Alberto De Marchi (born 13 March 1986 in

Jesolo Jesolo (; ) is a seaside resort town and ''comune'' of 26,873 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy. With around 5.5 million visitors per year, Jesolo ranks second among beach resorts in the country for number of tourists, and t ...

, Italy) is a retired

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player. His preferred position is

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. He previously played for Benetton Treviso in the

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competition. Before that he played for

Aironi Aironi Rugby (, "herons") was an Italian professional rugby union team competing in the Pro12 and the Heineken Cup, representing the Italian regions of Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna. It lost its status as a regional side at the end of the 2011–12 ...

. He also represented Italy U21s with which he played the

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and Italy A. On 19 March 2014, De Marchi makes his move to the English

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to join

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on a two-year contract. He played for the

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that competed at the

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Honours

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** Crociati Parma: 2007–08, 2008–09 *Supercoppa d'Italia ** Crociati Parma: 2008

References

External links

Overmach Rugby Parma Profile
1986 births Living people Rugby union players from the Metropolitan City of Venice Italian rugby union players Italy international rugby union players Benetton Rugby players Aironi players Sale Sharks players Rugby union props Italian expatriate rugby union players in England People from Jesolo 2015 Rugby World Cup players Crociati Parma Rugby FC players {{Italy-rugbyunion-bio-stub