Adriano Zancopè

Adriano Zancopè
Personal information
Date of birth	19 November 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Padova, Italy
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Padova
Youth career
	Padova
Senior career*
Years	Team
1989–1990	Padova
1990–1991	Trento
1991–1992	Baracca Lugo
1992–1993	Vigor Lamezia
1993–1994	Giorgione
1994–2000	Cittadella
2000	Viterbese
2000–2001	Catania
2001–2004	Modena
2004–2005	Siena
2005–2006	Treviso
2006–2008	Vicenza
Total
International career
1989	Italy U18
1990	Italy U21
Managerial career
2014–	Padova (goalkeepers)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adriano Zancopè (born 19 November 1971) is an Italian football manager and former footballer. He spent most of his career in Serie C2 (179 matches) and Serie C1 (94 matches). He also briefly played in Serie A (46 matches) and Serie B (60 matches). He spent 6 seasons at Cittadella, and also played as a backup goalkeeper for by-then Serie A teams Modena, Siena and Treviso.

Club career

Early career

Zancopè started his professional career at hometown club Padova. He played 8 matches at Serie B with first team in 1989–90 season, while also played at Primavera Team. From 1990 to 1994 seasons, he left for Serie C1 and Serie C2 clubs, where he became the regular at Vigor Lamezia and Giorgione.

Cittadella

In 1994, he was signed by Cittadella permanently. He was the regular starter and won 1997–98 Serie C2 runner-up and promoted to Serie C1. He continued to play as the first choice, ahead Luca Capecchi. In 1999–2000 season, he was signed by Viterbese. He played the remain half season as starter, helped the club enter the promotion playoffs but lost in semi-finals (while his former clubs won the playoffs in another group).

Catania

In 2000, he was signed by Catania of Serie C1. He played as backup goalkeeper of Gennaro Iezzo but also played 13 matches.

Modena

In 2001, he was signed by Modena of Serie B in co-ownership deal. He played as Marco Ballotta's backup. In 2003–04 season, he played his first Serie A match on 5 October 2003, a 3–0 win against Empoli F.C. In that match he replaced Riccardo Allegretti in the 15th minute, after Ballotta was sent off. In that season he also played 17 starts along with Ballotta. But the team failed to score regularly and ranked 3rd in the least in both points and scored. He left the club at the end of season as Modena relegated.

Siena & Treviso

In 2004, at aged 32, he was signed by Siena of Serie A. He played as backup of Austrian internationals Alex Manninger and Marco Fortin.

In the next season, he was signed by newly promoted Serie A team Treviso, exchanged with Davide Zomer (which promoted due to Caso Genoa),^[1] replaced Marco Ballotta who left for Lazio. He played regularly and backup by Slovenian internationals Samir Handanovič and later Matteo Sereni. But the team also failed to score regularly and ranked bottom in both points (later ahead Juventus due to 2006 Italian football scandal) and goal scored.

Vicenza

In August 2006, he was offered a 1-year contract at Vicenza of Serie B.^[2] He replaced the Vicenza legend Giorgio Sterchele as the first choice, which only about 2-year old than him, ahead Matteo Guardalben. In the next season his contract was extended, and from Round 2 to Round 15 he was the first choice, but the team ranked 5th from the bottom. He then played as backup of Guardalben and replaced him on the 43rd minute against Frosinone on 15 December 2007. He played the next match as starter on 22 December 2007 which 1–3 lost to Chievo but handed back to Guardalben in next match. On 29 January 2008, Vicenza signed former teammate Marco Fortin and both Guardalben and Zancopè became backup, and eventually survived from relegation.

International career

Zancopè played for the Italy U-18 side during 1990 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship qualification. He also played once for Italy U21 on 19 December 1990, against Cyprus U21.

Coaching career

In June 2008 he returned to Calcio Padova and joined the coaching team.^[3]

In the summer of 2014 became goalkeeping coach of Biancoscudati Padova, the phoenix club of the original club.^[4]

References

^ "Definito lo scambio Zancopè-Zomer". AC Siena (in Italian). 26 August 2005. Retrieved 26 April 2010.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Chiuso il calciomercato" (in Italian). Vicenza Calcio. 31 August 2006. Retrieved 23 January 2010. ^{[dead link‍]}
^ "IL SETTORE GIOVANILE BIANCOSCUDATO AI NASTRI DI PARTENZA OGGI ALL'APPIANI PRIMO ALLENAMENTO DELLA PRIMAVERA" (in Italian). Calcio Padova. 5 August 2009. Archived from the original on 8 August 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
^ "Ritiro, staff e giocatori: si corre" (in Italian). Il Mattino di Padova. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.

External links

Profile at FIGC (in Italian)
Profile at La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian)

[1] "Definito lo scambio Zancopè-Zomer". AC Siena (in Italian). 26 August 2005. Retrieved 26 April 2010.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[2] "Chiuso il calciomercato" (in Italian). Vicenza Calcio. 31 August 2006. Retrieved 23 January 2010. ^{[dead link‍]}

[3] "IL SETTORE GIOVANILE BIANCOSCUDATO AI NASTRI DI PARTENZA OGGI ALL'APPIANI PRIMO ALLENAMENTO DELLA PRIMAVERA" (in Italian). Calcio Padova. 5 August 2009. Archived from the original on 8 August 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2010.

[4] "Ritiro, staff e giocatori: si corre" (in Italian). Il Mattino di Padova. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.

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