Date of birth | 30 August 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Mirano, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 102 kg (16.1 st; 225 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dewi Passarella (born 30 August 2003) is an Italian rugby union player, who plays for Benetton Rugby in United Rugby Championship and Mogliano in Italian Serie A Elite, on loan like Permit Player. His preferred position is centre. [1] [2]
Signed in August 2022 as Academy Player, he made his debut for Benetton in Round 5 of the 2022–23 United Rugby Championship against Edinburgh. [3] [4]
In 2022 and 2023, Passarella was named in Italy U20s squad for annual Six Nations Under 20s Championship. [5] [6] On 13 January 2024 he was called in Italy Under 23 squad for test series against IRFU Combined Academies. [7]
In April 2023 he was named in Italy Sevens squad for the 2023 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series. [8]
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