Gianni Zanon (born 3 March 1960 in

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) is a former Italian

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union player and a current

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. He played as a flanker. Zanon started his career at Tarvisium, where he played until 1979/80. He moved then to Benetton 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

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, from 1981 to 1991, scoring 9 tries, 36 points on aggregate. He was called for the

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, playing in a single game, and for the

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, where he was the captain, playing in two games. He never scored in either occasions.Gianni Zannon International Statistics
/ref> After finishing his player career, he became a coach. He was one of the two head coaches of Benetton Rugby Treviso, with

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, 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.

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