| Massimo Zappino | |
| Fullname: | Massimo Zenildo Zappino |
| Birth Date: | 12 June 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Pesqueira, Brazil |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Years1: | 2000–2001 |
| Years2: | 2001 |
| Years3: | 2002–2004 |
| Years4: | 2004–2008 |
| Years5: | 2007 |
| Years6: | 2008 |
| Years7: | 2008–2009 |
| Years8: | 2009 |
| Years9: | 2009 |
| Years10: | 2009–2010 |
| Years11: | 2010–2011 |
| Years12: | 2012–2018 |
| Clubs1: | Catania |
| Clubs2: | Acireale |
| Clubs3: | Nocerina |
| Clubs4: | Frosinone |
| Clubs5: | → Chievo (loan) |
| Clubs6: | → Pro Sesto (loan) |
| Clubs7: | Foggia |
| Clubs8: | → Lecco (loan) |
| Clubs9: | Taranto |
| Clubs10: | Como |
| Clubs11: | Varese |
| Clubs12: | Frosinone |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Caps3: | 27 |
| Caps4: | 81 |
| Caps5: | 0 |
| Caps6: | 14 |
| Caps7: | 0 |
| Caps8: | 14 |
| Caps9: | 0 |
| Caps10: | 13 |
| Caps11: | 35 |
| Caps12: | 101 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Goals12: | 0 |
Massimo Zenildo Zappino (born 12 June 1981) is a former Brazilian footballer of Italian descent who played as a goalkeeper.
He also holds an Italian passport.[1]
In summer 2007, he was exchanged with Vincenzo Sicignano but failed to make permanent move. In summer 2008 he was signed by Foggia in exchange with Nunzio Di Roberto to Frosinone[2] In June Foggia acquired the remaining 50% registration rights from Frosinone.
In July 2009 he signed a 2-year contract with Taranto as the joint-ownership bid accepted.[3] [4] It changed to definitive deal in late July.[5] He then left for Como on free transfer.[6]
On 2 September 2010 he joined Serie B club Varese He was the first choice keeper. The team finished fourth but failed to win the promotion playoffs.
On 1 November 2015 he made his debut in Serie A with Frosinone, eventually conceding 4 goals to Fiorentina.
After leaving Frosinone in 2018, he shortly joined Promozione amateur club Siracusa in 2019, being released just a few weeks after his signing due to physical and fitness problems, with no first team appearances.[7]
After retiring as a player, Zappino stayed on in Syracuse and started a career as a goalkeeping coach and scout.[8]
In 2022, he was hired as the new goalkeeping coach of Eccellenza Sicily amateurs Real Siracusa.[9]
Zappino was born in Pesqueira, Brazil to a poor family, and then successively adopted by an Italian family from Syracuse, Sicily.