Alessandro Zanni

Alessandro Zanni (born 31 January 1984 in Udine)^[1] is a former Italian rugby union player who has played over 100 times for Italy. His usual position was a number 8, but in national team and Benetton he has played openside flanker, blindside flanker and Lock.^[2][3]

Alessandro Zanni

Zanni in 2017
Birth name	Alessandro Zanni
Date of birth	(1984-01-31) 31 January 1984 (age 41)
Place of birth	Udine, Italy
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	106.5 kg (16 st 11 lb; 235 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker / Number 8 Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2003−2005 Udine 17 (50) 2005–2009 Calvisano 68 (60) 2009–2020 Benetton Treviso 137 (55) Correct as of 28 August 2015 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2004–2005 Italy U21 2005–2020 Italy 119 (20) Correct as of 22 Feb 2020 Coaching career Years Team 2020– Benetton (assistant coach)

Zanni made his debut for the Italian national team in November 2005 in a Test against Tonga^[4] and has been a regular in the Italian test team ever since winning his 100th cap against England on 4 February 2018.^[5]

About Rugby World Cup, on 21 August 2011, he was named in the final 31-man squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.,^[6] on 24 August 2015, he was named in the final 31-man squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup^[7] and on 18 August 2019, he was named in the final 31-man squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.^[8] He also parteciped to 2007 Rugby World Cup.