Gianluca Guidi (born 2 February 1968) is an Italian rugby union coach and former player. He played as a scrum-half. Guidi was born in

Livorno Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronou ...

. He played almost all his entire career at

Rugby Livorno 1931 Rugby Livorno 1931 is an Italian rugby union team from Livorno. The club was founded in 1931 (hence that year in the club's name) and spent several seasons in the Italy's top tier championship. Rugby Livorno 1931's best placement in the Italian ...

, from 1989–1990 to 1996–1997, spending a single season at

L'Aquila Rugby L'Aquila Rugby 1936 was an Italian rugby union club based in L'Aquila, the capital of Abruzzo. The official colours of the club were black and green, the colours of the city of L'Aquila. The club went into liquidation and disbanded in 2018. Hi ...

in 1997–1998, and once again at Rugby Livorno 1931, from 1998–1999 to 2000–2001. He had 5 caps for

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

, from 1996 to 1997, without scoring. He played as a substitute at the historical win at the 1995-1997 FIRA Trophy final by 40–32 over

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. After finishing his player career, he became a coach. He was the head coach of

, from 1999–2000 to 2000–2001, and of Cecina, from 2001–2002 to 2004–2005. He was also a head coach for

youth categories, being in charge of the U-19 team, in 2002–2003, the U-18 team in 2003–2004, and once again of the U-19 side from 2004–2005 to 2005–2006. Meanwhile, he was also the coach of Tirreno, in 2005–2006. He was in charge of the U-20 side from 2006 to 2008, becoming head coach of Italy A in 2008, which he was until 2012. He was once again in charge of the U-20 team in 2012–2013. He became a clubs coach afterwards. He was the head coach of

Rugby Calvisano Rugby Calvisano is an Italian rugby union club currently competing in the Top12. They are based in Calvisano (Province of Brescia), in Lombardy. They were founded in 1970 by a group of players: Tonino Montanari, Gianluigi Vaccari and Alfredo Gav ...

for two seasons, winning the Italian Championship twice in 2013–2014 and 2014–2015. He was the coach of

Zebre Zebre Parma (, meaning "Zebras") are an Italian professional rugby union team competing in the United Rugby Championship and EPCR competitions from the 2012–13 season. They are based in Parma (Emilia-Romagna), Italy. They are operated by the ...

for two seasons, from 2015–2016 to 2016–2017, moving then to

Fiamme Oro Rugby Fiamme Oro Rugby is the rugby union club section of the Italian State Police sport division Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro. The Fiamme Oro are currently based in Rome and play in the Top 10, the first national league. Though since the club's foundat ...

, which he coaches since 2017–2018.Rugby: Fiamme Oro, Guidi nuovo tecnico, ANSA Sport, 4 May 2017 (Italian)
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