The Italian Footballer of the Year (Italian: Migliore calciatore italiano) is a yearly award organized by the Italian Footballers' Association (AIC) given to the Italian footballer who has been considered to have performed the best over the previous Serie A season.^[1] The award is part of the "Oscar del Calcio" awards event.

Contents 1 Winners 1.1 By club 1.2 By position 2 References 3 External links

Winners

Roberto Mancini won the inaugural award in 1997.

Alessandro Del Piero won the award twice, in 1998 and 2008 - he is the player with the longest period between two awards, 10 years.

Christian Vieri was a winner for two different clubs.

Francesco Totti has won the award a record of five times, all while at Roma.

Year	Player	Club
1997	Mancini, RobertoRoberto Mancini	Sampdoria
1998	Del Piero, AlessandroAlessandro Del Piero	Juventus
1999	Vieri, ChristianChristian Vieri	Lazio
2000	Totti, FrancescoFrancesco Totti	Roma
2001	Totti, FrancescoFrancesco Totti	Roma
2002	Vieri, ChristianChristian Vieri	Internazionale
2003	Totti, FrancescoFrancesco Totti	Roma
2004	Totti, FrancescoFrancesco Totti	Roma
2005	Gilardino, AlbertoAlberto Gilardino	Parma
2006	Cannavaro, FabioFabio Cannavaro	Juventus
2007	Totti, FrancescoFrancesco Totti	Roma
2008	Del Piero, AlessandroAlessandro Del Piero	Juventus
2009	De Rossi, DanieleDaniele De Rossi	Roma
2010	Di Natale, AntonioAntonio Di Natale	Udinese

By club

Club	Players	Total
Roma	2	6
Juventus	2	3
Internazionale	1	1
Lazio	1	1
Parma	1	1
Sampdoria	1	1
Udinese	1	1

By position

Position	Players	Total
Forward	6	12
Midfielder	1	1
Defender	1	1

References

1. ^ "Italy – Footballer of the Year". RSSSF.com. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/italpoy.html. Retrieved 2010-11-03. 

External links

• Official AIC Site

v · d · eOscar del Calcio Serie A Footballer of the Year Italian Footballer of the Year · Foreign Footballer of the Year Young Footballer of the Year · Goalkeeper of the Year · Defender of the Year Coach of the Year · Referee of the Year

v · d · eNational Footballer of the Year award (UEFA·AFC·CFA·CONMEBOL) UEFA Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Bosnia-Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Belgium (GS · PFA · ES) · China · Croatia (Croatian Footballer of the Year · Prva HNL Player of the Year) · Czech Republic (ČMFS · KSN) · Denmark · England (PFA · FWA · Premier League Player of the Season) · Estonia · Finland · France (UNFP · FF) · Georgia · Germany · Ghana · Greece · Ireland · Israel · Italy · Ivory Coast · Kazakhstan · Latvia · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Malta · Moldova · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Portugal (LPFP · PGB)  · Macedonia · Romania · Russia ("Sport-Express" · "Futbol")  · Scotland (SPFA · SFWA) · Slovakia · Spain · Serbia · Switzerland · Ukraine (Ukrainian Footballer of the Year · Vyscha Liha Footballer of the Year) · CFA Zimbabwe CONMEBOL Argentina · Brazil (Bola de Ouro · Craque do Brasileirão) · Chile · Paraguay

This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)

This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Italian Footballer of the Year.