Serie A Italian Footballer of the Year

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.

AIC Serie A Italian Footballer of the Year

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

Roberto Mancini won the inaugural award in 1997.

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

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.

Key

‡	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

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

See also

• Serie A Footballer of the Year

Notes

1. Cannavaro was signed by Real Madrid from Juventus midway through 2006.

References

1. "Albo d'Oro". AssoCalciotori.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
2. "A Francesco Totti l'Oscar del calcio". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2 October 2000. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
3. "Oscar: Zidane batte Totti è lui il più bravo calciatore". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2 October 2001. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
4. "L'"Oscar" Aic a Totti e Nedved". La tribuna di Treviso (in Italian). 13 January 2004. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
5. "Re Gila". Eurosport (in Italian). 23 January 2006. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
6. "A Cannavaro l'Oscar 2006". Eurosport (in Italian). 29 January 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
7. "Trionfa ancora Kakà". Eurosport (in Italian). 28 January 2008. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
8. "Ibrahimovic e la Juve i più bravi del 2008". la Repubblica (in Italian). 20 January 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
9. Masiello, Vince (19 January 2010). "Ex-Inter Star Zlatan Ibrahimovic Wins 2009 'Oscar Del Calcio'". Goal.com. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
10. "Oscar Aic, nessuno come Milito, Mourinho re degli allenatori". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 24 January 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

External links

• (in Italian) List of Oscar del Calcio winners on the AIC official website