Reto Zanni was scouted by Grasshopper Club and in summer 1998 moved to their youth department, signing his first professional contract with them he interrupted his apprenticeship.
23 Facts About Reto Zanni
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Reto Zanni commenced his professional football in GC's U-21 team, where he played for one year, occasionally being called up into the first team, despite suffering a few injuries.
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Reto Zanni played his debut with the first team on 25 July 1998, coming on as a substitute against Lugano.
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Reto Zanni played well under Hodgson advancing to become regular player.
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Reto Zanni kept his place in the team, even after the change of coach to Hans-Peter Zaugg.
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Reto Zanni went on to play 45 times for the GC, scoring one goal, until in November 2000 he suffered an injury and was kept out of the game until the end of the season.
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Reto Zanni left the Grasshopper-Club in 2003 after five years at the club.
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Reto Zanni joined FC Thun in 2003 and there, under head coach Hanspeter Latour, he broke into the first team immediately.
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Reto Zanni played well for one and a half seasons, until the end of 2004, and as Latour left the club Zanni decided to leave.
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Reto Zanni scored his first goal for his new club in the home game in the St Jakob-Park on 2 April 2005.
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Reto Zanni played in all 36 league matches over 90 minutes.
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Reto Zanni played in all of the 12 matches over 90 minutes.
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Reto Zanni was shown the yellow card 10 times this season, which meant that he missed two of the 36 league matches due to suspension.
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Reto Zanni played in all games except the last against Sporting due to an injury.
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Carlitos took the corner kick and from the six-yard line Reto Zanni headed the ball, out of the reach of goalkeeper Yann Sommer into the net.
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Reto Zanni scored another goal, as the season was in its final stages.
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On 12 May 2009 Basel had a home game and in the 59th minute Reto Zanni received the ball near the middle line, he moved towards the opponents' goal, not seeing any well positioned teammates, he had a right footed shot at goal from 20 meters out.
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Under coach Christian Gross Reto Zanni had played four and a half years in virtually every game, but under Fink, he found himself on the bench.
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Reto Zanni scored five goals in the domestic league and five during the test games.
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On 14 August 2012 Reto Zanni announced that he would return to his club of origin SC Buochs.
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Reto Zanni played for the club for only six months and then retired from active football.
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Reto Zanni did that at the Luzern vocational academy in adult education.
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Reto Zanni is purchaser by an international specialist for high-quality screws and fasteners.