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Full name | Ludovico Maria Nitoglia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 27 October 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Rome, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb; 13 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ludovico Maria Nitoglia (; born 27 October 1983) is an Italian former rugby union player. He played as a wing.
With Calvisano, Nitoglia won two Italian rugby championships in 2005 and 2008. He plays for Benetton Treviso in the Pro14, since 2010/11 to 2015/16, when he finished his career. [1]
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