Enzo Bearzot Award
Italian award for football managers
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The Enzo Bearzot Award (Italian: Premio Nazionale Enzo Bearzot) is a recognition given to Italian football managers annually. Established in 2011 and awarded by a jury composed of representatives of major Italian sports newspapers, the prize is sponsored by the Sporting Union of the Christian Associations of Italian Workers and the Italian Football Federation.[1]
| Sport | Association football |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | The best Italian manager of each year |
| Local name | Premio Nazionale Enzo Bearzot (Italian) |
| Country | Italy |
| Presented by | |
| History | |
| First award | 2011 |
| Editions | 15 |
| First winner | Cesare Prandelli |
| Most recent | Cesc Fàbregas |
History
The award was created in honour of the 1982 FIFA World Cup winning coach Enzo Bearzot of the Italy national team. He holds the record for most appearances on the bench of the Italy national team at 104 times from 27 September 1975 to 18 June 1986.[2] He died on 21 December 2010 in Milan at the age of 83, exactly 42 years after Vittorio Pozzo.[3][4][5][6]
The Enzo Bearzot Award is given each year by the president of the Italian Football Federation, at the hall of honor of the Italian National Olympic Committee.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Team | Ref(s) |
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| 2011 | Cesare Prandelli |  Italy |
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| 2012 | Walter Mazzarri | Napoli |
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| 2013 | Vincenzo Montella | Fiorentina |
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| 2014 | Carlo Ancelotti |  Real Madrid |
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| 2015 | Massimiliano Allegri | Juventus |
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| 2016 | Claudio Ranieri |  Leicester City |
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| 2017 | Maurizio Sarri | Napoli |
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| 2018 | Eusebio Di Francesco | Roma |
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| 2019 | Roberto Mancini | Italy |
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| 2020 | Paolo Rossi[a] | – |
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| 2022 | Roberto De Zerbi |  Shakhtar Donetsk |
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| 2023 | Luciano Spalletti | Napoli |
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| 2024 | Simone Inzaghi | Internazionale |
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| 2025 | Gian Piero Gasperini | Atalanta |
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| 2026 | Cesc Fàbregas | Como |
Notes
- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, the 2020 edition of the event did not take place. Paolo Rossi, who died in December 2020 and was not a football manager, was posthumously awarded the prize.[17][18]