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| Born | 11 October 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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) was an Italian rugby union player. His usual position was as a Scrum-half, and he currently plays for Valorugby Emilia. [1] From summer 2024 he is named Head Coach of Valorugby Emilia. [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] From 2022 to 2024 he played for Valorugby Emilia in Serie A Elite. [5]
After playing for Italy Under 20 in 2012 and 2013, [6] in 2014, he was also named in the Emerging Italy squad. [7]
In January 2015, Violi was named in the Italian squad for the 2015 Six Nations Championship. [8] On 24 August 2015, he was named in the final 31-man squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. [9] 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. [10] He represented Italy on 21 occasions.