Sergio Zorzi (born 21 April 1964 in

Treviso Treviso ( , ; vec, Trevixo) is a city and ''comune'' in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 84,669 inhabitants (as of September 2017). Some 3,000 live within the Veneti ...

), is a former Italian rugby union player and currently, coach. He played as a centre.

Biography

Hailing from

Treviso Province The Province of Treviso ('' it, Provincia di Treviso'') is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Treviso. The province is surrounded by Belluno in the north, Vicenza in the west, Padua in southwest, Venice in the sou ...

, Zorzi made his first steps into rugby playing for Tarvisium, the historical feeder club of international players for the greater clubs like the Francescato brothers (

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and

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) and

Gianni Zanon Gianni Zanon (born 3 March 1960 in Treviso) is a former Italian rugby union player and a current coach. 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 ...

. From there, like every player who played for that club, the move to Benetton was brief; in the green and white club, Zorzi showed his talent until being called for the

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. Debuting in 1985, in the FIRA Trophy against

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, Zorzi took part in the

1987 Rugby World Cup The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the first Rugby World Cup. It was co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia – New Zealand hosted 21 matches (17 pool stage matches, two quarter-finals, the third-place play-off and the final) while Australia hosted 11 ...

, in

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and

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, although not being present in the starting fifteen due to an injury; His last match for Italy was in 1992, also, against Romania. As coach, he coached Mirano Rugby,

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, Silea Rugby (with consequent promotion in Serie A). Between 2006 and 2010, he coached the

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and the Benetton Treviso under-19 youth team. He won the Under-21 title with Benetton Rugby, Zorzi was also Technical Director for San Donà Rugby, skills coach for Benetton seniors team in 2008 and currently, he is the technical director for Akka Formazione and Skills Coach for Mogliano Rugby.

External links

Sergio Zorzi Official site
* 1964 births Living people Rugby union players from Treviso Italian rugby union players Italy international rugby union players Italian rugby union coaches Rugby union centres 1987 Rugby World Cup players Benetton Rugby players {{italy-rugbyunion-bio-stub