Birth name | Ratko Jelic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 17 August 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Belgrado, Serbia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (11.7 st; 163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ratko Jelic (born August 17, 2000) is a Serbian born Italian rugby union player, currently playing for United Rugby Championship side Zebre Parma. His preferred position is scrum-half. [1] [2]
He joined with Viadana from 2020 to 2022. [3] He joined Zebre Parma as a permit player for the latter stages of the 2021–22 United Rugby Championship although didn't make an appearance. [4] He made his debut in Round 7 of the 2022–23 season against the Dragons. [5]
On 30 November 2023 he was called in Italy Under 23 squad for test series against IRFU Combined Academies. [6]
In 2021 Jelic was named in Italy Sevens squad for the annual Rugby Europe Sevens. [7]
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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