It is with enthusiasm that Piacenza Rugby announces that the role of Director of Rugby for the 2024/25 season and for the following three seasons has been entrusted to Claudio Forte.
Born in 1982, born in Piacenza, Forte boasts a long career as a former senior player (wing midfielder from 2002 to 2015) and youth coach of Piacenza Rugby (from 2011 to 2015) and, in the last six years, he has successfully held the roles of Head Coach and Technical Director of Rugby Rho 1947.
A Path of Success and Professionalism
Ambitious and determined, Claudio Forte has held various positions in a careful and professional manner, demonstrating an extraordinary ability to adapt and grow in different roles. Equipped with strong motivations, he is constantly looking for challenging experiences. He has in-depth knowledge of tools and new methodologies to improve individual and team performance.
Federal commitments
In addition to his roles at Club level, Forte is also active at a federal level: for six years he has been an attacking midfielder at the U18 Permanent Training Center in Milan, the federal structure that allows the athletes involved to follow a technical training path that aims to ‘high level. This position allowed him to work with young talents, contributing to their technical growth. We remind you that he has already had the opportunity to compete with four athletes from the Omnia Project (Yann Badagnani, Inza Dene, Tommaso Roda and Lorenzo Tassoni), who have been attending the CDFP since 2023.
The New Duties at Piacenza Rugby
➢ Head Coach of the Seniors team
▪ Assisted by Sandro Pagani (Coach) and Fabio Berzieri (Scrum Specialist), Claudio takes over the technical direction of the Senior team and is preparing to further define and strengthen the most competitive squad of the championship just concluded in view of the team’s Serie A debut Red and white.
➢ FIR Development Hub
▪ Forte is an important point of reference for all the dynamics relating to the FIR Development Hub recently assigned to PIACENZA. The Polo’s activity is part of the FIR program aimed at promoting the empowerment and support of the territories in the context of youth training. In the 2023/24 season it will be aimed at the U16 category (years 2009 and 2010) and aims to complement the Clubs’ regular activities by providing further training opportunities for athletes and coaches and facilitating the transfer of skills and the use of resources by the participating Clubs .
The words of Claudio Forte
“Are you coming home? This is the question I have heard asked most often recently by many friends and Piacenza fans. A question that underlines and implies many beautiful things; and it is the genuine spontaneity of the question, which is normally addressed to someone who is at home, that makes me perceive a feeling of affection for the person even before esteem for the professional.
And normally it also implies the reciprocity of feeling, and it is useless to underline or look for a definition for the word “home”, it says it all by itself. The first sensation when President Boccuni called was to feel honored and flattered, regardless of how the interview would go. And in the end I can only reiterate that I am for the trust and esteem that Piacenza Rugby has placed in me for this important role.
I am collecting an important legacy, the result of an excellent job carried out by Federico Grangetto which allowed the team to win all the matches and earn a well-deserved promotion. Compliments that I must share with all of his staff, staff that I know well, friends and passionate and hard-working rugby men, with whom I hope I will also have the opportunity to collaborate. I can’t wait to start working because next season will certainly be very important and demanding for everyone, I’m excited and eager to take on this new and important challenge!”
Daniele Boccuni, President of Piacenza Rugby
“From the first meetings with Claudio, all his enthusiasm and great desire to get involved and take on this new challenge emerged. Despite his young age, Claudio has gained incredible experience. I believe that for our Club he can represent an example of continuity and growth. He was among the protagonists of Piacenza Rugby’s previous promotion to Serie A.
He left Piacenza as a player and now returns to lead the team from the bench and finds himself coaching players he was on the pitch with; on the bench he has Sandro Pagani by his side, who trained him and Fabio Berzieri, with whom he shared the pitch in the past. I see his return as a natural choice, considering his deep connection with Piacenza Rugby and his dedication to the game.”
“We are enthusiastic and ready to embark on this new path together, full of ambitious projects and objectives and we are sure that his experience and skills will constitute added value for our team. I therefore take this opportunity to welcome Claudio on behalf of the entire Club and to wish him and all of us Good Work!”
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