Marcello d'Orey
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Date of birth | 3 March 1976 | ||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 127 kg (280 lb; 20.0 st) | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Marcelo Rui Dias d'Orey Branco (born Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 7 March 1976) is a Portuguese lawyer[1] and former rugby union player.
His position in the field is as a lock, but he has also played as number 8.
He played his entire career in CDUP, where he won 2 National CUPs, in 2002/2003 and 2005/2006.
D'Orey is one of the most capped Portuguese rugby footballers, with 60 caps and 5 tries, 25 points in aggregate, since his debut, on 10 November 1996, in a 20–31 loss to Spain.
D'Orey was selected for the squad that entered the 2007 Rugby World Cup. He got injured in his only presence, at the loss to New Zealand (13–108), in the first time the two teams played, missing the rest of the tournament. That would be his last game for the National Team.
References
[edit]- ^ "Marcello d´Orey – Vellozo Ferreira". Retrieved 9 June 2024.
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- 1976 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (city)
- Portuguese rugby union players
- Brazilian rugby union players
- Brazilian emigrants to Portugal
- Rugby union locks
- Portugal international rugby union players
- 2007 Rugby World Cup players
- Portuguese sportspeople stubs
- European rugby union biography stubs