ru_nationalteam ru_ntupdate ru_clubyears birth_place weight ru_nationalcaps height ru_proclubs article_title name birth_date ru_nationalpoints image ru_position birth_name ru_nationalyears
italy june 16 , 2011 1990-1998 1998-2003 2003-2005 l'aquila , italy 97 kg lb st on 25 1.87 m ftin on l'aquila rugby rugby roma l'aquila rugby carlo caione
 carlo caione 18 february 1973 -lrb- 20 -rrb- carlo caione.jpg flanker carlo caione 1995-2001
carlo caione

carlo caione -lrb- born l'aquila , 18 february 1973 -rrb- is a former italian rugby union player and a current sports director .
he played as a flanker .
caione first played for l'aquila rugby , where he had his debut for the first team in 1990/91 , aged only 17 years old .
he would play there until 1997/98 , winning the italian championship title in 1993/94 .
caione then would play for rugby roma olimpic , from 1998/99 to 2002/03 , winning the cup of italy in 1998/99 and the italian championship in 1999/2000 .
he returned to l'aquila rugby , where he would finish his career in 2004/05 , aged 32 years old , due to a serious injury .
caione had 25 caps for italy , from 1995 to 2001 , scoring 4 tries , 20 points in aggregate .
the highest point of his international career was the conquest of the fira cup for the 1995/1997 season .
he was called for the 1999 rugby world cup , playing two games .
he played three games at the 2001 six nations championship , in his only presence at the competition .
after finishing his player career , he was federal counselor for the italian rugby federation , from 2004 to 2008 .
