Simone Gesi (born 23 May 2001) is an Italian rugby union player for United Rugby Championship side Zebre Parma. His preferred position is wing.^[1][2][3]

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Simone Gesi

Gesi in 2023
Birth name	Simone Gesi
Date of birth	(2001-05-23) 23 May 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Italy
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	80 kg (13 st; 180 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing Current team Colorno / Zebre Youth career Rugby Livorno 1931 Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2019−2020 F.I.R. Academy () 2020–2022 Colorno 25 (79) 2022 → Zebre 7 (10) 2022– Zebre 7 (10) Correct as of 24 Dec 2022 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2021 Italy U20 5 (10) 2021−2022 Italy A 4 (5) 2023− Italy 1 (0) Correct as of 18 Mar 2023 National sevens team Years Team Comps 2023− Italy Sevens 1

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Under contract with Italian Top10 team Colorno, in March 2022, Gesi was named as a Permit Player for Zebre Parma for the 2021–22 United Rugby Championship season ahead of the re-arranged Round 7 match against the Sharks.^[4][5][6] He made his debut in the same match, starting on the wing.^[7]

In 2021 Gesi was named in the Italy U20s squad for the annual Six Nations Under 20s Championship.^[8] On 14 October 2021, he was selected by Alessandro Troncon to be part of an Italy A 28-man squad^[9] and on 8 December he was named in Emerging Italy 27-man squad also for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals.^[10] On 8 March 2023, he was selected by Kieran Crowley to be part of an Italy squad for the 2023 Six Nations Championship. He made his debut against Scotland in the last match.^[11]

In June 2023 he was named in Italy Sevens squad for the 2023 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series.^[12]