Alessandro Zanni (born 31 January 1984 in Udine) is a former Italian rugby union player who has played over 100 times for. His usual position was a number 8, but in national team and Benetton he has played openside flanker, blindside flanker and Lock. Zanni made his debut for the Italian national team in November 2005 in a Test against and has been a regular in the Italian test team ever since winning his 100th cap against on 4 February 2018. About Rugby World Cup, on 21 August 2011, he was named in the final 31-man squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup., on 24 August 2015, he was named in the final 31-man squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup and on 18 August 2019, he was named in the final 31-man squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. He also parteciped to 2007 Rugby World Cup.