Serie A Italian Footballer of the Year
Sports award
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The AIC Serie A Italian Footballer of the Year (Italian: Migliore calciatore italiano AIC) was a yearly award organized by the Italian Footballers' Association (AIC) given to the Italian footballer who was considered to have performed the best over the previous Serie A season. The award was part of the Oscar del Calcio awards event.
SportAssociation football
CompetitionSerie A
Awarded forItalian player considered to have performed the best in each given Serie A season
Local nameMigliore calciatore italiano AIC (Italian)
| Sport | Association football |
|---|---|
| Competition | Serie A |
| Awarded for | Italian player considered to have performed the best in each given Serie A season |
| Local name | Migliore calciatore italiano AIC (Italian) |
| Country | Italy |
| Presented by | Italian Footballers' Association (AIC) |
| History | |
| First award | 1997 |
| Editions | 14 |
| Final award | 2010 |
| First winner | Roberto Mancini (1997) |
| Most wins | Francesco Totti (5 times) |
| Most recent | Antonio Di Natale (2010) |
| Website | Official website |
Winners
| ‡ | Indicates player won the FIFA World Player of the Year in the same season |
|---|---|
| § | Denotes the club were Serie A champions in the same season |
| Season | Player | Club | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Roberto Mancini | Sampdoria | [1] |
| 1998 | Alessandro Del Piero | Juventus§ | [1] |
| 1999 | Christian Vieri | Lazio | [1] |
| 2000 | Francesco Totti | Roma | [2] |
| 2001 | Francesco Totti (2) | Roma§ | [3] |
| 2002 | Christian Vieri (2) | Internazionale | [1] |
| 2003 | Francesco Totti (3) | Roma | [4] |
| 2004 | Francesco Totti (4) | Roma | [1] |
| 2005 | Alberto Gilardino | Parma | [5] |
| 2006 | Fabio Cannavaro‡[note 1] | Juventus | [6] |
| 2007 | Francesco Totti (5) | Roma | [7] |
| 2008 | Alessandro Del Piero (2) | Juventus | [8] |
| 2009 | Daniele De Rossi | Roma | [9] |
| 2010 | Antonio Di Natale | Udinese | [10] |
By club
By position
| Position | Players | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | 6 | 12 |
| Midfielder | 1 | 1 |
| Defender | 1 | 1 |
See also
Notes
- Cannavaro was signed by Real Madrid from Juventus midway through 2006.