Marco Bortolami
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| Full name | Marco Bortolami | ||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | Pablo | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | June 12, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Padua, Veneto, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 112 kg (247 lb; 17.6 st) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Northern Elementary | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Lock | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1999–2004 2004–2006 2006–2010 2010–2012 2012–2016 |
Padua Narbonne Gloucester Aironi Zebre |
45 74 40 33 |
(0) (10) (0) (5) |
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Correct as of 25 November 2014
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2011 2001–2015 |
Emerging Italy Italy |
- 111 |
- (35) |
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Correct as of 14 February 2015
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| 2016– | Benetton Treviso (Assistant Coach) | ||
Marco Bortolami ([ˈmarko bɔrtoˈlami]; born 12 June 1980) is an Italian international rugby union player, playing club rugby for Zebre in the Celtic League. In January 2008 he was replaced as captain of Italy's national team.
Bortolami began his playing career with the team of his native Padua, making his debut in the second row aged just 18.
In the summer of 2006 he joined English Premiership side Gloucester Rugby when he was considered by many top judges to be one of the best players in the world around the time, and stepped straight into the starting team for their first game of the season, immediately taking the role of captain. He made a formidable partnership with Alex Brown and shared captaincy with Peter Buxton. Due to injuries and World Cup commitments, the 2007–08 season wasn't as consistent and he lost the Italian captaincy to Italian No. 8 Sergio Parisse, but continued to put in powerful performances for Gloucester. His outstanding leadership qualities meant he kept the captaincy last year and by the end of the season he was back to his formidable best. He made 23 appearances for Gloucester in 2008–09.
In 2010 he returned to Italy signing for the new Aironi team which started to compete in the Magners League from the 2010–11 season. After Aironi folded due to financial problems, Bortolami signed for the new franchise Zebre in the RaboDirect Pro12 for the 2012/13 season.
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