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Massimo Mascioletti

Date of birth	(1958-03-04) 4 March 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth	L'Aquila, Italy
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing, Centre Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1973-1990 L'Aquila 227 (908) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1977-1990 Italy 54 (68) Coaching career Years Team 1993-1995 L'Aquila 1995-1999 Italy (assistant coach) 1999-2000 Italy 2003-2008 Capitolina

Massimo Mascioletti (born 4 March 1958 in L'Aquila) is an Italian rugby union coach and a former player. He used to play as a wing and as a centre.

Career

Mascioletti had 54 caps for Italy, from 1977 to 1990, scoring 17 tries, 68 points in aggregate, and was their captain from 1983 to 1985. He played three games at the 1987 Rugby World Cup finals, scoring a try.

He was Georges Coste assistant coach for three years, from 1995 to 1999, and took office as head coach in 1999, after some bad results from his predecessor. He was in charge of the Italian Squad at the 1999 Rugby World Cup finals. Italy did not pass round 1, but they were promoted to the Five Nations tournament, since then called Six Nations. He left office the following year.

External links

• Profile of Massimo Mascioletti

Sporting positions
Preceded by Georges Coste	Italy National Rugby Union Coach 1999–2000	Succeeded by Brad Johnstone

References

1. Barclay, Simon (3 November 2019). Rugby World Cup 1987 - 2019: Complete Results and Statistics. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-0-244-23245-0.
2. New Straits Times. New Straits Times.

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