Andrea Zorzi
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 Andrea Zorzi |
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| Men's Volleyball | |||
Competitor for  Italy |
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| Olympic Games | |||
| Silver | 1996 Atlanta | Team Competition | |
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| Gold | 1990 Rio de Janeiro | Team Competition | |
| European Championship | |||
| Gold | 1989 Sweden | Team Competition | |
Andrea Zorzi (born July 29, 1965 in Noale, province of Venice) is a former Italian volleyball player, who won two World Championships with the Italy men's national volleyball team (1990 and 1994). A 201 cm athlete, Zorzi was en effective spiker playing usually as opposite hitter. He was popularly known as Zorro.
After his debut in Bormio in 1986, he totalled 325 caps with Italian national team. He was a silver medalist in the 1996 Summer Olympics. Playing for almost all the major volleyball clubs of Italy, including Maxicono Parma and Sisley Treviso, he won several titles: these include two Italian Championships (1990, 1996) and one European Champions League in 1995. In 1991 he was declared World's Best Player by FIVB.
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| Club | Country | From | To |
| Padua | Italy |
1982-1983 | 1984-1985 |
| Parma | Italy |
1985-1986 | 1989-1990 |
| Milan | Italy |
1990-1991 | 1993-1994 |
| Sisley Treviso | Italy |
1994-1995 | 1995-1996 |
| Macerata | Italy |
1996-1997 | 1997-1998 |
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