About Andrea Marcato
Andrea Marcato (born 17 April 1983) is an Italian rugby union coach and former international player. He won 16 caps for Italy and played in the 2008 and 2009 Six Nations Championships. After the end of his playing career, he began coaching as the head coach of Petrarca Rugby, a position held from 2017 to 2024; since then, Marcato has been assistant coach of the U-20 Italian national team. Mainly a fly-half, Marcato also used to play fullback. As a player Marcato won 4 Italian championships with Benetton Treviso and also appeared for them in the Celtic League and the Heineken Cup; in 2011 he came back to Italy to newly promoted Calvisano, with which he won the 2011-12 title, his 5th personal Scudetto and 3rd for the club. As a coach, he won 3 scudetto (2018, 2022 and 2024) and one Coppa Italia (2022), all with Petrarca Padova. Since June 2024, he has also been an assistant coach of the Italy U-20 national team. Marcato debuted in Super 10 (then first tier of Italy's rugby championships) in 2002 and went on playing for Petrarca until 2005, when he left because of problems with the club's French coach Sauton. After his first national title the National team's head coach Pierre Berbizier called Marcato in the squad and made his debut against Japan in July 2006: Marcato scored 2 penalties in his test debut. As coach, he won 3 scudetto (2018, 2022 and 2024) and one Coppa Italia (2022), all with Petrarca Padova.
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