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{{short description|Italian volleyball player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{infobox volleyball biography
| name           = Andrea Zorzi
| fullname       = Andrea Zorzi
| nickname       = Zorro
| height         = 201 cm
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1965|7|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [[Noale]], [[Province of Venice]], Italy
| deah_date      =
| death_place    =
| position       = Opposite
| teamnumber     = 11
| nationalyears  = 1986–1996
| nationalteam   = {{vb|ITA}}
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[volleyball]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ITA}} }}
[[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]]
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]]| [[Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship|World Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1990 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship|1990 Brazil]] |[[1990 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1994 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship|1994 Greece]] |[[1994 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup|FIVB World Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1995 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup|1995 Japan]]|}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1989 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup|1989 Japan]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup|World Grand Champions Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1993 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup|1993 Japan]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball World League|FIVB World League]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1990 FIVB Volleyball World League|1990 Osaka]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[1991 FIVB Volleyball World League|1991 Milan]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[1992 FIVB Volleyball World League|1992 Genoa]]|}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1996 FIVB Volleyball World League|1996 Rotterdam]]|}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1993 FIVB Volleyball World League|1993 São Paulo]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Goodwill Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1990 Goodwill Games|1990 Seattle]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's European Volleyball Championship|European Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1989 Men's European Volleyball Championship|1989 Sweden]] |}}
{{MedalGold|[[1993 Men's European Volleyball Championship|1993 Finland]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[1995 Men's European Volleyball Championship|1995 Greece]]|}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1991 Men's European Volleyball Championship|1991 Germany]]|}}
}}

'''Andrea Zorzi''' (born 29 July 1965) is an Italian former [[volleyball]] player, won two World Championships with the [[Italy men's national volleyball team]] (1990 and 1994). A 201&nbsp;cm athlete, Zorzi was an effective spiker who played as an opposite hitter. He was popularly known as "Zorro".<ref name="VMag" /> In 1991, he was declared World's Best Player by the [[FIVB]].<ref name="VMag">{{Cite magazine |magazine=Volleyball Magazine |url=https://volleyballmag.com/2024-international-volleyball-hall-class-052024/ |title=2024 International Volleyball Hall class: Hovland, Henkel, Bell, Zorzi, Guimares, Rezaei, Pereyra, Lemaire, Panini |last=Feuer |first=Tom |date=20 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530023516/https://volleyballmag.com/2024-international-volleyball-hall-class-052024/ |archive-date=30 May 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2024, Zorzi was inducted into the [[International Volleyball Hall of Fame]].<ref name="IVHF">{{Cite web |url=https://www.volleyhall.org/andrea-zorzi.html |title=Andrea Zorzi |website=International Volleyball Hall of Fame |access-date=29 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829022113/https://www.volleyhall.org/andrea-zorzi.html |archive-date=29 August 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==National team==

Zorzi was the [[1990 FIVB Volleyball World League|1990 FIVB World League]] MVP after helping Italy win the gold medal, and was at one point reputedly the world's highest paid volleyball player.<ref name="LAT-91">{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-05-31-sp-2836-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |title=World League Volleyball |date=31 May 1991 |access-date=4 October 2024 }} {{subscription required}}</ref> He was instrumental in Italy winning the gold medal at the [[1990 Goodwill Games]] in Seattle.<ref name="IVHF" />

Zorzi won gold medals with the Italian team at the [[1990 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship|1990 FIVB World Championship]] in Brazil and the [[1994 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship|1994 FIVB World Championship]] in Greece.<ref name="Olympedia" /><ref name="IVHF" />

Zorzi was a silver medalist at the [[Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Summer Olympics]] in Atlanta, and also competed at the [[Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Summer Olympics]] in Seoul and [[Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Summer Olympics]] in Barcelona.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zo/andrea-zorzi-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418012603/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zo/andrea-zorzi-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Andrea Zorzi}}</ref><ref name="Olympedia">{{Cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/52466 |title=Andrea Zorzi |website=Olympedia |access-date=28 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503113009/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/52466 |archive-date=3 May 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the [[Men's European Volleyball Championship|European Championship]], Zorzi won gold medals while representing Italy in 1989, 1993, and 1995, and won a silver medal in 1991.<ref name="Olympedia" />

==Club volleyball==

Playing for almost all the major volleyball clubs of Italy, including [[Pallavolo Parma|Maxicono Parma]] and [[Sisley Treviso]], Zorzi won several titles: these include two Italian Championships (1990, 1996) and one European Champions League in 1995.<ref name="Vbox">{{Cite web |url=https://volleybox.net/andrea-zorzi-p1816/indoor_tournaments |title=Player tournaments |website=Volleybox.net |access-date=29 August 2024 }}</ref>

==Clubs==
{| bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
| align="center"|'''Club'''
| align="center"|'''Country'''
| align="center"|'''From'''
| align="center"|'''To'''
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align=left
|[[Padova (volleyball)|Padua]]
|Italy
|1982–1983
|1984–1985
|-align=left
|[[Parma (volleyball)|Parma]]
|Italy
|1985–1986
|1989–1990
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align="left"
|[[Milan (volleyball)|Milan]]
|Italy
|1990–1991
|1993–1994
|-align="left"
|[[Sisley Treviso]]
|Italy
|1994–1995
|1995–1996
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align=left
|[[Macerata (volleyball)|Macerata]]
|Italy
|1996–1997
|1997–1998
|}

==Individual awards==
* ''[[FIVB World League 1990#Awards|1990 FIVB World League "Most Valuable Player"]]''
* ''[[FIVB World League 1991#Awards|1991 FIVB World League "Most Valuable Player"]]''
* ''[[FIVB World League 1992#Awards|1992 FIVB World League "Best Server"]]''
* ''2024 International Volleyball Hall of Fame''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{sports links}}
* {{CONI profile|new_id=935|old_id=523}}
* [https://volleybox.net/andrea-zorzi-p1816 Volleybox.net profile]

{{Italy squad 1990 FIVB Men's World Championship}}
{{Italy squad 1994 FIVB Men's World Championship}}
{{Italy squad 1995 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup}}
{{Italy men's volleyball squad 1996 Summer Olympics}}
{{Volleyball Hall of Fame members}}

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[[Category:1965 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Venice]]
[[Category:Olympic volleyball players for Italy]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Italy]]
[[Category:Italian men's volleyball players]]
[[Category:Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in volleyball]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Opposite hitters]]
[[Category:20th-century Italian sportsmen]]