Andrea Lo Cicero
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| Full name | Andrea Lo Cicero Vaina | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | July 7, 1976 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Catania, Sicily, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 113 kg (249 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| -1997 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2001 2001–03 2004–07 2007–13 |
Catania Bologna Rovigo Rugby Roma Toulouse L'Aquila Racing Métro |
4 16 16 123 |
(0) (0) (10) (35) |
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Correct as of 10 February 2013
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| National team(s) | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2000–13 |
 Italy
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103 | (40) |
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Correct as of 17 March 2013
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Andrea Lo Cicero Vaina (Italian pronunciation: [anˈdrɛa lo ˈtʃitʃero]; born Catania, 7 May 1976) is an Italian rugby union footballer.
Born in Catania, Sicily, Lo Cicero began his professional career in the town of his birth with Amatori Catania. Later he moved to Bologna and then to Rugby Rovigo, winning his first Italian Championship in 2000 with Rugby Roma. Subsequently he played for a season in the French team Stade Toulousain. He then played for L'Aquila and he currently plays for Racing Métro, now in France's Top 14.
Lo Cicero was included in Italy's squad for the 1999 Rugby World Cup but did not see any action and had to wait until the following year to make his international debut. It came against England in 2000 when he had the difficult task of filling the gap left by the Azzurri prop and captain Massimo Cuttitta.
He was named in the BBC's dream XV at the 2004 Six Nations Championship and was part of the Barbarians squad to take on New Zealand later that year. Lo Cicero was the only European player to receive a call, and he capped the feat by scoring a try. In 2005 he again represented the Barbarians for their matches against Scotland and England.
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