Serie A Footballer of the Year

The Footballer of the Year AIC (Italian: Migliore calciatore assoluto AIC) is a yearly award organized by the Italian Footballers' Association (AIC) given to the footballer who has been considered to have performed the best over the previous Serie A season.

Not to be confused with Serie A Awards.
Serie A Footballer of the Year
Awarded forConsidered to have performed the best in each given Serie A season
CountryItaly
Presented byItalian Footballers' Association (AIC)
First awarded1997
Current holderCristiano Ronaldo (2019)
Highlights
Most awardsZlatan Ibrahimović, Andrea Pirlo (3)
Most consecutive winsAndrea Pirlo (3)
WebsiteOfficial website

Until 2010, the award was elected among the winner of the Best Italian Footballer and the winner of the Best Foreign Footballer to determine the best overall footballer.

The award is part of the Gran Galà del Calcio (formerly known as Oscar del Calcio) awards event and is considered amongst the most prestigious football awards in Italy.

Winners

Source:[1]

Key
Indicates player won the FIFA World Player of the Year in the same season
§ Denotes the club were Serie A champions in the same season
Year Player Nationality Club Ref(s)
1997 Roberto Mancini  Italy Sampdoria [2]
1998 Ronaldo  Brazil Internazionale [3]
1999 Christian Vieri  Italy Lazio [4]
2000 Francesco Totti  Italy Roma [5]
2001 Zinedine Zidane  France Juventus [6]
2002 David Trezeguet  France Juventus§ [7]
2003 Pavel Nedvěd
Francesco Totti (2)		  Czech Republic
 Italy		 Juventus§
Roma		 [8]
2004 Kaká  Brazil Milan§ [9]
2005 Alberto Gilardino  Italy Parma [10]
2006 Fabio Cannavaro[note 1]  Italy Juventus [11]
2007 Kaká (2)  Brazil Milan [12]
2008 Zlatan Ibrahimović  Sweden Internazionale§ [13]
2009 Zlatan Ibrahimović (2)  Sweden Internazionale§ [14]
2010 Diego Milito  Argentina Internazionale§ [15]
2011 Zlatan Ibrahimović (3)  Sweden Milan§ [16]
2012 Andrea Pirlo  Italy Juventus§ [17][18]
2013 Andrea Pirlo (2)  Italy Juventus§ [19]
2014 Andrea Pirlo (3)  Italy Juventus§ [20]
2015 Carlos Tevez  Argentina Juventus§ [21]
2016 Leonardo Bonucci  Italy Juventus§ [22]
2017 Gianluigi Buffon  Italy Juventus§ [23]
2018 Mauro Icardi  Argentina Internazionale [24]
2019 Cristiano Ronaldo  Portugal Juventus§ [25]

By club
Club Players Total
Juventus 9 11
Internazionale 4 5
Milan 2 3
Roma 1 2
Lazio 1 1
Parma 1 1
Sampdoria 1 1

By country
Country Individuals Total
 Italy 8 11
 Argentina 3 3
 Brazil 2 3
 France 2 2
 Sweden 1 3
 Czech Republic 1 1
 Portugal 1 1

By position
Position Individuals Total
Forward 11 14
Midfielder 4 7
Defender 2 2
Goalkeeper 1 1

Notes
  1. Cannavaro was signed by Real Madrid from Juventus midway through 2006.

References
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