Rugby player
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| Date of birth | (1993-10-11) 11 October 1993 (age 31) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Parma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (12 st 8 lb; 176 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marcello Violi (born 11 October 1993) was an Italian rugby union player. His usual position was as a Scrum-half, and he currently plays for Valorugby Emilia. From summer 2024 he is named Head Coach of Valorugby Emilia.
Under contract with Calvisano, for the 2014–15 Pro12 season, he was named like Permit Player for Zebre in Pro 14. He played with Zebre from 2015 to 2022. From 2022 to 2024 he played for Valorugby Emilia in Serie A Elite.
After playing for Italy Under 20 in 2012 and 2013, in 2014, he was also named in the Emerging Italy squad.
In January 2015, Violi was named in the Italian squad for the 2015 Six Nations Championship. On 24 August 2015, he was named in the final 31-man squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. On the 19 October 2021, he was selected by Alessandro Troncon to be part of an Italy A squad for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals. He represented Italy on 21 occasions.
References
- "First XV". Valorugby Emilia (in Italian).
- "Valorugby: iniziata ufficialmente la nuova stagione sportiva". Valorugby Emilia (in Italian). 18 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- "Stagione 2014/2015".
- "LE ZEBRE SALUTANO CINQUE GIOCATORI CHE LASCIANO IL CLUB". Zebre Parma (in Italian). 1 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- "Top10, il Valorugby ingaggia Marcello Violi". On Rugby (in Italian). 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- "Italia U20, scelti i ventisei azzurrini per il Mondiale 2013: Tra i convocati Luca Conti (L'Aquila rugby 1936), e Stefano Iovenitti (Polisportiva Paganica Rugby) / News | FIR Abruzzo".
- "Tblisi cup 2014, italia emergenti: La formazione azzurra contro la georgia - Nazionale italiana rugby - Rugbymeet - il social network del rugby".
- "Italy name four uncapped backs in Six Nations squad". ESPN. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- Rugby World Cup, Scelti i 31 Azzurri per Inghilterra 2015
- "ITALIA A, CONVOCATO MARCELLO VIOLI PER IL RADUNO DI VERONA". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 22 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
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