Gonzalo Canale (born 11 November 1982) is an Italian Argentine rugby union footballer.

Born in Córdoba, Canale is of Italian descent through great-grandparents from Piedmont.

[1] He was trained and taught rugby in Argentina, where he played for La Tablada between the ages of 10 and 18.

Canale later moved to Italy, and would go on to represent that country at both the under-19 and under-21 level during his early career.

Injury saw that Canale missed the first two games of the 2004 Six Nations Championship, but returned to play a key role in the victory over Scotland.