Emanuele Zanini

Emanuele Zanini
Emanuele Zanini
Personal information
Nickname	Manu
Nationality	Italian
Born	15 April 1965 (age 59); San Giovanni del Dosso, Italy
Coaching information
Current team	Belgium
Previous teams coached
1995–1999; 1999–2000; 2000–2003; 2003–2004; 2004–2005; 2005–2006; 2006–2007; 2007–2008; 2008–2011; 2008; 2010–2011; 2011–2012; 2012–2013; 2013–2014; 2013–2016; 2017–2018; 2018–2019; 2019–2021; 2020; 2021; 2021–2022; 2022–	Gabeca Pallavolo (AC); Italy (AC); Gabeca Pallavolo; Estense 4 Torri Ferrara; Hypo Tirol Innsbruck; Codyeco S.Croce; Umbria Volley; Marmi Lanza Verona; Slovakia; Trenkwalder Modena; Umbria Volley; Gabeca Pallavolo; Volley Team Bratislava; Beauvais Oise UC; Turkey; Warta Zawiercie; Emma Villas Siena; Croatia; Asseco Resovia; Mladost Zagreb; Consar RCM Ravenna; Belgium
Honours
Men’s volleyball
Head coach Slovakia
European League

Emanuele Zanini (born 15 April 1965) is an Italian professional volleyball coach. He currently serves as head coach for the Belgium national team.^[1]

Career as coach[edit]

He studied physical education at University of Bologna graduating in 1988.^[2]^[3]

He became a head coach in 2000. Zanini coached in his career several teams in Italy and also in Austria, Slovakia, France and Poland. In 1999–2000, he served as an assistant and a coach of physical preparation of the Italy men's national volleyball team. Since 2008, he has coached Slovakian men's national team for four seasons leading to their best results in the history.^[2]^[3]

In August 2013, he was appointed a head coach of the Turkey men's national team for three years. He replaced Bosnian-born Frenchman Veljko Basic, who served at this post since 2010. Zanini became a head coach of the French team Beauvais Oise UC Volley in the same time.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

Domestic
- 2004–05 Austrian Cup, with Hypo Tirol Innsbruck
- 2004–05 Austrian Championship, with Hypo Tirol Innsbruck

Youth national team[edit]

2015 FIVB U23 World Championship, with Turkey

References[edit]

^ "Red Dragons nemen afscheid van bondscoach Munoz, Italiaan Zanini neemt over". sporza.be (in Dutch). 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Emanuele Zanini appointed coach of Turkey's men team". FIVB. 2013-08-09. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
^ ^a ^b ^c "A Milli Erkek Voleybol Takımı'nın yeni hocası Zanini". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2013-08-10. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
^ "A Erkek Milli Takımın yeni hocası Veljko Basic". Voleybolun Sesi (in Turkish). 2010-02-25. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
^ "Filenin yeni patronu Zanini". Sports TV (in Turkish). 2013-08-10. Retrieved 2013-09-07.

External links[edit]

Coach profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
Coach profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
Coach profile at Volleybox.net

Sporting positions
Preceded by Fernando Muñoz	Head coach of Belgium 2022–	Succeeded by –

[1] "Red Dragons nemen afscheid van bondscoach Munoz, Italiaan Zanini neemt over". sporza.be (in Dutch). 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

[fivb-2] "Emanuele Zanini appointed coach of Turkey's men team". FIVB. 2013-08-09. Retrieved 2013-09-07.

[h1-3] "A Milli Erkek Voleybol Takımı'nın yeni hocası Zanini". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2013-08-10. Retrieved 2013-09-07.

[4] "A Erkek Milli Takımın yeni hocası Veljko Basic". Voleybolun Sesi (in Turkish). 2010-02-25. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-09-07.

[5] "Filenin yeni patronu Zanini". Sports TV (in Turkish). 2013-08-10. Retrieved 2013-09-07.

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