Maxime Mbanda

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Maxime Mbanda
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Full nameMata Maxime Mbanda
Date of birth (1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 29)
Place of birthRome, Italy
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight102 kg (16 st 1 lb; 225 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker, Number 8
Current team Zebre
Youth career
2002−11 Amatori Milano
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011-12 ()
2012-13 F.I.R. Academy ()
2013-16 Calvisano 40 (20)
2015 →Zebre 4 (0)
2016- Zebre 59 (30)
Correct as of 5 Jun 2021
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013 Italy Under 20 8 (20)
2014-2015 Emerging Italy 6 (5)
2016- Italy 29 (10)
Correct as of 20 Mar 2021

Mata Maxime Mbanda (born 10 April 1992) is an Italian rugby union player. His usual position is as a flanker, and he currently plays for Zebre.[1][2] Known for his ball carrying and athleticism.[citation needed]

Early career[]

For 2015–16 Pro12 season, he named as Permit Player for Zebre in Pro 14.[3]

In 2013 Mbanda was named in the Italy Under 20 squad and in 2014 and 2015 he was also named to the Emerging Italy squad.[4][5]

Professional career[]

After a string of favourable performances, the No. 8, was selected to represent, the Italian national team in a test-match in San Jose, California, during Summer International tests against the United States. Italy won with a result of 24 to 20.[6] Since then Mbanda has been a regular in the Italian national side, featuring in the 2019 Rugby World Cup, in Japan.[7]

Personal life[]

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, Mbanda volunteered for the Yellow Cross, a humanitarian organization in Parma that transports food and medicine for the elderly.[8] On 3 June 2020 the President of Italy Sergio Mattarella named Mbanda a Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic for his services as a volunteer ambulance driver.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Maxime Mbandà".
  2. ^ "La Terza Linea delle Zebre Rugby Maxime Mbanda' Scalda I Motori". 9 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Stagione 2015/16".
  4. ^ "Irb Tblisi Cup 2014, la Rosa Che Affrontera' Il Torneo".
  5. ^ "Italia Emerging: I 27 Azzurri per la Tblisi Cup".
  6. ^ Palmer, Mark. "Maxime Mbanda offers sense of hope to Italy" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  7. ^ "Italrugby, Conor O'shea Annuncia I 31 Giocatori Convocati per Il Mondiale".
  8. ^ Baber, Andy (24 March 2020). "Italy flanker Mbanda on frontline in Covid-19 fight". sixnationsrugby.com. Six Nations Rugby. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Mbanda nominato cavaliere della Repubblica dal presidente Mattarella" [Mbanda awarded the knighthood by President Mattarella]. federugby.it (in Italian). Italian Rugby Federation. 3 June 2020. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

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