Dewi Passarella (born 30 August 2003) is an Italian
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
player, who plays for
Benetton Rugby
Benetton Rugby, also known as Benetton Treviso ( or ), is an Italian professional rugby union team based in Treviso, Veneto competing in the United Rugby Championship, the European Rugby Challenge Cup and European Champions Cup.
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. His preferred position is
centre
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Mathematics
*Center (geometry), the middle of an object
* Center (algebra), used in various contexts
** Center (group theory)
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.
Club career
Signed in August 2022 as ''Academy Player'', he made his debut for Benetton in Round 5 of the
2022–23 United Rugby Championship
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against .
International career
In 2022, Passarella was named in
Italy U20s squad for annual
Six Nations Under 20s Championship
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.
In April 2023 he was named in
Italy Sevens squad for the
2023 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series.
References
External links
All.rugby profileOnRugby.it profile
2003 births
People from Mirano
Living people
Italian rugby union players
Rugby union centres
Benetton Rugby players
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