Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year

The AIC Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year (Italian: Migliore calciatore straniero AIC) was a yearly award organized by the Italian Footballers' Association (AIC) given to the non-Italian footballer who was considered to have performed the best over the previous Serie A season. Diego Milito was the last recipient of the award in 2010. The award was part of the Oscar del Calcio awards event.

AIC Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year
SportAssociation football
CompetitionSerie A
Awarded forForeign player considered to have performed the best in each given Serie A season
Local nameMigliore calciatore straniero AIC (Italian)
CountryItaly
Presented byItalian Footballers' Association (AIC)
History
First award1997
Editions14
Final award2010
First winnerFrance Zinedine Zidane (1997)
Most wins
Most recentArgentina Diego Milito (2010)
WebsiteOfficial website

Winners edit

 
Zinedine Zidane, who won the first edition, winning it again in 2001
 
Zlatan Ibrahimović, who has won the award three times
 
Kaká, who has won the award three times
 
David Suazo, who shared the award in 2006
Year Player Club Ref(s)
1997   Zinedine Zidane Juventus
1998   Ronaldo Internazionale
1999   Gabriel Batistuta Fiorentina
2000   Andriy Shevchenko Milan
2001   Zinedine Zidane Juventus
2002   David Trezeguet Juventus
2003   Pavel Nedvěd Juventus
2004   Kaká Milan
2005   Zlatan Ibrahimović Juventus
2006   Kaká Milan
  David Suazo Cagliari
2007   Kaká Milan
2008   Zlatan Ibrahimović Internazionale
2009   Zlatan Ibrahimović Internazionale
2010   Diego Milito Internazionale

By club edit

Club Players Total
Juventus 4 5
Internazionale 3 4
Milan 2 4
Fiorentina 1 1
Cagliari 1 1

By country edit

Country Players Total
  Brazil 2 4
  France 2 3
  Sweden 1 3
  Argentina 2 2
  Czech Republic 1 1
  Honduras 1 1
  Ukraine 1 1

By position edit

Position Players Total
Forward 7 9
Midfielder 3 6

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f "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. ^ "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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