Marcello Violi
 Marcello Violi in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 October 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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) is an Italian rugby union player. His usual position is as a Scrum-half, and he currently plays for Valorugby Emilia.[1][2]
Under contract with Calvisano, for the 2014–15 Pro12 season, he was named like Permit Player for Zebre in Pro 14.[3] He played with Zebre from 2015 to 2022.[4]
After playing for Italy Under 20 in 2012 and 2013,[5] in 2014, he was also named in the Emerging Italy squad.[6]
In January 2015, Violi was named in the Italian squad for the 2015 Six Nations Championship.[7] On 24 August 2015, he was named in the final 31-man squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.[8] 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.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ "Top10, il Valorugby ingaggia Marcello Violi". On Rugby (in Italian). 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- ^ "First XV". Valorugby Emilia (in Italian).
- ^ "Stagione 2014/2015".
- ^ "LE ZEBRE SALUTANO CINQUE GIOCATORI CHE LASCIANO IL CLUB". Zebre Parma (in Italian). 1 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 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.