Stefano Romagnoli Explained

Birth Date:5 February 1955
Birth Place:Bologna, Italy
Ru Position:Prop
Years1:1971-1973
Years2:1973-1975
Years3:1975-1987
Years4:1987-1990
Years5:1990-1991
Clubs1:Rugby Bologna 1928
Clubs2:Fiamme Oro
Clubs3:Parma
Clubs4:Bologna
Clubs5:Noceto
Repyears1:1982-1987
Repcaps1:15
Reppoints1:0
Coachteams1:Italy U-19
Coachteams2:Bologna
Coachteams3:Italy U-21
Coachteams4:GRAN Parma
Coachteams5:Italy A
Coachteams6:Viadana
Coachteams7:Italy U-19
Coachteams8:Italy U-20
Coachteams9:Italy U-18
Coachyears1:1989-1990
Coachyears2:1991-1997
Coachyears3:1995-1999
Coachyears4:1998-2004
Coachyears5:1999-2002
Coachyears6:2004-2006
Coachyears7:2006-2008
Coachyears8:2008-2010
Coachyears9:2010-2011

Stefano Romagnoli (born Bologna, 5 February 1955) is a former Italian rugby union player and currently, coach. He played as a prop.

Career

Born and grown in the Emilian capital. Bologna, He debuted at 16 years with Bologna in 1971; then, he moved to Fiamme Oro -the Italian police sports group- in 1973, where he stayed for two years, during which he represented Italy at youth level; moving to Parma in 1975, he was called up in Italy A and, in 1982, in the Italian national team, debuting in the 1982-83 FIRA Trophy against Morocco.

Called up also for the later FIRA Trophies, he played his last international match during the 1987 Rugby World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, against Fiji. In the same year, he also returned to play for Bologna for 3 seasons, before retiring in 1991 playing for Noceto. At the time, he was the then-coach of Italy under-19 national team.

Since 1991 he led, in parallel with his federal appointment, the Bologna team until 1997, in the last years along with Mario Pavin; in 1998 he was appointed coach of Amatori Parma, which in the following year, after the merger with Noceto's senior team, became GRAN Parma; in the new team, Romagnoli stayed until 1994; later he coached Viadana, from which he was however dismissed in February 2006, due to internal disagreements.

Since 2008, along with Alessandro Ghini, he coaches Italy under-20 national team, and he is the Technical manager of the Ivan Francescato Federal Rugby Academy.

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