Alessandro Moscardi

Alessandro Moscardi is an Italian former rugby union player who played as a hooker.
Moscardi was born in Rovigo, Veneto. He played for Rugby [Rovigo Delta], from 1988/89 to 1995/96, where he won the Italian Championship, in 1989/90. He moved to Benetton Rugby Treviso, where he played from 1996/97 to 2002/03. He won five Italian Championship titles, in 1996/97, 1997/98, 1998/99, 2001/01 and 2002/03, and the Cup of Italy, in 1997/98. He spent his final season, as an amateur, at Conigliano, in 2003/04, finishing his player career afterwards.
He had 44 caps for Italy national [rugby union team|Italy], from 1993 to 2002, including 17 as captain, scoring 6 tries, 30 points on aggregate. He had his first cap at the 33-11 win over Portugal, at 17 April 1993, in Coimbra, for the 1992–93 FIRA Preliminary Tournament. He was called for the 1999 [Rugby World Cup], playing in three games and scoring a try. In the Autumn of 2000 he was made captain by coach Brad Johnstone. He played in three Six [Nations Championship] competitions, from 2000 to 2002, without scoring. His last cap was at the 2002 [Six Nations Championship], in the 45-9 loss to England, at 7 April 2002, in Rome, aged 33 years old.