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 Mogliano in Italian Serie A Elite. 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]
The Italy national rugby sevens team has occasionally competed in the IRB Sevens World Series since the series' was introduced in 1999, although they do not participate in every leg. Their first ever points in the World Series came in 2003, when they scored four points in the Cardiff leg of the series. Italy also competes in the Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series each summer.
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