Date of birth | 24 December 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Treviso, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 96 kg (15.1 st; 212 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Filippo Drago (born 24 December 2001) is an Italian rugby union player, currently playing for Italian United Rugby Championship side Benetton. His preferred position is centre. [1] [2]
Under contract with Top10 team Mogliano, Drago signed for Benetton as a Permit player in June 2021. [3] He made his debut in Round 3 of the 2021–22 EPCR Challenge Cup against the Dragons. [4]
In June 2021 Drago was named in Italy Under 20 squad for 2021 Six Nations Under 20s Championship [5] On 14 October 2021, he was selected by Alessandro Troncon to be part of an Italy A 28-man squad for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals [6] and on 8 December he was named in Emerging Italy 27-man squad also for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals. [7] On 9 December 2023 he was called in Italy Under 23 squad for test series against IRFU Combined Academies. [8]