Full name | Guido Volpi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 22 August 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 117 kg (18 st 6 lb; 258 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | St George's College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Guido Volpi (born 22 August 1995) is an Argentine rugby union footballer who plays for the Zebre Parma as a Number 8. [1] [2] [3]
Volpi made his debut for the Ospreys in 2018, having previously played for espoirs team of Narbonne, in 2017−2018 season, and the Ospreys Development team. He made his Pro14 debut on 14 September 2018 against the Munster. [4] He played for Doncaster Knights, on loan from Ospreys two times: from January 2020 to the end of the season 2019−2020 and from December 2020 to the end of 2020−2021 season. In May 2021 he signed a one-year contract with Doncaster Knights. [5] [6] [7]
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