- Nationality
Italy- Birthday
- 13/01/2026
WALTER SABBIONEDA
#22
1,76 m
82 KG
Born in Milano, Italy, on January 18, 1966, begins the career of American football player in January 1982 with the team of SEAMEN MILANO.
• After participating in the III Italian Championship and experience the NATO BASES Tournament in Europe, he goes on to play in the newly created team of VIKINGS BOLLATE, a small town on the outskirts of MILANO, which participates in the Italian second division national championship.
• FREE SAFETY and returner of PUNT&KICK OFF, accompanies the team until Victory in 1985 of SilverBowl, the final of the national second division championship of Italy reached position every year in the first 5 places of the statistics of Interceptions and Returns.
• Since 1987 he starts playing with the FROGS Legnano and wins for three consecutive times the Italian SUPERBOWL, 1 European EUROBOWL and comes second in the 1990 SUPERBOWL and second in the 1990 EUROBOWL.
• From 1991 to 2001, he played in several Italian first and second division teams reaching twice the first and second national division finals
• Since 1992 Coach titled from the Italian Federation, alternating season of play with season of Assistant and HeadCoach of different Italian teams
1992 Ass. Coach Blackhawks Cernusco (perfect season – SILVERBOWL winners)
1994 HEAD COACH Bulls Magenta
2000/01 HEAD Coach Rhinos Milano.
• Referee training ends in 1998.
• Emigrated in Spain for work reasons, begins a new adventure as HEAD COACH and Player of the Murcia Cobras in the 3 years 2004/2006.
Winner of the Community Cup of Spain as Defensive Coach of the Valencian National Team in 2015.
• After a hiatus in Ecuador at the service of an NGO in Amazonia, he returns in Europe and in 2012/13 returns to play with the Dragons of Marseillan, winning the PACA League and losing the final of the French SILVERBOWL.
The following year, 2014, is the HEAD COACH of the Dragons of Marseillan.
• From 2017 to 2019, he is Head Coach of the Moroccan National Team, a project interrupted by the pandemic.
• He is the founder of an International Non-profit Association that aims at the dissemination and development of American Football in the world and makes several trips and clinics in different countries, such as Chile, Ecuador, Spain, Morocco, Ghana, Tunisia etc. to help the new emerging countries of the AF panorama in the world.
It is dedicated to organizing international events such as the latest edition of the WorldSportsGames CSIT, called Amateur Olympics; during last edition 2023, also HC of Sharks International winner of Category 9vs9..
• Since 2016, participates as a player of the Team Masnada Hellequin of the League of Veterans of Italy
Founder and Technical Director of new proyect BackintheGame and female team Scarlet Phoenix Italy.
