[1] Marche club Fano then signed Zauli, but, despite his potential, he only played one season for them: returning to Modena, who were now in Serie B.
He then joined Cremonese for the 2007–08 season with little success and ended his playing career with Lega Pro Seconda Divisione club Bellaria in 2008–09.
[1] In June 2009, it was revealed that Bellaria had appointed Zauli as head coach, thus allowing him to stay on what proved to have been his final team as a player.
[6] Zauli was successively appointed at the helm of the newly-promoted Lega Pro club Pordenone for the 2014–15 season but was dismissed on 23 September 2014 due to poor results.
[10] He however left the club by mutual consent on 9 August 2022, a week before the start of the season, due to the poor results achieved.
[14] On 28 October 2024, after having departed Crotone by the end of the 2023–24 season, Zauli was hired as the new head coach of Serie C club Perugia.