Alessandro Ghini

Alessandro Ghini (born Parma, 4 May 1961) is a former Italian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a scrum-half.

Alessandro Ghini
Born	4 May 1961
Occupation(s)	rugby union player and coach

Ghini started his player career at Rugby Parma F.C. 1931, where he premiered in the first team in 1977, aged only 15 years old. He played for Parma, from 1976/77 to 1988/89. He moved afterwards to Amatori Rugby Milano, where he played from 1989/90 to 1990/91, winning the National Championship of Excellence the final season. He spent a season at False Bay, a South African team from Cape Town, in 1992. Returning to Parma, he was player-coach for four seasons, from 1993/94 to 1996/97.

He had 26 caps for Italy, from 1981 to 1988, without ever scoring. He was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, playing in a single game.^[1]

After becoming a full-time coach, he was in charge of Rugby Reggio (1997/98-2002/03), and Parma (2003/04-2006/07), where he won the Italy Cup, in 2005/06. He was the coach of Italy A, in 2007/08, Italy U-20, in 2008/09, and Italy U-18, from 2009/10 to 2011/12. He is the coach of Rugby Reggio, once again, since 2012/13.