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Franco Carrera (Buenos Aires, 2 June 1999), is an Argentinian rugby union player. His usual position is Lock and he currently plays for Zebre Parma in United Rugby Championship. ^{[1] [2]}

Contents

• Club Career
• International Career
• References
• External links

Club Career

Franco Carrera started playing for the Club San Cirano, a team participating in the URBA league system in Argentina. At the time of his senior debut, in 2019, the team was in Primera Divisió ^{[3] [4]} the second level in the URBA system.

In 2023 he signed for the professional side Pampas XV to participate in the 2023 Super Rugby Americas season. ^[5] In the following season, he moved to Brazil to play for Cobras XV, ^[6] where stayed for one season, before returning to Pampas XV for the 2025 Super Rugby Americas season. ^[7]

In August 2025, he signed with Italian team Zebre Parma for two seasons to compete in United Rugby Championship. ^{[8] [3]}

International Career

In 2022 he earned the first call to a national camp, organised by the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR), ^[9] before being selected in 2023 to the invitational team Sudamérica XV in the win for 28-24 against the Georgian team Black Lion. ^[10]

In September 2024, he was called up for Argentina XV to play against Brazil and Chile, where he started both matches. ^{[11] [12]}

He played again in 2025 with Argentina XV during the July 2025 international window, ^[13] while also joining for the first time the training camp of the Argentina national rugby union team as a development player. ^[14]

References

External links

• Franco Carrera at ItsRugby.co.uk
• Franco Carrera at All.Rugby
• Ultimate Rugby profile