Serie A Young Footballer of the Year

The AIC Serie A Young Footballer of the Year (Italian: Migliore calciatore giovane AIC) was a yearly award organized by the Italian Footballers' Association (AIC) given to the under-24 footballer who was considered to have performed the best over the previous Serie A season. It was organised by the Italian Footballers' Association (AIC) as part of the Oscar del Calcio awards event.

AIC Serie A Young Footballer of the Year
SportAssociation football
CompetitionSerie A
Awarded forYoung player considered to have performed the best in each given Serie A season
Local nameMigliore calciatore giovane AIC (Italian)
CountryItaly
Presented byItalian Footballers' Association (AIC)
History
First award1997
Editions14
Final award2010
First winnerItaly Filippo Inzaghi (1997)
Most wins
Most recentArgentina Javier Pastore (2010)
WebsiteOfficial website

Antonio Cassano is the only multiple winner of the award, winning it in 2001 and 2003. Roma had the most winners with three players from the club winning the award. The first non-Italian to win the award was the Slovak Marek Hamšík in 2008.

Winners edit

 
Antonio Cassano, who has won the Serie A Young Footballer of the Year award twice
 
Filippo Inzaghi, who won the first award in 1997
 
Francesco Totti, who won the award in 1999
 
Alexandre Pato, who won the award in 2009
Year Player Club Ref(s)
  Filippo Inzaghi
  Alessandro Nesta
  Francesco Totti
  Roberto Baronio
  Antonio Cassano
  Matteo Brighi
  Antonio Cassano
  Alberto Gilardino
  Giampaolo Pazzini
  Daniele De Rossi
  Riccardo Montolivo
  Marek Hamšík
  Alexandre Pato
  Javier Pastore

By club edit

Club Players Total
Roma 3 3
Fiorentina 2 2
Atalanta 1 1
Bari 1 1
Bologna 1 1
Lazio 1 1
Milan 1 1
Napoli 1 1
Palermo 1 1
Parma 1 1
Reggina 1 1

By country edit

Country Players Total
  Italy 10 12
  Argentina 1 1
  Brazil 1 1
  Slovakia 1 1

By position edit

Position Players Total
Forward 6 7
Midfielder 6 6
Defender 1 1

References edit

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  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.
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  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. ^ "Ibrahimovic e la Juve i più bravi del 2008". la Repubblica (in Italian). 20 January 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  8. ^ Masiello, Vince (19 January 2010). "Ex-Inter Star Zlatan Ibrahimovic Wins 2009 'Oscar Del Calcio'". Goal.com. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Oscar Aic, nessuno come Milito, Mourinho re degli allenatori". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 24 January 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

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