| Nicola Zanini | |
| Birth Date: | 1974 3, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Vicenza, Italy |
| Height: | 1.80NaN0 |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthclubs1: | Juventus |
| Years1: | 1990–92 |
| Clubs1: | Juventus |
| Caps1: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 1992–93 |
| Clubs2: | Sampdoria |
| Caps2: | 1 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1993–94 |
| Clubs3: | Mantova |
| Caps3: | 20 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 1994–95 |
| Clubs4: | Pistoiese |
| Caps4: | 32 |
| Goals4: | 11 |
| Years5: | 1995–96 |
| Clubs5: | Verona |
| Caps5: | 35 |
| Goals5: | 7 |
| Years6: | 1996 |
| Clubs6: | Sampdoria |
| Caps6: | 3 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 1996–97 |
| Clubs7: | Verona (on loan) |
| Caps7: | 26 |
| Goals7: | 2 |
| Years8: | 1997 |
| Clubs8: | Sampdoria |
| Caps8: | 3 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 1997–99 |
| Clubs9: | Atalanta |
| Caps9: | 42 |
| Goals9: | 1 |
| Years10: | 1999–01 |
| Clubs10: | Pescara |
| Caps10: | 35 |
| Goals10: | 8 |
| Years11: | 2001 |
| Clubs11: | Monza |
| Caps11: | 17 |
| Goals11: | 4 |
| Years12: | 2001–02 |
| Clubs12: | Como |
| Caps12: | 19 |
| Goals12: | 4 |
| Years13: | 2002–03 |
| Clubs13: | Triestina (on loan) |
| Caps13: | 32 |
| Goals13: | 7 |
| Years14: | 2003–04 |
| Clubs14: | Napoli |
| Caps14: | 36 |
| Goals14: | 5 |
| Years15: | 2004–05 |
| Clubs15: | Genoa |
| Caps15: | 34 |
| Goals15: | 5 |
| Years16: | 2006 |
| Clubs16: | Ascoli |
| Caps16: | 7 |
| Goals16: | 0 |
| Years17: | 2006–2008 |
| Clubs17: | Vicenza |
| Caps17: | 38 |
| Goals17: | 0 |
| Years18: | 2008–2009 |
| Clubs18: | Albignasego |
| Caps18: | 28 |
| Goals18: | 7 |
| Years19: | 2009–2010 |
| Clubs19: | Treviso |
| Manageryears1: | 2010 |
| Managerclubs1: | Treviso |
| Manageryears2: | 2014–2015 |
| Managerclubs2: | Real Vicenza (youth) |
| Manageryears3: | 2015–2017 |
| Managerclubs3: | Vicenza (youth) |
| Manageryears4: | 2017–2018 |
| Managerclubs4: | Vicenza |
| Manageryears5: | 2018 |
| Managerclubs5: | Vicenza |
| Manageryears6: | 2018–2020 |
| Managerclubs6: | Este |
| Manageryears7: | 2020–2022 |
| Managerclubs7: | Luparense |
| Manageryears8: | 2022 |
| Managerclubs8: | Sona |
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]