| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 March 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Vicenza, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Juventus | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–92 | Juventus | 1 | (0) |
| 1992–93 | Sampdoria | 1 | (0) |
| 1993–94 | Mantova | 20 | (1) |
| 1994–95 | Pistoiese | 32 | (11) |
| 1995–96 | Verona | 35 | (7) |
| 1996 | Sampdoria | 3 | (0) |
| 1996–97 | Verona (on loan) | 26 | (2) |
| 1997 | Sampdoria | 3 | (0) |
| 1997–99 | Atalanta | 42 | (1) |
| 1999–01 | Pescara | 35 | (8) |
| 2001 | Monza | 17 | (4) |
| 2001–02 | Como | 19 | (4) |
| 2002–03 | Triestina (on loan) | 32 | (7) |
| 2003–04 | Napoli | 36 | (5) |
| 2004–05 | Genoa | 34 | (5) |
| 2006 | Ascoli | 7 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Vicenza | 38 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Albignasego | 28 | (7) |
| 2009–2010 | Treviso | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010 | Treviso | ||
| 2014–2015 | Real Vicenza (youth) | ||
| 2015–2017 | Vicenza (youth) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Vicenza | ||
| 2018 | Vicenza | ||
| 2018–2020 | Este | ||
| 2020–2022 | Luparense | ||
| 2022 | Sona | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Nicola Zanini (born 26 March 1974) is an Italian coach and former football player.
A youth product of Juventus, Zanini played over 10 seasons as a midfielder in the Italian Serie B and 50 games in Serie A. He retired in 2010 after a short stint with Treviso.
Zanini moved into coaching in January 2010 after being promoted to head coach for his playing team Treviso. He then went on a career as a youth coach, first with Real Vicenza, and later with his former team Vicenza. He then served as head coach of Vicenza on two different stints during the 2017–18 Serie C campaign, guiding them to safety after winning a relegation playoff to Santarcangelo.
On 2018, after his experience with Vicenza, he took over the reins of Serie D club Este.[1] He left Este in 2020 for Luparense, another Serie D club from the region.[2] He left Luparense in 2022 for fellow Serie D club Sona, but was sacked on 10 October 2022 due to negative results.[3][4]