Dario Chistolini (born 14 September 1988 in Kempton Park, South Africa) is a South African-born Italian rugby union player. He currently plays for Verona Rugby in the Italian domestic league Serie A. He plays as a prop and also Assistant coach of First XV.[1]
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| Full name | Dario Chistolini | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 14 September 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kempton Park, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 110 kg (17 st 5 lb; 243 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dario joined Gloucester for the start of the 2011–12 season. He joined from Petrarca. On 6 April 2013, Chistolini will leave Gloucester to return home to Italy to join the new franchise Zebre for 2013/14 season.[2] In 2022–2023 season, he played for Petrarca Padova in the Italian domestic league Top10.[3]
He previously played for Italy A. Chistolini was selected for Italy for the 2014 mid-year Test series. He made his debut, as a replacement from the bench, losing to Samoa 15–0 on 14 June 2014.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Il First XV del Verona Rugby si è presentato alla città". Verona Rugby.
- ^ "Chistolini seals move home to Zebre". This is Gloucestershire. 6 April 2013. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013.
- ^ "Dario Chistolini Torna Al Petrarca". Petrarca Padova. 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Chistolini debut for Italy". Planet Rugby. 14 June 2014. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014.
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