Andrea Zorzi
Personal information
NicknameZorro
Born (1965-07-29) 29 July 1965
Noale, Province of Venice, Italy
Height201 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite
Number11
National team
1986-1996 Italy
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1996 AtlantaTeam
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1990 Brazil Team
Gold medal – first place 1994 Greece Team
FIVB World Cup
Gold medal – first place1995 Japan
Silver medal – second place1989 Japan
World Grand Champions Cup
Gold medal – first place1993 Japan
FIVB World League
Gold medal – first place1990 Osaka
Gold medal – first place1991 Milan
Gold medal – first place1992 Genoa
Silver medal – second place1996 Rotterdam
Bronze medal – third place1993 São Paulo
Goodwill Games
Gold medal – first place1990 Seattle
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1989 Sweden
Gold medal – first place1993 Finland
Gold medal – first place1995 Greece
Silver medal – second place1991 Germany

Andrea Zorzi (born 29 July 1965, in Noale, Province of Venice) is a former Italian volleyball player, who won two World Championships with the Italy men's national volleyball team (1990 and 1994). A 201 cm athlete, Zorzi was en effective spiker playing usually as opposite hitter. He was popularly known as Zorro.

After his debut in Bormio in 1986, he totalled 325 caps with Italian national team. He was a silver medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and also competed at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics.[1]

Playing for almost all the major volleyball clubs of Italy, including Maxicono Parma and Sisley Treviso, he won several titles: these include two Italian Championships (1990, 1996) and one European Champions League in 1995. In 1991 he was declared World's Best Player by FIVB. Zorzi 328 apps for national team of italy.

Clubs

Club Country From To
Padua  Italy 1982–1983 1984–1985
Parma  Italy 1985–1986 1989–1990
Milan  Italy 1990–1991 1993–1994
Sisley Treviso  Italy 1994–1995 1995–1996
Macerata  Italy 1996–1997 1997–1998

Individual awards

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrea Zorzi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
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