Raffaele Storti

Raffaele Storti is one of the most gifted players in the Portuguese back-line, and he will be in the Portuguese national team for the World Cup. The 22-year-old winger has made a name for himself at Técnico and Béziers Hérault, and it’s mostly down to his menacing foot skills and physical prowess. Here are ten things you need to know about Raffaele Storti. 2. His mother was also born in Lisbon, but his father came from Urbino, a city in the northern part of Italy. 3. From a young age he tried many sports, from swimming, gymnastics, and volleyball, but futsal and rugby were his favourites. 4. He only played for one club in Portugal, and that was Técnico Rugby. From age nine until 19 years old, Raffaele Storti winning trophies for the Engenheiros (the Engineers, as Técnico was linked to a famous university), and the most important one was the 2021 Portuguese Premiership. 5. In 2019, the winger scored nine tries for Portugal in the U20 World Rugby Trophy and helped the young Lobos to reach the final. He was the top try-scorer in that competition. 7. Stade Français signed him in the Summer of 2021, where he played for the Espoirs. 9. Away from rugby the Portuguese international is taking a business master’s degree, after successfully finishing an industrial engineering degree at Instituto Superior Técnico, in Lisbon. 10. He made his Test debut against Brazil in 2019, and has scored 16 tries for Portugal.