{{Short description|French rugby union player (born 19373)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = David Venditti | image = | caption = | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|06|01|df=y}} | birth_place = Bellegarde, France | death_date = | death_place = | height = 6 ft 2 in | weight = 224 lb | occupation = | school = | university = | relatives = | position = Wing | repyears1 = 1996–2000 | repteam1 = {{nrut|France}} | repcaps1 = 14 | reppoints1 = 30 }} '''David Venditti''' (born 1 June 1973) is a French former rugby union international who represented France in 14 Test matches between 1996 and 2000.
A Bellegarde youth player, Venditti started his senior career at Bourgoin-Jallieu.<ref>{{cite news |title=Valserhône. Coup d'œil sur les internationaux formés à l'école bellegardienne |url=https://www.ledauphine.com/ain/2019/08/07/coup-d-oeil-sur-les-internationaux-formes-a-l-ecole-bellegardienne |work=Le Dauphiné libéré |date=7 August 2019 |language=FR-fr}}</ref> He later moved to CA Brive and was a member of the team which defeated Leicester in the 1997 Heineken Cup final.<ref>{{cite news |title=Massive central role for Venditti |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/260713869 |work=The Guardian |date=25 January 1997}}</ref>
Venditti made his debut for France against the Springboks in 1996 and was on the wing in all four matches of France's grand slam winning 1997 Five Nations campaign.<ref>{{cite news |title=One To Watch - David Venditti |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/895009971 |work=South Wales Echo |date=17 January 1997}}</ref> He scored a hat-trick of tries in the win over Ireland at Lansdowne Road, which was his first appearance in a Five Nations match.<ref>{{cite news |title=French hat-trick stumps Irish |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/120625308 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=20 January 1997}}</ref>
==See also== *List of France national rugby union players
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{ESPNscrum|12209}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Venditti, David}} Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:French rugby union players Category:France international rugby union players Category:Rugby union wings Category:Rugby union players from Ain Category:CS Bourgoin-Jallieu players Category:CA Brive players Category:20th-century French sportsmen