Alessandro Ghini (born

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, 4 May 1961) is a former Italian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a scrum-half. Ghini started his player career at Rugby Parma F.C. 1931, where he premiered in the first team in 1977, aged only 15 years old. He played for Parma, from 1976/77 to 1988/89. He moved afterwards to

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, where he played from 1989/90 to 1990/91, winning the

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the final season. He spent a season at False Bay, a South African team from

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, in 1992. Returning to Parma, he was player-coach for four seasons, from 1993/94 to 1996/97. He had 26 caps for

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, from 1981 to 1988, without ever scoring. He was called for the

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, playing in a single game.Alessandro Ghini International Statistics
/ref> After becoming a full-time coach, he was in charge of

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(1997/98-2002/03), and Parma (2003/04-2006/07), where he won the Italy Cup, in 2005/06. He was the coach of Italy A, in 2007/08, Italy U-20, in 2008/09, and Italy U-18, from 2009/10 to 2011/12. He is the coach of

, once again, since 2012/13.

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