Bravo Award

This article is about an award for young footballers. For the German magazine's award, see Bravo Otto. For the Latino music award, see ALMA Award. For other uses, see Bravo.

The Bravo Award was an annual award which was handed out by the Italian magazine Guerin Sportivo to the most outstanding young European footballer.^[1]

Bravo Award

Sport	Association football
Awarded for	The most outstanding under-21 player in any European league
Local name	Trofeo Bravo (Italian)
Country	Italy
Presented by	Guerin Sportivo
History
First award	1978
Editions	38
Final award	2015
First winner	Jimmy Case (ENG)
Most wins	Emilio Butragueño (ESP)  Ronaldo (BRA) 2 times each
Most recent	Domenico Berardi (ITA)

The first winner of the award was Englishman Jimmy Case. The first non-European to win the award was Eli Ohana in 1988.^[2]

The award was discontinued after the 2015 edition.^[3]

History and regulations

In 1977, Guerin Sportivo's editorial staff established the award to celebrate the best young footballers in European football.^[2] The jury was composed by Guerin Sportivo's and Radiocorriere TV's journalist as well as foreign sports journalists from the most important news outlets across Europe.^[2]

Since the inception and until 1992, only under-23 players participating in one of the three European club cups (UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup) were eligible. The rules changed in 1992, when under-21 player from any European League became eligible, regardless of their participation in any European club cups.^[2][3][4][5]

The winners were chosen for the autumn-spring season, not the calendar year.^[3]

List of winners

Together with Butragueño, Ronaldo was the only player to win the award twice

Roberto Baggio won the award in 1990

Paul Pogba was one of the latest recipients of the award in 2014

Year	Player	Club	Ref(s)
1978	Jimmy Case	Liverpool	[4]
1979	Garry Birtles	Nottingham Forest	[4]
1980	Hansi Müller	VfB Stuttgart	[3]
1981	John Wark	Ipswich Town	[3]
1982	Gary Shaw	Aston Villa	[4]
1983	Massimo Bonini	Juventus	[3]
1984	Ubaldo Righetti	Roma	[6]
1985	Emilio Butragueño	Real Madrid	[4][1]
1986	Emilio Butragueño	Real Madrid	[4][1]
1987	Marco van Basten	Ajax	[3]
1988	Eli Ohana	Mechelen	[7]
1989	Paolo Maldini	Milan	[3]
1990	Roberto Baggio	Fiorentina	[8]
1991	Robert Prosinečki	Red Star Belgrade	[9]
1992	Pep Guardiola	Barcelona	[1]
1993	Ryan Giggs	Manchester United	[10]
1994	Christian Panucci	Milan	[11]
1995	Patrick Kluivert	Ajax	[12]
1996	Alessandro Del Piero	Juventus	[3]
1997	Ronaldo	Barcelona	[4]
1998	Ronaldo	Internazionale	[4]
1999	Gianluigi Buffon	Parma	[4]
2000	Iker Casillas	Real Madrid	[4][1]
2001	Owen Hargreaves	Bayern Munich	[4]
2002	Christoph Metzelder	Borussia Dortmund	[4]
2003	Wayne Rooney	Everton	[4]
2004	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	[13]
2005	Arjen Robben	Chelsea	[3]
2006	Cesc Fàbregas	Arsenal	[14]
2007	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	[1][15]
2008	Karim Benzema	Lyon	[16]
2009	Sergio Busquets	Barcelona	[17]
2010	Thomas Müller	Bayern Munich	[18]
2011	Eden Hazard	Lille	[19]
2012	Marco Verratti	Pescara	[20]
2013	Isco	Málaga	[20]
2014	Paul Pogba	Juventus	[20]
2015	Domenico Berardi	Sassuolo	[4]

See also

• Golden Boy (award)
• Kopa Trophy
• Ballon d'Or
• Golden Girl (award)

References

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14. "Cesc le quita el trofeo Bravo a Messi". Sport (in Spanish). 21 July 2006. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
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16. Rincón, Jamie (1 July 2009). "Benzema y su reinado en Francia". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 March 2021.
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18. Gherda, Robert (21 July 2020). "Messi & Müller stellen Assist-Rekorde für Bayern & Barcelona auf". Sky Sport (in German). Retrieved 8 March 2021.
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20. Borghi, Stefano (29 March 2017). "Isco, un unicum in una generazione speciale di Stefano Borghi". Contra-Ataque (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2021.

External links

• Bravo Award at RSSSF.com