Gianni Zanon

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Gianni Zannon (born Treviso, 3 March 1960) is a former Italian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a flanker.

Zannon started his career at Tarvisium, where he played until 1979/80. He moved then to Benetton Rugby Treviso, where he stayed from 1980/81 to 1992/93. He won three Italian Championship titles, in 1982/83, 1988/89 and 1991/92.

He had 45 caps for Italy, from 1981 to 1991, scoring 9 tries, 36 points on aggregate. He was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, playing in a single game, and for the 1991 Rugby World Cup, where he was the captain, playing in two games. He never scored in either occasions.^[1]

After finishing his player career, he became a coach. He was one of the two head coaches of Benetton Rugby Treviso, with Oscar Collodo, from 1993/94 to 1996/97, winning the National Championship in 1996/97. He was the coach of Udine Rugby, from 1997/98 to 1998/99. He returned to Benetton Rugby in 2005/06, being in charge of the second team and of the U-16 and U-20 categories, until 2009/10. In 2010, he was nominated technical coordinator of the youth categories.

References

↑ Gianni Zannon International Statistics

External links

Gianno Zanno International Statistics

v t e Italy squad – 1991 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Bottacchiari Checchinato Colella Croci Mas. Cuttitta Favaro Giovanelli Grespan Orlandi Pivetta Properzi Rossi Saetti Zanon (c)

Backs	Barba Bonomi Bordon Mar. Cuttitta Domínguez Francescato Gaetaniello Pietrosanti Tebaldi Troiani Vaccari Venturi

Coach	Fourcade

v t e Italy squad – 1987 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Artuso Berni Colella Cucchiella Dolfato Farina Galeazzo Gardin Innocenti (c) Lupini Morelli Pavin Pivetta Romagnoli G. Rossi Zanon

Backs	Ambrosio Barba Collodo Mar. Cuttitta Gaetaniello Ghini Ghizzoni Lorigiola Mascioletti Tebaldi Zorzi

Coach	Bollesan

Persondata
Name	Zannon, Gianni
Alternative names
Short description	Rugby player
Date of birth	3 March 1960
Place of birth	Treviso
Date of death
Place of death

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