Gianluca Zanardi

Gianluca Zanardi (ジャンルカ・ザナルディ) is a midfielder for Orpheus.

Appearance
Gianluca has dark, brown hair and his hairstyle is similar to Kino Aki's but slightly shorter. The color of his eyes is light blue. He wears the Orpheus soccer uniform and jacket.

Personality
His profile says that he is training in Venice to become a gondola rower.

Plot
In the games, he leaves the team before the match against Team K, refusing to play in an unofficial match, while in the anime, he gets injured and wasn't able to play.

He, along with most of the other members in Orpheus, didn't trust Kageyama until Fideo convinced them, making the team able to use Catenaccio Counter during the match against Inazuma Japan. Later, his team lost to Little Gigant, which made the team depressed. In repay for the help Inazuma Japan had given them, they showed some skills in the practice match against Inazuma Japan to show how Little Gigant plays.

Recruitment
In the third game, first you must defeat Orpheus on the principal route. Then you can choose him in the machine to recruit him. After that you can find him in the Condor Stadium 4F. You must have a girl in your party.

Hissatsu

 *  [SH] Triple Boost (Game)
 *  [SH] Abisegeri (Game)
 *  [OF] Echo Ball (Game)
 *  [OF] Water Veil (Game)

Trivia

 * He shares the same seiyuu as Fudou Akio, Ichinose Kazuya, and Ryuu Skell from Inazuma Eleven and Minamisawa Atsushi from Inazuma Eleven GO.
 * His name, Gianluca Zanardi, is inspired to a famous Italian soccer player: Gianluca Zambrotta.