Marco Platania (born 6 May 1973, in

Cremona Cremona (, also ; ; lmo, label= Cremunés, Cremùna; egl, Carmona) is a city and ''comune'' in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the ''Pianura Padana'' ( Po Valley). It is the capital of th ...

) is a former Italian rugby union player. He played as a centre. Platania played for

Amatori Rugby Milano Amatori Rugby Milano were an Italian rugby union team based in Milan founded in 1927 and disbanded in 2011. Founded in 1927 as part of the football team Ambrosiana-Inter of Milan, the club won the first ever Italian championship in 1929 and e ...

, from 1991/92 to 1997/98, winning 3 titles of the Italian Championship, in 1992/93, 1994/95 and 1996/97, and the Cup of Italy in 1994/95. He moved to Amatori & Calvisano, where he stayed from 1998/99 to 2000/01. He left sports aged only 28 years to pursue a professional career as an engineer, having graduated shortly before. Platania had 4 caps for Italy, from 1994 to 1996, scoring 2 tries, 10 points on aggregate. He was called for the

1995 Rugby World Cup The 1995 Rugby World Cup was the third Rugby World Cup. It was hosted and won by South Africa, and was the first Rugby World Cup in which every match was held in one country. The World Cup was the first major sporting event to take place in Sou ...

but he never played.Marco Platania International Statistics
/ref> He also played for Italy A.

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* 1973 births Living people Italian rugby union players Italy international rugby union players Amatori Rugby Milano players Rugby Calvisano players Rugby union centres Sportspeople from Cremona Rugby union players from Lombardy 1995 Rugby World Cup players {{italy-rugbyunion-bio-stub