Fulvio Lorigiola (born 6 January 1959 in

Padova Padua ( ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua. The city lies on the banks of the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice and southeast of Vicenza, and has a population of ...

) is a former Italian rugby union player, a current sports executive and a lawyer. He played as a scrum-half. Lorigiola played his full career at

Petrarca Rugby Petrarca Rugby is a professional rugby union club from Padua, Italy, currently competing in the top tier of the Italian rugby union, the Serie A Elite. Founded in 1947, the team is the rugby union branch of the Unione Sportiva Petrarca, an omn ...

, from 1977/78 to 1992/93. He won five titles of the National Championship of Excellence, during the golden years of Petrarca, in 1979/80, 1983/84, 1984/85, 1985/86 and 1986/87. He also won the Cup of Italy, in 1981/82. He had 34 caps for

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

, from 1979 to 1988, scoring 2 tries, 8 points on aggregate. He was called for the

1987 Rugby World Cup The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the first Rugby World Cup. It was co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia – New Zealand hosted 21 matches (17 pool stage matches, two semi-finals, the third-place play-off and the final) while Australia hosted 11 mat ...

, playing in two games but remaining scoreless.Fulvio Lorigiola International Statistics
/ref> After finishing his player career, he became an adviser to the

Italian Rugby Federation The Italian Rugby Federation () or FIR is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in Italy. The FIR has one seat on the 28-member World Rugby Council, the governing body of World Rugby. (All other members of the Six Nations have two seats ...

, of which he was vice-president from 1996 to 1998, during Giancarlo Dondi Presidency. He was President of Petrarca Rugby, from 2003 to 2009.

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