I don't know why but I feel somewhat awkward about being referred to as "this person"
Anyway, yes, I'm italian and there are some other italian players playing on public servers. Most of them either have ITA in the nick or clan tag, or their nick is in Italian. There are a few others too... try to ask while on a server.
I think I might be the only one more or less active on these forums (there were a few others in the old forums, but I don't think I've seen them posting here)
Also AFAIK there is no active Italian clan, I might be mistaken on this one but at the very least no one showed up for the nations cup tournament in June.
Anyway, keep in mind that in the last 3-4 months I haven't played FH nor been much active on forums, so the situation might have changed in the meanwhile. The release of 2.2 significantly increased player numbers.