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{{short description|Portuguese rugby union player}}
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'''Marcello d’Orey de Araújo Dias''' (born [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]], 7 March 1976) is a Portuguese lawyer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marcello d´Orey – Vellozo Ferreira |url=https://vellozoferreira.pt/en/equipa/marcello-dorey-2/ |access-date=2024-06-09 |language=en-GB}}</ref> 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 national rugby union team|Spain]].

D'Orey was selected for the squad that entered the [[2007 Rugby World Cup]]. He was injured in his only presence, at the loss to [[New Zealand national rugby union team|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==
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==External links==
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{{Portugal Squad 2007 World Cup}}

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[[Category:1976 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (city)]]
[[Category:Portuguese rugby union players]]
[[Category:Brazilian rugby union players]]
[[Category:Brazilian emigrants to Portugal]]
[[Category:Rugby union locks]]
[[Category:Portugal international rugby union players]]
[[Category:2007 Rugby World Cup players]]


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