The Serie A Player of the Month, officially known as the EA Sports FC Player of the Month for sponsorship reasons,[1] is an association football award that recognises the best player each month in Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football league system. The winner is chosen by an online public vote, in which voters choose from five nominees.[2] The nominees are chosen through analysis by data tracking software, which consider statistical data, positional data and the contribution to the technical and physical efficiency of the team.[2]
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The first award was assigned to Fiorentina player Franck Ribéry for his performances in September 2019. Paulo Dybala, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Rafael Leão have won the award a record three times each; they are also the only three players to win the award multiple times in the same season, while Kvaratskhelia is the only player to win in consecutive months. Napoli players have won the award a record eight times, and they alongside Atalanta are the only clubs to have players win the award in consecutive months. Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Dybala and Dušan Vlahović are the only players to win the award with two different teams: AC Milan and Inter Milan for Çalhanoğlu, Juventus and Roma for Dybala, and Fiorentina and Juventus for Vlahović.[3]
Napoli's Kalidou Koulibaly and Kim Min-jae, and Inter's Alessandro Bastoni are the only defenders to win the award, which has been given to 11 midfielders and 26 forwards. It has also been given to foreign players 35 times; the most represented foreign country is Argentina (seven titles), followed by Portugal (five), Serbia (four) and Georgia (three). The most recent winner is Inter's Alessandro Bastoni, who won it for his performances in March 2024.[3]
Key edit
- Position key: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward.
List of winners edit
| Season | Month | Player[3] | Nationality | Pos. | Club | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–20 | September 2019 | Franck Ribéry |  France
|
FW | Fiorentina | [4] |
| October 2019 | Ciro Immobile |  Italy
|
FW | Lazio | [5] | |
| November 2019 | Radja Nainggolan |  Belgium
|
MF | Cagliari | ||
| December 2019 | Sergej Milinković-Savić |  Serbia
|
MF | Lazio | ||
| January 2020 | Cristiano Ronaldo |  Portugal
|
FW | Juventus | ||
| February 2020 | Luis Alberto |  Spain
|
MF | Lazio | ||
| June 2020 | Alejandro Gómez |  Argentina
|
MF | Atalanta | ||
| July 2020 | Paulo Dybala | Argentina
|
FW | Juventus | ||
| 2020–21 | September 2020 | Alejandro Gómez | Argentina
|
MF | Atalanta | |
| October 2020 | Zlatan Ibrahimović |  Sweden
|
FW | AC Milan | ||
| November 2020 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal
|
FW | Juventus | ||
| December 2020 | Hakan Çalhanoğlu |  Turkey
|
MF | AC Milan | ||
| January 2021 | Sergej Milinković-Savić | Serbia
|
MF | Lazio | ||
| February 2021 | Romelu Lukaku | Belgium
|
FW | Inter Milan | ||
| March 2021 | Lorenzo Insigne | Italy
|
FW | Napoli | ||
| April 2021 | Luis Muriel |  Colombia
|
FW | Atalanta | ||
| May 2021 | Ruslan Malinovskyi |  Ukraine
|
MF | Atalanta | ||
| 2021–22 | September 2021 | Kalidou Koulibaly |  Senegal
|
DF | Napoli | |
| October 2021 | Giovanni Simeone | Argentina
|
FW | Hellas Verona | ||
| November 2021 | Hakan Çalhanoğlu | Turkey
|
MF | Inter Milan | ||
| December 2021 | Dušan Vlahović | Serbia
|
FW | Fiorentina | ||
| January 2022 | Giacomo Raspadori | Italy
|
FW | Sassuolo | ||
| February 2022 | Ruslan Malinovskyi | Ukraine
|
FW | Atalanta | ||
| March 2022 | Victor Osimhen |  Nigeria
|
FW | Napoli | ||
| April 2022 | Marcelo Brozović |  Croatia
|
MF | Inter Milan | ||
| May 2022 | Sandro Tonali | Italy
|
MF | AC Milan | ||
| 2022–23 | August 2022 | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia |  Georgia
|
FW | Napoli | |
| September 2022 | Kim Min-jae |  South Korea
|
DF | Napoli | ||
| October 2022 | Rafael Leão | Portugal
|
FW | AC Milan | ||
| November 2022 | Moise Kean | Italy
|
FW | Juventus | ||
| January 2023 | Victor Osimhen | Nigeria
|
FW | Napoli | ||
| February 2023 | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia | Georgia
|
FW | Napoli | ||
| March 2023 | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia | Georgia
|
FW | Napoli | ||
| April 2023 | Rafael Leão | Portugal
|
FW | AC Milan | ||
| May 2023 | Boulaye Dia | Senegal
|
FW | Salernitana | ||
| 2023–24 | September 2023 | Rafael Leão | Portugal
|
FW | AC Milan | |
| October 2023 | Lautaro Martínez | Argentina
|
FW | Inter Milan | ||
| November 2023 | Paulo Dybala | Argentina
|
FW | Roma | ||
| December 2023 | Christian Pulisic |  United States
|
MF | AC Milan | ||
| January 2024 | Dušan Vlahović | Serbia
|
FW | Juventus | ||
| February 2024 | Paulo Dybala | Argentina
|
FW | Roma | ||
| March 2024 | Alessandro Bastoni | Italy
|
DF | Inter Milan |
Multiple winners edit
- As of February 2024 award[3]
Players in bold are still active in Serie A. Players in italics are still active in professional football outside of Serie A.
| Rank | Player | Wins |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paulo Dybala
|
3 |
| Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
| ||
| Rafael Leão
| ||
| 4 | Hakan Çalhanoğlu
|
2 |
| Alejandro Gómez
| ||
| Ruslan Malinovskyi
| ||
| Sergej Milinković-Savić
| ||
| Victor Osimhen
| ||
| Cristiano Ronaldo
| ||
| Dušan Vlahović
|
Awards won by club edit
- As of March 2024 award[3]
| Rank | Club | Wins |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Napoli | 8 |
| 2 | Milan | 7 |
| 3 | Atalanta | 5 |
| Internazionale | ||
| Juventus | ||
| 6 | Lazio | 4 |
| 7 | Fiorentina | 2 |
| Roma | ||
| 9 | Cagliari | 1 |
| Hellas Verona | ||
| Salernitana | ||
| Sassuolo |
Awards won by nationality edit
- As of March 2024 award[3]
| Rank | Nationality | Wins |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina
|
7 |
| 2 | Italy
|
6 |
| 3 | Portugal
|
5 |
| 4 | Serbia
|
4 |
| 5 | Georgia
|
3 |
| 6 | Belgium
|
2 |
| Nigeria
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| Senegal
| ||
| Turkey
| ||
| Ukraine
| ||
| 11 | Colombia
|
1 |
| Croatia
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| France
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| South Korea
| ||
| Spain
| ||
| Sweden
| ||
| United States
|
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "EA e Serie A siglano una partnership ufficiale". Calcio e Finanza (in Italian). 10 September 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Rafael Leao EA Sports player of the month di ottobre" (PDF). legaseriea.it. Lega Serie A. 11 November 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f "Player of the month". legaseriea.it. Lega Serie A. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ "Frank Ribery". legaseriea.it. Lega Serie A. Archived from the original on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ "Ciro Immobile". legaseriea.it. Lega Serie A. Retrieved 17 December 2022.