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

Career as coach

He studied physical education at the University of Bologna graduating in 1988. 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. 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.

Honours

Club

* Domestic ** 2004–05 Simple gold cup

Austrian Cup, with Hypo Tirol Innsbruck ** 2004–05 Gold medal with cup

Austrian Championship, with Hypo Tirol Innsbruck

Youth national team

* 2015

FIVB U23 World Championship, with Turkey

References

External links

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Coach profile
at ''LegaVolley.it''
Coach profile
at ''Volleybox.net'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Zanini, Emanuele Living people 1965 births Sportspeople from the Province of Mantua Italian volleyball coaches University of Bologna alumni Volleyball coaches of international teams Italian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Italian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Italian expatriate sportspeople in France Italian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Italian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Italian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Italian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Warta Zawiercie (volleyball) coaches Resovia (volleyball) coaches