Alessandro Zanni (born 31 January 1984 in

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) is a former

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player who has played over 100 times for . His usual position was a number 8, but in national team and Benetton he has played openside flanker, blindside flanker and

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. Zanni made his debut for the Italian national team in November 2005 in a Test against and has been a regular in the Italian test team ever since winning his 100th cap against on 4 February 2018. About

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, on 21 August 2011, he was named in the final 31-man squad for the

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., on 24 August 2015, he was named in the final 31-man squad for the

and on 18 August 2019, he was named in the final 31-man squad for the

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. He also parteciped to

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