Marco Zanon

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Marco Zanon
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Birth nameMarco Zanon
Date of birth (1997-10-03) 3 October 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Bassano del Grappa, Veneto, Italy
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight96 kg (15 st 2 lb; 212 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Inside Centre
Fly-Half
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015−2018 Mogliano 34 (35)
2017−2018Benetton 5 (5)
2018−2022 Benetton 41 (10)
2022 Pau 3 (0)
2022− Benetton 30 (30)
Correct as of 25 March 2024
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016−2017 Italy Under-20 17 (15)
2018 Emerging Italy 3 (5)
2019− Italy 16 (10)
Correct as of 25 March 2024

Marco Zanon (born 3 October 1997 in Bassano del Grappa, Italy) is a rugby union player for Benetton. His preferred position is Centre. [1]

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Biography

In 2017–18 Pro14 season, during his experience with Top10 team Mogliano, he was named as Permit Player for Benetton in Pro 14. From 2018 to 2022 he played for Benetton full time. [2] [3]
From March to June 2022, he played as Joker medical for Section Paloise. [4]

After playing for Italy Under 20 in 2016 and 2017, [5] in 2018 Zanon was named in the Emerging Italy squad for the World Rugby Nations Cup. [6] On 24 January 2019, Zanon was named in Italy's squad for the 2019 Six Nations. [7]

Personal life

He is engaged to the triple jumper Ottavia Cestonaro. [8]

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References

  1. "MARCO ZANON RITORNA IN BIANCOVERDE FIRMANDO SINO AL 2024". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). 17 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  2. "MARCO ZANON E' UFFICIALMENTE UN GIOCATORE BIANCOVERDE". Benetton Rugby. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  3. "MARCO ZANON SI TRASFERISCE ALLA SECTION PALOISE". Benetton Rugby. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  4. "Marco Zanon joker médical jusqu'à la fin de la saison". Section Paloise Rugby. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  5. "ITALIA U20, GLI AZZURRINI PER IL WORLD RUGBY U20 CHAMPIONSHIP". Fir Rugby.
  6. "ITALIA EMERGENTI, GLI AZZURRI CONVOCATI PER LA NATIONS CUP". www.federugby.it.
  7. "Italy name squad for Six Nations opener". Sport 24(SA). 2 October 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  8. "Rugby, Sei Nazioni, l'esordio di Zanon: "Che emozione l'Olimpico"" (in Italian). gazzetta.it. Retrieved 18 March 2019. Il suo mito sportivo? La sua fidanzata, Ottavia Cestonaro, triplista azzurra.