Serie A Footballer of the Year

The Footballer of the Year AIC (Italian: Migliore calciatore assoluto AIC) is a yearly award organized by the Italian Footballers' Association (AIC) given to the footballer who has been considered to have performed the best over the previous Serie A season.

Serie A Footballer of the Year
Awarded for	Considered to have performed the best in each given Serie A season
Country	Italy
Presented by	Italian Footballers' Association (AIC)
First awarded	1997
Current holder	Cristiano Ronaldo (2019)
Highlights
Most awards	Zlatan Ibrahimović, Andrea Pirlo (3)
Most consecutive wins	Andrea Pirlo (3)
Website	Official website

Until 2010, the award was elected among the winner of the Best Italian Footballer and the winner of the Best Foreign Footballer to determine the best overall footballer.

The award is part of the Gran Galà del Calcio (formerly known as Oscar del Calcio) awards event and is considered amongst the most prestigious football awards in Italy.

Winners

Source:[1]

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

Year	Player	Nationality	Club	Ref(s)
1997	Roberto Mancini	Italy	Sampdoria	[2]
1998	Ronaldo	Brazil	Internazionale	[3]
1999	Christian Vieri	Italy	Lazio	[4]
2000	Francesco Totti	Italy	Roma	[5]
2001	Zinedine Zidane	France	Juventus	[6]
2002	David Trezeguet	France	Juventus^§	[7]
2003	Pavel Nedvěd Francesco Totti (2)	Czech Republic  Italy	Juventus^§ Roma	[8]
2004	Kaká	Brazil	Milan^§	[9]
2005	Alberto Gilardino	Italy	Parma	[10]
2006	Fabio Cannavaro[note 1]	Italy	Juventus	[11]
2007	Kaká (2)	Brazil	Milan	[12]
2008	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Sweden	Internazionale^§	[13]
2009	Zlatan Ibrahimović (2)	Sweden	Internazionale^§	[14]
2010	Diego Milito	Argentina	Internazionale^§	[15]
2011	Zlatan Ibrahimović (3)	Sweden	Milan^§	[16]
2012	Andrea Pirlo	Italy	Juventus^§	[17][18]
2013	Andrea Pirlo (2)	Italy	Juventus^§	[19]
2014	Andrea Pirlo (3)	Italy	Juventus^§	[20]
2015	Carlos Tevez	Argentina	Juventus^§	[21]
2016	Leonardo Bonucci	Italy	Juventus^§	[22]
2017	Gianluigi Buffon	Italy	Juventus^§	[23]
2018	Mauro Icardi	Argentina	Internazionale	[24]
2019	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Juventus^§	[25]

By club

Club	Players	Total
Juventus	9	11
Internazionale	4	5
Milan	2	3
Roma	1	2
Lazio	1	1
Parma	1	1
Sampdoria	1	1

By country

Country	Individuals	Total
Italy	8	11
Argentina	3	3
Brazil	2	3
France	2	2
Sweden	1	3
Czech Republic	1	1
Portugal	1	1

By position

Position	Individuals	Total
Forward	11	14
Midfielder	4	7
Defender	2	2
Goalkeeper	1	1

Notes

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

References

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External links

• AIC Oscar del Calcio: List of winners on RSSSF.com