Emanuele Zanini


Emanuele Zanini is an Italian volleyball coach, a head coach of the Croatia men's national volleyball team.

Career as coach

He studied physical education at the University of Bologna graduating in 1988.
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 two years between 1999–2000, he served as an assistant and a coach of physical preparation of the Italy men's national volleyball team. Since 2008, he coached Slovakia men's national team for four seasons leading to their best results in the history.
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.

Sporting achievements