{{BLP sources|date=November 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{infobox rugby biography | name = Francesco Minto | image = Francesco Minto 2017.jpg | image_size = | caption = Minto playing for Italy against the Wallabies, 24 June 2017 | birth_name = Francesco Minto | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|05|20}} | birth_place = Benevento, Italy | height = {{convert|6|ft|4|in|2|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|16|st|0|lb|lb kg|abbr=on}} | position = Lock / Flank | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = | years1 = 2005−06 | years2 = 2006–10 | years3 = 2010–18 | years4 = 2018−19 | clubs1 = Mirano | clubs2 = Crociati RFC | clubs3 = Benetton | clubs4 = I Medicei | apps1 = | apps2 = 47 | apps3 = 109 | apps4 = 21 | points1 = | points2 = 0 | points3 = 30 | points4 = 5 | ru_clubupdate = 27 Apr 2019 | super1 = | superyears1 = | superapps1 = | superpoints1 = | super14currentclub = | super14update = | repyears1 = 2008−2011 | repyears2 = 2012–2017 | repteam1 = Emerging Italy | repteam2 = {{nrut|Italy}} | repcaps1 = 9 | repcaps2 = 39 | reppoints1 = 0 | reppoints2 = 0 | ru_ntupdate = 25 Nov 2017 }}
'''Francesco Minto''' (born 29 May 1987) is a former Italian rugby union player, and has been capped for the Italian national team for 39 occasions. His usual position was at flank.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://federugby.it/index.php?option=com_joomleague&func=showPlayer&p=15&pid=27&Itemid=662&lang=|title = Informazioni Giocatore - Francesco Minto}}</ref>
From 2010 to 2018 he currently played for Benetton in the Pro14.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://benettonrugby.it/il-nuovo-benetton-francesco-minto-terza-linea/|title = IL NUOVO BENETTON: Francesco Minto - Terza Linea|date = 14 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.trevisotoday.it/sport/benetton-addio-banks-douglas-minto-zanusso-tagicakibau-2018.html|title = Il Benetton saluta i suoi Leoni: Se ne vanno Banks, Douglas, Minto, Zanusso e Tagicakibau}}</ref>
On 24 August 2015, he was named in the final 31-man squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.<ref>[http://www.federugby.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8440:rugby-world-cup-scelti-i-31-azzurri-per-inghilterra-2015&catid=252:slide&Itemid=811&jjj=1440428664935 Rugby World Cup, Scelti i 31 Azzurri per Inghilterra 2015]</ref>
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==External links== *{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130201160201/http://www.rbs6nations.com/en/italy/1435.php?player=92598&includeref=dynamic RBS 6 Nations profile]}} *[http://www.itsrugby.fr/joueurs/francesco-minto-10316.html It's Rugby France Profile]
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