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François Carlo Mey

Date of birth	(2003-07-01) 1 July 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth	Parma, Italy
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre, fullback Youth career 0000–2021 Amatori Parma Rugby Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2021–2022 2022– 2025 Colorno Clermont →Soyaux Angoulême 4 3 (0) (0) Correct as of 21 January 2023 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2022–2023 Italy U20 13 (20) Correct as of 14 February 2024

François Carlo Mey (born 1 July 2003) is an Italian rugby union player who plays for Soyaux Angoulême XV Charente on loan from ASM Clermont Auvergne.

Early life

François Carlo Mey was born in Italy, from a South African father. He grew up in Parma, where he soon started playing rugby with the city's main club.

Club career

From Parma, Mey moved to the neighbor Colorno in 2021, to play with the Top10 side Rugby Colorno, where he made his debut aged only 18.

The following summer, he moved to the French Top 14 side ASM Clermont Auvergne.

Mey made his first team sheet appearance for Clermont on the 21 January 2023, for the Champions Cup game against the Stormers.

International career

François Carlo Mey is a youth international for Italy. In 2022, Mey was named in Italy U20s squad for annual Six Nations Under 20s Championship.

References

1. "Player profile". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
2. "François Mey prêté à Soyaux-Angoulême". ASM Rugby. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
3. ^ Hart, Ben (4 July 2022). "Friendships at the heart of rugby for Italy star Mey". yahoo!sport. Verona: Sportsbeat. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
4. "L'HBS Colorno accoglie i giovani Mattioli, Mey e Odiase". SportParma (in Italian). 30 July 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
5. "IL RUGBY COLORNO RINGRAZIA E SALUTA FRANCOIS "FRANSU" MEY". Colorno Rugby (in Italian). 14 June 2022.
6. "Rugby - ASM Clermont : François Carlo Mey, la surprise italienne au centre ?". La Montagne. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
7. Palma, Francesco (13 June 2022). "Rugby - Clermont annuncia l'arrivo di François Carlo Mey". On Rugby (in Italian). Retrieved 22 January 2023.
8. "Rugby, gli italiani che giocheranno all'estero nella stagione 2022-2023. Da Morisi a Giammarioli, i nomi nuovi". 2 August 2022.
9. Calamai, Lorenzo (20 January 2023). "Rugby - Champions Cup: François Mey vicino al debutto con il Clermont". On Rugby (in Italian). Retrieved 21 January 2023.
10. "Judicaël Cancoriet en 8 et capitaine face aux Stormers". ASM Rugby (in French). Retrieved 21 January 2023.
11. Malfatto, Ivan (20 September 2021). "Mey e Odiase, i 18enni terribili protagonisti della prima storica vittoria del Colorno". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 21 January 2023.
12. "The Next Gen: One to watch from each side ahead of Summer Series". Under-20 Six Nations. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
13. "Italy U20s have shocked the rugby world". Rugby Onslaught. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
14. "SIX NATIONS UNDER 20, SCELTI I 25 PER FRANCIA E INGHILTERRA".

External links

• François Carlo Mey at European Professional Club Rugby
• François Carlo Mey at ItsRugby.co.uk
• François Carlo Mey at All.Rugby

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