Emanuele Zanini

Emanuele Zanini
Emanuele Zanini
Personal information
Nickname	Manu
Born	15 April 1965 (age 59); San Giovanni del Dosso, Italy
Coaching information
Current team	Belgium
Previous teams coached
1995–1999; 1999–2000; 2000–2003; 2003–2004; 2004–2005; 2005–2006; 2006–2007; 2007–2008; 2008–2011; 2008; 2010–2011; 2011–2012; 2012–2013; 2013–2014; 2013–2016; 2017–2018; 2018–2019; 2019–2021; 2020; 2021; 2021–2022; 2022–	Gabeca Pallavolo (AC); Italy (AC); Gabeca Pallavolo; Estense 4 Torri Ferrara; Hypo Tirol Innsbruck; Codyeco S.Croce; Umbria Volley; Marmi Lanza Verona; Slovakia; Trenkwalder Modena; Umbria Volley; Gabeca Pallavolo; Volley Team Bratislava; Beauvais Oise UC; Turkey; Warta Zawiercie; Emma Villas Siena; Croatia; Asseco Resovia; Mladost Zagreb; Consar RCM Ravenna; Belgium
Honours
Men's volleyball
Head coach Slovakia
European League
Head coach Belgium
FIVB Challenger Cup

Emanuele Zanini (born 15 April 1965) is an Italian professional volleyball coach. He serves as head coach for the Belgium national team.^[1]

Career as coach

He studied physical education at University of Bologna graduating in 1988.^[2]^[3]

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.^[2]^[3]

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.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]