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 is an annual award which is handed out by the Italian magazine Guerin Sportivo to the most outstanding young European footballer. The first winner of the award was Englishman Jimmy Case. 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. Since 1992, any under-21 player from any European League is eligible.

The winners are chosen for the autumn-spring season, not the calendar year.

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

See alsoEdit

• Golden Boy (award)

External linksEdit

• Bravo Award on RSSSF