| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 November 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Padova, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Padova | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1989–1990 | Padova | 1 | (0) |
| 1990–1991 | Trento | 8 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Baracca Lugo | 8 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | Vigor Lamezia | 27 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | Giorgione | 18 | (0) |
| 1994–2000 | Cittadella | 184 | (0) |
| 2000 | Viterbese | 15 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Catania | 13 | (0) |
| 2001–2004 | Modena | 20 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Siena | 0 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Treviso | 29 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Vicenza | 56 | (0) |
| Total | 379 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1989 | Italy U18 | 12 | (0) |
| 1990 | Italy U21 | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
|||
Adriano Zancopè (born 19 November 1971) is a former Italian footballer. He spent most of his career at Serie C2 (179 matches) and Serie C1 (94 matches). He also briefly played at Serie A (46 matches) and Serie B (60 matches). He spent 6 seasons at Cittadella, and also played a backup goalkeeper for by-then Serie A team Modena, Siena and Treviso.
Contents |
Zancopè started his professional career at hometown club Padova. He played 8 matches at Serie B with first team in 1989-90 season, while also played at Primavera Team. From 1990-94 seasons, he left for Serie C1 and Serie C2 clubs, where he became the regular at Vigor Lamezia and Giorgione.
In 1994, he was signed by Cittadella permanently. He was the regular starter and won 1997-98 Serie C2 runner-up and promoted to Serie C1. He continued to play as the first choice, ahead Luca Capecchi. In 1999-2000 season, he was signed by Viterbese. He played the remain half season as starter, helped the club entered the promotion playoffs but lost in semi-finals (while his former clubs won the playoffs in another group).
In 2000, he was signed by Catania of Serie C1. He played as backup goalkeeper of Gennaro Iezzo, but also played 13 matches.
In 2001, he was signed by Modena of Serie B in co-ownership deal. He played as Marco Ballotta's backup. In 2003-04 season, he played his first Serie A match on 5 October 2003, a 3-0 won against Empoli F.C.. In that match he replaced Riccardo Allegretti in the 15th minute, after Ballotta was sent off. In that season he also played 17 starts along with Ballotta. But the team failed to scored regularly and ranked 3rd in the least in both points and scored. He left the club at the end of season as Modena relegated.
In 2004, at aged 32, he was signed by Siena of Serie A. He played as backup of Austrian internationals Alex Manninger and Marco Fortin.
In the next season, he was signed by newly promoted Serie A team Treviso, exchanged with Davide Zomer (which promoted due to Caso Genoa),[1] replaced Marco Ballotta who left for Lazio. He played regularly and backup by Slovenian internationals Samir Handanovič and later Matteo Sereni. But the team also failed to score regularly and ranked bottom in both points (later ahead Juventus due to 2006 Italian football scandal) and goal scored.
In August 2006, he was offered a 1-year contract at Vicenza of Serie B.[2] He replaced the Vicenza legend Giorgio Sterchele as the first choice, which only about 2 year old than him, ahead Matteo Guardalben. In the next season his contract was extended, and from Round 2 to Round 15 he was the first choice, but the team ranked 5th from the bottom. He then played as backup of Guardalben and replaced him on the 43 minute against Frosinone on 15 December 2007. He played the next match as starter on 22December 2007 which 1-3 lost to Chievo but handed back to Guardalben in next match. On 29 January 2008, Vicenza signed former team-mate Marco Fortin and both Guardalben and Zancopè became backup, and eventually survived from relegation.
He played for at 1990 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship qualification. He also played once for Italy U21 on 19 December 1990, against Cyprus U21.
In June 2008 he returned to Calcio Padova and joined the coaching team.[3]