Marco Zanchi (born 15 April 1977) is a retired Italian

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who played as a defender.

Career

Born in

San Giovanni Bianco San Giovanni Bianco (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about north of Bergamo, located in the Val Brembana Val Brembana is a valley i ...

, Zanchi made his professional debut with

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in 1994. He appeared in 19 games before 1996, when he transferred to Bari. He played very little in Bari, playing only 6 games before he was acquired by

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. Over 3 seasons there, Marco played in 42 matches. In 2000, he was on the Italian U-21 squad for the

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s. Zanchi was also on the Italian Squad for the

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. He was acquired by Juventus in 2000. As part of the deal, Udinese got Morgan De Sanctis outright. On 16 July 2012, he retired and began to work as an assistant coach with

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, alongside

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, and later Alessandro Dal Canto. On 15 July 2013, he became the assistant coach for Unione Venezia alongside Dal Canto once again. On 15 July 2014, he was appointed the new head coach of the "Allievi Nazionali" Vicenza Youth squad.

Honours

International

; Italy Under-21 *

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* 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from the Province of Bergamo Association football defenders Italian footballers Italy youth international footballers Italy under-21 international footballers Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Italy Atalanta B.C. players S.S.C. Bari players A.C. ChievoVerona players Udinese Calcio players Juventus F.C. players L.R. Vicenza players Hellas Verona F.C. players Bologna F.C. 1909 players A.C.R. Messina players Serie A players Serie B players Footballers from Lombardy {{Italy-footy-defender-1970s-stub