Simone Gesi

Simone Gesi (born 23 May 2001) is an Italian rugby union player for United Rugby Championship side Zebre Parma. His preferred position is wing.

Under contract with Italian Top10 team Colorno, in March 2022, Gesi was named as a Permit Player for Zebre Parma for the 2021–22 United Rugby Championship season ahead of the re-arranged Round 7 match against the. He made his debut in the same match, starting on the wing.

In 2021 Gesi was named in the Italy U20s squad for the annual Six Nations Under 20s Championship. On 14 October 2021, he was selected by Alessandro Troncon to be part of an Italy A 28-man squad and on 8 December he was named in Emerging Italy 27-man squad also for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals. On 8 March 2023, he was selected by Kieran Crowley to be part of an Italy squad for the 2023 Six Nations Championship. He made his debut against Scotland in the last match.

In June 2023 he was named in Italy Sevens squad for the 2023 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series.