the zane project, 2010
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STAFF Joe De Martino (coach) Mauro Zironelli (coach) Claudio Larosa (logistics) Alberto Montibeller (team manager) Andera Carre' (physiotherapist)	THE PROJECT The Zane project was established by Genova International School of Soccer in August 2009 in Zane, Vicenza, northen Italy. The program is an exclusive operation that has been designed to cater for promising young footballers wanting a career pathway. Players are chosen from Genova International academies world-wide through the Genova and AS Roma camps. For the duration of the project, they are given a chance of a life-time: to be able to live their dreams, living the life of a professional Italian footballer, living and breathing calcio football everyday at the highest level possible. Chosen players are registered/signed with the local team Faizane fc (1931), affiliated team of Vicenza Calcio, run by former Italian national player and serie A player Mauro Zironelli - ex Fiorentina (UEFA finalist 1990), Vicenza, Modena, Venezia, Pescara - and now current coach of serie C team Bassano calcio national youth. Former GISS Australia head coach Joe De Martino, current head coach GISS Italy, runs the Faizane team and the team that plays weekly games against clubs of serie A, B, C, and D teams. THE PROGRAM Players are working 6 days per week with double sessions most days. Mornings include gym and pool sessions. The afternoons are always on the field at the stadium complex in the sports village in Zane, with training under both Mauro and Joe. League games are played every Saturday while official friendlies are played every Wednesday against teams of serie A, B, C, and D clubs. Sunday is players day off, where often they are taken to watch serie A and B teams play live, or excursions are set to visit different towns in the Veneto region. School and Italian lessons are a compulsory part of the program, with some players finishing their schooling abroad and online. OBJECTIVES to create a pathway for players to achieve their dreams of playing football at a professional level to assist participants to develop and rapidly adjust and orient to the Italian football culture. View images from the project on the Genova International website image gallery.	TEAM Keepers Marcel DeBellis 18yrs Canadian Robert Buzzanca 16 yrs Australian Defenders Nick Modaffari 17yrs Australian Emanuel Kambouris 18yrs Australian Adam Centofanti 18yrs Australian Kerim Tansel 16yrs Australian Chris Vartaci 16yrs Australian Calvin Lovric 16yrs Australian Paolo Rogato 16yrs Canadian Midfielders Jack Turner 17yrs Australian Nick Terazakis 16yrs Australian Nadav Kariv 19yrs American Oscar Brooks 18yrs Australian Steven Maselli 18yrs Australian Jerome Costanza 16yrs Australian Mario Piraino 16yrs Australian Attackers Rueben Gill 19yrs Malaysian Douglas Da Silva 18yrs Brazilian

	NEWS
Contact: zane.project @issgenova.com	February 20 Robert Buzzanca and Jerome Costanza have signed with Faizane 1931 and played first official game in the u19s regional competition Adam Centofanti and Chris Vartaci (GISS Australia), are trialling with Bassano Calcio	For enquiries regarding the 2010 project, please email
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