| Emanuele Zanini | |
| Nickname: | Manu |
| Birth Date: | 15 April 1965 |
| Birth Place: | San Giovanni del Dosso, Italy |
| Currentcoachteam: | Belgium |
| Coachyears: | 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– |
| Coachteams: | Gabeca Pallavolo Italy 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 |
Emanuele Zanini (born 15 April 1965) is an Italian professional volleyball coach. He serves as head coach for the Belgium national team.[1]
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]