Andrea Marcato
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Andrea Marcato (born 17 April 1983) is an Italian rugby union coach and former international player. He won 16 caps for Italy and played in the 2008 and 2009 Six Nations Championships. After the end of his playing career he began coaching and is the head coach of Petrarca Rugby, a position he has held since 2017.
Birth name | Andrea Marcato | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1983-04-17) 17 April 1983 (age 41) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Padua, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University of Padua | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mainly a fly-half,[1] Marcato also used to play fullback.[1]
As a player Marcato won 4 Italian championships with Benetton Treviso and also appeared for them in the Celtic League and the Heineken Cup; in 2011 he came back to Italy to newly promoted Calvisano, with which he won the 2011-12 title, his 5th personal Scudetto and 3rd for the club.