Bortolami's Worn and Signed FIR Shirt, Italy - Wales 2010

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Ended:December 9th 2020, 12:00pm EST

Winner: Rhodders

€300($322 USD)

Charity percentage

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The Prize

Take home this blue FIR shirt personalized for national player Bortolami's number and worn for the Wales-Italy match that was played on March 20, 2010 on the 5th matchday of the Six Nations.

Bortolami has signed the shirt, making it unique.

Features:

- Blue short-sleeved shirt
- Signed by Marco Bortolami
- Number in smooth plastic

Marco Bortolami was born in Padua on 12 June 1980, he began his rugby career in Petrarca Padua where he played until 2004.

He made his debut in the Italian national team at the age of 20, wearing the blue shirt for 114 matches, an absolute record reached on 14 February 2015 against England in the 6 Nations tournament.
In 2001 at just 21, he became the youngest captain in the history of rugby in the match against the All Blacks, in which he scored his first goal for the national team.
On 9 June 2012 against Argentina he achieved the record of 38 appearances as captain of Italy, after leading the Azzurri to historic successes in the 6 Nations such as the two consecutive victories over Scotland and Wales in 2007, and the first victory in Argentina against the Pumas in 2006.
He played in the Italian league, then in the French and English leagues, always in role of captain for all the teams in which he has played.
Marco wrote “Vita da Capitano” ("A Captain's Life"), an autobiography that tells the story of his life as a player and as a man.
Since July 2016 he has been the coach of Benetton Rugby and the Under 18 academy of Treviso.

In addition, he has been an ambassador for Care&Share Italia Onlus ONG for many years.

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The Cause

CARE TO ACTION is an Italian non-governmental organization that operates in India to support children, women and vulnerable and marginalized communities. It was founded in 1991 and since then over 22,500 Indian children have had access to education.

Today it operates in the urban suburbs and in the rural and tribal areas of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, two of the poorest states in India, carrying out projects to support children and young people excluded from school, in support of women's emancipation and working with marginalized communities, for economic or caste reasons, providing services and the renovation of meeting spaces, for sustainable economic and social development.
“The light of women” is the most heartfelt event of CARE TO ACTION, an opportunity to promote greater awareness of the problems that the female gender in India has to face every day, to raise funds to support the projects of the rights NGO of women and to celebrate the progress already made by girls and women supported by CARE TO ACTION.

Women, especially in India, are often underestimated and underrepresented, but their contribution is invaluable. They are mothers, daughters, sisters, friends and leaders, and their impact on the lives of those around them is enormous. This is why CARE TO ACTION, thanks to its donors and through the projects it carries out, supports the female gender by supporting education, awareness of their rights and economic independence. For CARE TO ACTION, supporting female empowerment is a fundamental objective to build a more just and sustainable society.

Website

caretoaction.org

Item #P45921

In condition as donated.

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