Italian Footballer of the Year

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. The award is part of the "Oscar del Calcio" awards event.

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

External links

• Official AIC Site