The veteran scrum-half made his Italy debut againstSpain (62–15) in 1994[2] and has played alongside fly-halfDiego Dominguez on more than 50 occasions. He suffered a serious knee injury after the 2003 World Cup which forced him to miss the entire2004 Six Nations, and to lose the captaincy for his national team.
Troncon spent two years at French side Montferrand before returning to Treviso.[citation needed]
In 2007 Troncon was named man of the match as he scored a try in Italy's first overseas victory atMurrayfield against Scotland (37–17) in the2007 Six Nations. Also he was named Man of the Match in the defeat to England (7–20) atTwickenham in the2007 Six Nations. Troncon was in the Italian squad at the2007 World Cup, during which he made his 100th appearance for his country, in a pool-match game againstPortugal (31–5). In doing this, he became only the seventh rugby union player to reach 100 caps, afterGeorge Gregan,Stephen Larkham,David Campese,Jason Leonard,Fabien Pelous,Philippe Sella and one game beforeGareth Thomas.[3] He announced he was leaving competition after the tournament.
He became assistant coach to Italy head coachNick Mallett in 2008. From 2022 Troncon is Assistant Coach forBenetton Rugby.[4][5]
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