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.

References

  1. ^ "First XV". Valorugby Emilia (in Italian).
  2. ^ "Valorugby: iniziata ufficialmente la nuova stagione sportiva". Valorugby Emilia (in Italian). 18 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Stagione 2014/2015".
  4. ^ "LE ZEBRE SALUTANO CINQUE GIOCATORI CHE LASCIANO IL CLUB". Zebre Parma (in Italian). 1 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Top10, il Valorugby ingaggia Marcello Violi". On Rugby (in Italian). 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Italia U20, scelti i ventisei azzurrini per il Mondiale 2013: Tra i convocati Luca Conti (L'Aquila rugby 1936), e Stefano Iovenitti (Polisportiva Paganica Rugby) / News | FIR Abruzzo".
  7. ^ "Tblisi cup 2014, italia emergenti: La formazione azzurra contro la georgia - Nazionale italiana rugby - Rugbymeet - il social network del rugby".
  8. ^ "Italy name four uncapped backs in Six Nations squad". ESPN. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  9. ^ Rugby World Cup, Scelti i 31 Azzurri per Inghilterra 2015
  10. ^ "ITALIA A, CONVOCATO MARCELLO VIOLI PER IL RADUNO DI VERONA". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 22 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcello_Violi
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