A PRESTIGIOUS INDIVIDUAL HONOUR FOR A MATURE PLAYER.
Winner -Regarded as one of the Best Players in Football History.
Organisers - 'World Champions Club' and 'The
Monaco Government Tourist Office and
Convention Authority' under the sponsorship
of various companies and together with a
large number of international partners coming
from different sports media including sports newspapers, magazines, websites, TVs and Radios.
Participating Players - All fooball Players in the world who have 29 years of age or more and are still playing professional football are eligible for the award.
Award Objective and Structure - The 'Golden Foot Award' is an international career award which is given to those players who stand out for their sport results (both as single players and with their team), for their fair play, their personality and for the esteem of the public and football experts. The winner is selected out of a list of ten players nominated by the award jury consisting of the Golden Foot media partners representatives. The final winner is selected through the participation of the football fans from all over the world who give their preferential vote through the official website of the award. Each player can only win this award once in his career.
First Edition - 2003
Editions until today - 17
History - A total of seventeen different players won this award: Baggio R. (Italy - 2003), Nedved (Czech Republic - 2004), Shevchenko (Ukraine - 2005), Ronaldo (Brazil - 2006), Del Piero (Italy - 2007), Roberto Carlos (Brazil - 2008), Ronaldinho (Brazil - 2009), Totti (Italy - 2010), Giggs (Wales - 2011), Ibrahimovic (Sweden - 2012), Drogba (Ivory Coast - 2013), Iniesta (Spain - 2014), Eto'o (Cameroon - 2015), Buffon G. (Italy - 2016), Casillas (Spain - 2017), Cavani (Uruguay - 2018), Modric (Croatia - 2019).
THE FOOTPRINT
WINNERS (1st Place) -
GOLDEN FOOT AWARD
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Name - Golden Foot Award.
Material - A hand-embossed and chiselled Gold Footprint together with a Gold Star studded with Diamonds, completed with engraved letters and logos. All placed inside a folded presentation backing in blue.
Size - circa 30 x 50 cm
Manufacturer - Different international jewellers produce the goldenfoot each year.
Used - Since 2003. The Footprint is also given to the 'All Time' Legends Golden Foot winners. Each winner keeps the award forever.
BRAVO
THE HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL HONOUR A YOUNG PLAYER CAN WIN IN EUROPE.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Young Player in Europe.
Organisers - The Italian monthly (weekly prior to
2010) magazine 'Guerin Sportivo'.
Participating Players - Until 1991 only under-23
players participating in one of the three major
European club competitions organised by UEFA (Champions League, UEFA Cup and Cup Winners Cup) were eligible. Since 1992 any under-21 player playing in any European League is eligible for the award.
Award Objective and Structure - The Bravo award is presented by 'Guerin Sportivo' to the most outstanding young football player in Europe for the past season. The selection is made by the magazine's sports journalists.
First Edition - 1978
Last Edition - 2015
Total Editions - 38
History - A total of thirty-six different players won this award, eleven of which won it twelve times whilst playing with Italian clubs: two times Butragueno (Spain - 1985, 1986 Real Madrid), Ronaldo (Brazil - 1997 Barcelona, Spain & Inter, Italy, 1998 Inter, Italy); One time Case (England - 1978 Liverpool), Birtles (England - 1979 Nottingham Forest), Muller H. (West Germany - 1980 Stuttgart), Wark (Scotland - 1981 Ipswich Town, England), Shaw (England - 1982 Aston Villa), Bonini (San Marino - 1983 Juventus, Italy), Righetti (Italy - 1984 Roma), Van Basten (Netherlands - 1987 Ajax), Ohana (Israel - 1988 Mechelen, Belgium), Maldini P. (Italy - 1989 Milan), Baggio R. (Italy - 1990 Fiorentina), Prosinecki (Yugolsavia - 1991 Red Star Belgrade), Guardiola (Spain - 1992 Barcelona), Giggs (Wales - 1993 Manchester United, England), Panucci (Italy - 1994 Milan), Kluivert (Netherlands - 1995 Ajax), Del Piero (Italy - 1996 Juventus), Buffon G. (Italy - 1999 Parma), Casillas (Spain - 2000 Real Madrid), Hargreaves (England - 2001 Bayern Munich, Germany), Metzelder (Germany - 2002 Borussia Dortmund), Rooney (England - 2003 Everton), Ronaldo C. (Portugal - 2004 Manchester United, England), Robben (Netherlands - 2005 Chelsea, England), Fabregas (Spain - 2006 Arsenal, England), Messi (Argentina - 2007 Barcelona, Spain), Benzema (France - 2008 Olympique Lyon), Busquets (Spain - 2009 Barcelona), Muller T. (Germany - 2010 Bayern Munich), Hazard (Belgium - 2011 Lille, France), Verratti (Italy - 2012 Pescara), Isco (Spain - 2013 Malaga), Pogba (France - 2014 Juventus, Italy), Berardi (Italy - 2015 Sassuolo).
THE TROPHY
Name - Guerin D'Oro.
Material - The symbol of the 'Guerin Sportivo' - an athlete wearing a knight's helmet, known as 'Guerin', throwing a pen instead of a javelin, in gold on a marble squarish base. All placed in a green presentation box.
Height - circa 25 cm
Winner - The winner of each edition keeps the trophy forever.
Used - 18 Editions, from 1978 until 1995. This trophy was also awarded to all award winners of 'Guerin Sportivo' including the 'Guerin D'Oro' and the 'Guerin D'Oro Speciale'.
WINNERS (1st Place) - BRAVO AWARD
Paolo
MALDINI
(Milan)
1989
Ubaldo
RIGHETTI
(Roma)
1984
THE TROPHY
Name - Guerin D'Oro.
Material - The symbol of the 'Guerin Sportivo' - an athlete wearing a knight's helmet, known as 'Guerin', holding a pen instead of a javelin, in gold on a glass sphere with engraved continents representing the globe, held on a cilindrical silver base. All placed in a green presentation box.
Height - circa 30 cm
Winner - The winner of each edition keeps the trophy forever.
Used - 20 Editions, since 1996. This trophy is also awarded to all award winners of 'Guerin Sportivo' including the 'Guerin D'Oro' and the 'Guerin D'Oro Speciale'.
Roberto
BAGGIO
(Fiorentina)
1990
THE CHAMPIONS PROMENADE
Name - The Foot / Hand Print.
Description - Each winner is asked to leave a cast of his footprint (players) or handprint (goalkeepers) together with their signature on a tile.
Material - Bronze with a star design made of mosaice.
Size - circa 70 x 40 cm
Location - Seafront of the Principality of Monaco.
Used - Since 2003. The winners of the 'All Time' Legends Golden Foot winners are also given this opportunity. Each winner can leave his print only once.
Roberto
BAGGIO
2003
Alessandro
DEL PIERO
2007
Francesco
TOTTI
2010
'ALL TIME' LEGENDS GOLDEN FOOT AWARD
A PRESTIGIOUS INDIVIDUAL HONOUR FOR A RETIRED PLAYER.
Winner -Regarded as one of the Best Retired Players in the World.
Organisers - 'World Champions Club' and 'The
Monaco Government Tourist Office and
Convention Authority' under the sponsorship
of various companies and together with a
large number of international partners coming
from different sports media including sports newspapers, magazines, websites, TVs and Radios.
Participating Players - All fooball Players in the world who have retired from playing professional football are eligible for the award.
Award Objective and Structure - The 'All Time' Legends Golden Foot Award is an international career award which is given to those retired players who had stood out for their sport results (both as single players and with their team), for their fair play, their personality and for the esteem of the public and football experts during their career. Each year between three or five retired players are selected for this award. These winners are selected out by the award jury consisting of the Golden Foot media partners representatives. Each player can only win this award once in his career.
First Edition - 2003
Editions until today - 16
History - A total of seventy-two different players won this award: 2003 - Eusebio (Portugal), Fontaine (France), Maradona (Argentina), Rivera (Italy); 2004 - Di Stefano (Argentina), Platini (France), Zoff (Italy); 2005 - Best (Northern Ireland), Gento (Spain), Rivellino (Brazil), Riva (Italy), Weah (Liberia); 2006 - Facchetti (Italy), Ghiggia (Uruguay), Kopa (France), Puskas (Hungary), Zico (Brazil); 2007 - Kempes (Argentina), Muller G. (Germany), Romario (Brazil), Rossi P. (Italy), Stoitchkov (Bulgaria); 2008 - Aldair (Brazil), Belanov (USSR), Suarez (Spain), Zidane (France); 2009 - Boniek (Poland), Blokhin (Ukraine), Higuita (Colombia), Rummenigge K.H. (Germany), Nilton Santos (Brazil); 2010 - Antognoni (Italy), Beckenbauer (Germany), Dunga (Brazil), Sanchez H. (Mexico), Varallo (Argentina); 2011 - Abedi Pele (Ghana), Figo (Portugal), Madjer (Algeria), Gullit (Netherlands), Zanetti J. (Argentina); 2012 - Baresi F. (Italy), Cantona (France), Matthaus (Germany), Pele (Brazil); 2013 - Valderrama (Colombia), Ardiles (Argentina), Papin (France); 2014 - Panenka (Czech Republic), Pfaff (Belgium), Sukur H. (Turkey), Nakata H. (Japan), Hamm (female - USA), Milla (Cameroun); 2015 - Hagi (Romania), Passarella (Argentina), Trezeguet (France), Dasayev (Russia); 2016 - Puyol (Spain), Deco (Portugal), De Boer F. (Netherlands), Ranieri (Italy); 2017 - Mancini R. (Italy), Owen M. (England), Desailly (France), Kahn (Germany), Li Ming (China); 2018 - Lippi (Italy), Deschamp (France), Leonardo (Brazil), Pirlo (Italy), Seedorf (Netherlands); 2019 - Falcao (Brazil), Vieira P. (France), Altafini (Brazil).
THE FOOTPRINT
WINNERS (1st Place) - 'ALL TIME' LEGENDS GOLDEN FOOT AWARD
Name - 'All Time' Legends Golden Foot Award.
Material - A hand-embossed and chiselled Gold Footprint together with a Gold Star studded with Diamonds, completed with engraved letters and logos. All placed inside a folded presentation backing in blue.
Size - circa 30 x 50 cm
Manufacturer - Different international jewellers produce the goldenfoot each year.
Used - Since 2003. The Footprint is also given to the Golden Foot winners. Each winner keeps the award forever.
THE CHAMPIONS PROMENADE
Name - The Foot / Hand Print.
Description - Each winner is asked to leave a cast of his footprint (players) or handprint (goalkeepers) together with their signature on a tile.
Material - Bronze with a star design made of mosaice.
Size - circa 70 x 40 cm
Location - Seafront of the Principality of Monaco.
Used - Since 2003. The winners of the Golden Foot winners are also given this opportunity. Each winner can leave his print only once.
Gianni
RIVERA
2003
Dino
ZOFF
2004
Luigi
RIVA
2005
GOLDEN FOOT AWARD -
NOMINATED AZZURRI PLAYERS
Paolo
MALDINI
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Alessandro
DEL PIERO
2006
Francesco
TOTTI
2008
2009
Gianluigi
BUFFON
2008, 2009
2010, 2011
2012, 2015
Fabio
CANNAVARO
2007
2008
Giacinto
FACCHETTI
2006
Paolo
ROSSI
2007
Giancarlo
ANTOGNONI
2010
Even though he played with both the Uruguayan and Italian National teams, the Italo-Uruguayan Alcide Ghiggia was awarded only as a player of Uruguay.
The same goes for the Italo-Brazilian Jose Altafini who played with both the Brazilian and Italian National teams, however he was only awarded as a Brazilian player. Ironically they used the wrong name since whilst playing with Brazil he was known as Mazzola whilst Altafini was only used whilst playing in Italy.
Alcide
GHIGGIA
2006
FRANCE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP TOP 100 (1930-1990)
A VERY RARE AND PRESTIGIOUS HONOUR.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Player in World Cup history for the first fourteen editions.
FRANCE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP TOP 100 (1930-1990) -
FINAL POSITIONS OF THE AZZURRI
Gianni
RIVERA
84th Place
Giuseppe
MEAZZA
21st Place
Paolo
ROSSI
11th Place
Dino
ZOFF
22nd Place
Alessandro
MAZZOLA
70th Place
Silvio
PIOLA
19th Place
Even though they played with both the Italian and Uruguay National team, the Italo-Uruguay Oriundi Schiaffino and Ghiggia only participated in the final phases of the World Cup with Uruguay, thus they are only listed as Uruguay players.
Juan Alberto
SCHIAFFINO
(Uruguay)
8th Place
Alcides
GHIGGIA
(Uruguay)
43rd Place
THE TROPHY
No particular trophy is awarded for this award.
Organisers - The French bi-weekly magazine
'France Football'.
Participating Players - All fooball Players who
participated in the World Cup final phases
of the first fourteen editions (1930 - 1990). Players who participated only in the qualifying stages of the World Cups were not considered.
Award Objective and Structure - Before the 15th edition of the World Cup (1994), France Football published the list of the World Cup Top 100 (1930-1994), also called 'The 100 World Cup Heroes'. The list was compiled by France Football and ranked all players who participated in the first fourteen editions of the World Cups, from 1930 till 1990, according to their performance in this prestigious tournament. Only the players' performance in the final stages of each World Cup edition was evaluated, their performance in the qualifying stages were not considered.
First and only Edition - 1994
History - The final list of the World Cup Top 100 (1930-1994) is as follows: 1. Pele (Brazil), 2. Maradona (Argentina), 3. Beckenbauer (West Germany), 4. Fontaine (France), 5. Muller G. (West Germany), 6. Garrincha (Brazil), 7. Moore B. (England), 8. Schiaffino (Uruguay), 9. Walter F. (West Germany), 10. Andrade (Uruguay), 11. Rossi P. (Italy), 12. Hurst (England), 13. Rahn (West Germany), 14. Banks (England), 15. Kempes (Argentina), 16. Kocsis (Hungary), 17. Eusebio (Portugal), 18. Charlton B. (Enhland), 19. Piola (Italy), 20. Cruyff J. (Netherlands), 21. Meazza (Italy), 22. Zoff (Italy), 23. Matthaus (Germany), 24. Amarildo (Brazil), 25. Milla (Cameroon), 26. Leonidas (Brazil), 27. Carbajal (Mexico), 28. Ademir (Brazil), 29. Stabile (Argentina), 30. Seeler (West Germany), 31. Carlos Alberto (Brazil), 32. Cubillas (Peru), 33. Pak Doo-Ik (North Korea), 34. Nejedly (Czechoslovakia), 35. Lato (Poland), 36. Schiavio (Italy), 37. Albert (Hungary), 38. Tostao (Brazil), 39. Vava (Brazil), 40. Kopa (France), 41. Monti (Argentina / Italy), 42. Ferrari G. (Italy), 43. Ghiggia (Uruguay), 44. Masopust (Czechoslovakia), 45. Sparwasser (East Germany), 46. Rensenbrink (Netherlands), 47. Hamrin (Sweden), 48. Breitner (West Germany), 49. Schillaci (Italy), 50. Gaetjens (U.S.A.), 51. Laurent (France), 52. Jairzinho (Brazil), 53. Didi (Brazil), 54. Sanon (Haiti), 55. Liedholm (Sweden), 56. Nasazzi (Uruguay), 57. Maier (West Germany), 58. Gilmar (Brazil), 59. Zagalo (Brazil), 60. Lineker (England), 61. Djalma Santos (Brazil), 62. Goycoechea (Argentina), 63. Abegglen A. (Switzerland), 64. Schroif (Czechoslovakia), 65. Bozsik (Hungary), 66. Jennings (Northern Ireland), 67. Riva (Italy), 68. Planicka (Czechoslovakia), 69. N'Kono (Cameroon), 70. Mazzola S. (Italy), 71. Shilton (England), 72. Neury (Switzerland), 73. Krankl (Austria), 74. Schumacher (West Germany), 75. Sekularac (Yugoslavia), 76. Rivelino (Brazil), 77. Zenga (Italy), 78. Khairi (Marocco), 79. Sindelar (Austria), 80. Bellaumi (Algiers), 81. Rojas (Chile), 82. Schnellinger (West Germany), 83. Zarra (Spain), 84. Rivera (Italy), 85. Hellstrom (Sweden), 86. Tomaszewski (Poland), 87. Boniek (Poland), 88. Zamora (Spain), 89. Bickel (Switzerland), 90 Robson B. (England), 91. Giresse (France), 92. Ramallets (Spain), 93. Haan (Netherlands), 94. Whiteside (Northern Ireland), 95. Rummenigge K.H. (West Germany), 96. Conejo (Costa Rica), 97. Scirea (Italy), 98. Butragueno (Spain), 99. Passarella (Argentina), 100. Elkjaer-Larsen (Denmark), 101. Bats (France), 102. Boninsegna (Italy), 103. Deyna (Poland), 104. Edstrom (Sweden), 105. Orsi (Italy).
Angelo
SCHIAVIO
36th Place
Luisito
MONTI
(Argentina / Italy)
41sth Place
Giovanni
FERRARI
42nd Place
Salvatore
SCHILLACI
49th Place
Luigi
RIVA
67th Place
Walter
ZENGA
77th Place
Gaetano
SCIREA
97nd Place
Roberto
BONINSEGNA
102nd Place
Raimundo
ORSI
105th Place
Christian
PANUCCI
(Milan)
1994
Alessandro
DEL PIERO
(Juventus)
1996
Gianluigi
BUFFON
(Parma)
1999
The sixth part of all Individual International and National Honours won by Azzurri
players and officials throughout the years
Since the Italian National Team is among the very few National Teams who almost won all the major competitions and trophies that football can offer, both World and European, it is logically that the azzurri players and officials who achieved this success are bestowed with the major individual awards and honours. The sixth page of Individual Honours concentrates also on International Honours, namely the continuation of the awards organised by the top international magazines and newspapers World Soccer, El Pais, France Football and Guerin Sportivo: World Soccer World Footballer, Coach, Young Player and Referee of the Year, World Soccer 100 Greatest Players of the Century, Greatest Managers of All-Time and Greatest XI of All-Time, El Pais Rey del Futbol de Europa and Coach of the Year, France Football World Cup Top 100 (1930-1990); together with the Golden Foot award, the 'All-Time' Legends Golden Foot award, the Bravo award and the Golden Boy Award.
Andrea
PIRLO
2012, 2013
2014, 2015
2016, 2017
Franco
BARESI
2012
Marco
VERRATTI
(Pescara)
2012
Domenico
BERARDI
(Sassuolo)
2015
Gianluigi
BUFFON
2016
Claudio
RANIERI
2016
Non-Azzurri Italians
Non-Azzurro Italian Coaches
THE TROPHY
No particular trophy is awarded for this award.
WORLD SOCCER - WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Organisers - The British bi-monthly magazine
'World Soccer'.
Participating Players - All football Players in the world
who played professional football that annual year
are eligible for the award.
Award Objective and Structure - World Soccer awards the World Soccer World Player of the Year award to the football player who is considered to have performed the best in the world over the previous calendar year. The player is selected , 50% through the vote of the readers of the magazine and 50% through the vote of a panel of experts, from a list of eligible players chosen by the magazine.
First Edition - 1982
Editions until Today - 36
History - A total of twenty-three different players won this award, fifteen of which won it eighteen times whilst playing with Italian clubs: five times Ronaldo C. (Portugal - 2008 Manchester United, England / 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 Real Madrid, Spain); four times Messi (Argentina - 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015 Barcelona, Spain); three times Ronaldo (Brazil - 1996 Barcelona, Spain / 1997 Inter, Italy / 2002 Real Madrid, Spain); two times Platini (France - 1984, 1985 Juventus, Italy), Gullit (Netherlands - 1987, 1989 Milan, Italy), Van Basten (Netherlands - 1988, 1992 Milan, Italy), Ronaldinho (Brazil - 2004, 2005 Barcelona, Spain); one time Rossi P. (Italy - 1982 Juventus, Italy), Zico (Brazil - 1983 Udinese, Italy), Maradona (Argentina - 1986 Napoli, Italy), Matthaus (West Germany - 1990 Inter, Italy), Papin (France - 1991 Marseille, France), Baggio R. (Italy - 1993 Juventus, Italy), Maldini P. (Italy - 1994 Milan, Italy), Vialli (Italy - 1995 Juventus, Italy), Zidane (France - 1998 Juventus, Italy), Rivaldo (Brazil - 1999 Barcelona, Spain), Figo (Portugal - 2000 Barcelona & Real Madrid, Spain), Owen (England - 2001 Liverpool, England), Nedved (Czech Republic - 2003 Juventus, Italy), Cannavaro F. (Italy - 2006 Juventus, Italy & Real Madrid, Spain), Kaka (Brazil - 2007 Milan, Italy), Xavi (Spain - 2010 Barcelona, Spain).
WINNERS (1st Place) - WORLD SOCCER
WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Roberto
BAGGIO
(Juventus)
1993
A PRESTIGIOUS INDIVIDUAL HONOUR FOR A PLAYER.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Player in the World that year.
RUNNER-UP (2nd Place) - WORLD SOCCER
WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR
THIRD PLACE - WORLD SOCCER
WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR
WORLD SOCCER WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR -
OTHER AZZURRI IN LOWER POSITIONS
Franco
BARESI
(Milan)
1989 - 5th Place
1990 - 9th Place
1994 - 6th Place
Paolo
MALDINI
(Milan)
1995 - 4th Place
2003 - 4th Place
Roberto
BAGGIO
(Fiorentina & Juventus)
1990 - 6th Place
Gianfranco
ZOLA
(Parma)
1995 - 7th Place
Alessandro
NESTA
(Lazio)
2000 - 10th Place
Francesco
TOTTI
(Roma)
2000 - 7th Place
2001 - 4th Place
2007 - 7th Place
2016 - 53rd Place (Joint)
Gianluigi
BUFFON
(Juventus)
2006 - 5th Place
2015 - 16th Place
2016 - 19th Place (Joint)
2017 - 5th Place
Gianluca
VIALLI
(Sampdoria, Juventus & Chelsea)
1988 - 7th Place
1991 - 6th Place
1996 - 10th Place
Fabrizio
RAVANELLI
(Juventus)
1995 - 9th Place
Christian
VIERI
(Lazio & Inter)
1999 - 6th Place
Paolo
ROSSI
(Juventus)
1982
Gianluca
VIALLI
(Juventus)
1995
Paolo
MALDINI
(Milan)
1994
Fabio
CANNAVARO
(Juventus & Real Madrid)
2006
Salvatore
SCHILLACI
(Juventus)
1990
Roberto
BAGGIO
(Juventus)
1994
Alessandro
DEL PIERO
(Juventus)
1995
Gianfranco
ZOLA
(Chelsea)
1997
Dino
ZOFF
(Juventus)
1982 - 6th Place
Bruno
CONTI
(Roma)
1982 - 7th Place
Gaetano
SCIREA
(Juventus)
1982 - 9th Place
Paolo
ROSSI
(Juventus)
1984 - 8th Place
WINNERS (1st Place) - WORLD SOCCER
WORLD COACH OF THE YEAR
THE TROPHY
No particular trophy is awarded for this award.
WORLD SOCCER -
WORLD MANAGER OF THE YEAR
A PRESTIGIOUS INDIVIDUAL HONOUR FOR A FOOTBALL COACH.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Coach in the World that annual year.
Organisers - The British bi-monthly magazine
World Soccer.
Participating Coaches - All football coaches who
led a professional football club or a National Team
during that annual year, in the whole world.
Award Objective and Structure - World Soccer awards the World Soccer World Manager of the Year to the football manager, being either club coach or national team coach, who is considered to have performed the best in the world over the previous calendar year. The manager is selected, 50% through the vote of the readers of the magazine and 50 % through the vote of a panel of experts.
First Edition - 1982
Editions until Today - 35
History - Twenty-nine different coaches won this award, including four Italian National Coaches, two club coaches who won it whilst leading an Italian club and an Italian coach who won it whilst leading a foreign club: Four times Ferguson (Scotland - 1993, 1999, 2007, 2008 Manchester United, England); Three times Mourinho (Portugal - 2004 Porto, Portugal, 2005 Chelsea, England, 2010 Inter, Italy & Real Madrid, Spain); Two times Guardiola (Spain - 2009, 2011 Barcelona, Spain); One time Bearzot (Italy - 1982 Italy National Team), Piontek (Denmark - 1983 Denmark National Team), Hidalgo (France - 1984 France National Team), Venables (England - 1985 Barcelona, Spain), Thys (Belgium - 1986 Belgium National Team), Crujff J. (Netherlands - 1987 Ajax, Netherlands), Michels (Netherlands - 1988 Netherlands National Team & Bayern Leverkusen, West Germany), Sacchi (Italy - 1989 Milan, Italy), Beckenbauer (West Germany - 1990 West Germany National Team & Marseille, France), Platini (France - 1991 France National Team), Moller-Nielsen (Denmark - 1992 Denmark National Team), Parreira (Brazil - 1994 Brazil National Team), Van Gaal (Netherlands - 1995 Ajax, Netherlands), Vogts (Germany - 1996 Germany National Team), Hitzfeld (Germany - 1997 Borussia Dortmund, Germany), Wenger (France - 1998 Arsenal England), Zoff (Italy - 2000 Italy National Team), Houllier (France - 2001 Liverpool, England), Hiddink (Netherlands - 2002 South Korea National Team & PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands), Ancelotti (Italy - 2003 Milan, Italy), Lippi (Italy - 2006 Italy National Team), Del Bosque (Spain - 2012 Spain National Team), Heynckes (Germany - 2013 Bayern Munich, Germany), Low (Germany - 2014 Germany National Team), Enrique (Spain - 2015 Barcelona, Spain), Ranieri (Italy - 2016 Leicester City, England), Zidane (France - 2017 Real Madrid, Spain).
Marcello
LIPPI
(Italy)
2006
Dino
ZOFF
(Italy)
2000
Enzo
BEARZOT
(Italy)
1982
Arrigo
SACCHI
(Milan)
1989
Carlo
ANCELOTTI
(Milan)
2003
WORLD SOCCER 100 GREATEST PLAYERS OF THE CENTURY
A VERY RARE AND PRESTIGIOUS HONOUR, AWARDED EVERY CENTURY.
Winner -Regarded as one of the Best Players in the world for the past 100 years.
THE TROPHY
No particular trophy was awarded for this award.
WORLD SOCCER 100 GREATEST PLAYERS OF THE
CENTURY - FINAL POSITIONS OF THE AZZURRI
Gianni
RIVERA
(Milan)
Dino
ZOFF
(Napoli & Juventus)
47th Place
Franco
BARESI
(Milan)
19th Place
Gaetano
SCIREA
(Juventus)
Alessandro
MAZZOLA
(Inter)
Marco
TARDELLI
(Juventus & Inter)
Juan Alberto
SCHIAFFINO
(MIlan)
68th Place (Joint)
Giuseppe
BERGOMI
(Inter)
Paolo
ROSSI
(Vicenza, Perugia, Juventus & Milan)
41st Place (Joint)
Luigi
RIVA
(Cagliari)
72nd Place (Joint)
Alessandro
DEL PIERO
(Juventus)
77th Place (Joint)
Roberto
BAGGIO
(Fiorentina, Juventus,
Milan, Bologna,
Inter & Brescia)
16th Place
Paolo
MALDINI
(Milan)
21st Place
Roberto
BETTEGA
(Juventus)
Giuseppe
MEAZZA
(Inter)
37th Place
Claudio
GENTILE
(Juventus)
Organisers - The British Bi-monthly magazine
World Soccer.
Participating Players - All football players in the
world who played football between 1900 and 1999.
Award Objective and Structure - The World Soccer 100 Greatest Players of the Century Poll was organised in December 1999 by the World Soccer magazine to celebrate the end of the 20th Century - the first century of football that was about to end and to honour the best 100 footballers from all over the world of the past 100 years. The poll was conducted on the magazine in the months before December and was entirely voted by the readers. Voters were asked to pick their top 10 players in order of preference. Points were assigned to each player according to the voting rank he gained: 10 points for a 1st place vote, 9 points for a 2nd place vote and so on down to 1 point for a 10th place vote. Finally all points were added to produce the final list of winners.
First and only Edition - 1999
History - The final list of the World Soccer 100 Greatest Players of the Century is as follows: 1. Pele (Brazil), 2. Maradona (Argentina), 3. Cruijff J. (Netherlands), 4. Beckenbauer (West Germany), 5. Platini (France), 6. Di Stefano (Argentina / Spain), 7. Puskas (Hungary / Spain), 8. Best (Northern Ireland), 9. Van Basten (Netherlands), 10. Eusebio (Portugal), 11. Yashin (U.S.S.R.), 12. Charlton B. (England), 13. Ronaldo (Brazil), 14. Moore B. (England), 15. Muller G. (West Germany), 16. Baggio R. (Italy), 17. Matthews (England), 18. Zico (Brazil), 19. Baresi F. (Italy), 20. Garrincha (Brazil), 21. Maldini P. (Italy), 22. Dalglish (Scotland), 23. Batistuta (Argentina), 24. Cantona (France), 25. Hagi (Romania), 26. Romario (Brazil), 27. Jairzinho (Brazil), 28. Zidane (France), 29. Gullit (Netherlands), 30. Charles J. (Wales), 31. Matthaus (Germany), 32. Banks (England), 33. Klinsmann (Germany), 34. Bergkamp (Netherlands), 35. Rummenigge K.H. (West Germany), 36. Lineker (England), 37. Meazza (Italy), 38. Rivelino (Brazil), 39. Didi (Brazil), 40. Rush (Wales), 41. Schmeichel (Denmark), Rossi P. (Italy), 43. Weah (Liberia), 44. Owen (England), 45. Fontaine (France), 46. Edwards D. (England), 47. Zoff (Italy), 48. Stoichkov (Bulgaria), 49. Beckham (England), 50. Finney (England), 51. Rivaldo (Brazil), 52. Caniggia (Argentina), 53. Tostao (Brazil), 54. Rijkaard (Netherlands), 55. Chilavert (Paraguay), 56. Keegan (England), 57. Gascoigne (England), 58. Milla (Cameroon), 59. Laudrup M. (Denmark), 60. Shevchenko (Ukraine), 61. Socrates (Brazil), Ginola (France), Hoddle (England), 64. Roberto Carlos (Brazil), Shearer (England), 66. Passarella (Argentina), 67. Suker (Croatia), 68. Kocsis (Hungary), Dean (England), Schiaffino (Uruguay / Italy), Vieri C. (Italy), 72. Kempes (Argentina), Neeskens (Netherlands), Riva (Italy), 75. Nasazzi (Uruguay), Netzer (West Germany), 77. Del Piero (Italy), Valderrama (Colombia), 79. Zamora R. (Spain), 80. Francescoli (Uruguay), 81. Davids (Netherlands), Gento (Spain), 83. Baxter (Scotland), Falcao (Brazil), Giggs (Wales), Maier (West Germany), 87. Boniek (Poland), Jennings (Northern Ireland), Sarosi (Hungary), 90. Facchetti (Italy), 91. Hansen A. (Scotland), Kopa (France), Robson B. (England), Sammer (Germany), 95. Kubala (Czechoslovakia / Hungary / Spain), Southall (Wales), 97. Gerson (Brazil), 98. Futre (Portugal), Elkjaer (Denmark), 100. Bebeto (Brazil).
Giacinto
FACCHETTI
(Inter)
90th Place
Gianfranco
ZOLA
(Napoli, Parma & Chelsea)
Christian
VIERI
(Juventus, Athletico Madrid, Lazio, Inter, Milan & Monaco
68th Place (Joint)
Gianluca
VIALLI
(Sampdoria & Juventus)
OTHER AZZURRI PLAYERS WHO RECIEVED
VOTES BUT FINISHED AFTER THE FIRST 100
Listed in the order of merit according to the votes received
Ciro
FERRARA
(Napoli & Juventus)
Roberto
MANCINI
(Sampdoria)
Salvatore
SCHILLACI
(Juventus)
Silvio
PIOLA
(Lazio, Juventus & Novara)
Fabio
CANNAVARO
(Parma, Inter, Juventus & Real Madrid)
Gianluigi
LENTINI
(Torino, Milan & Atalanta)
Roberto
DONADONI
(Milan & Metro Stars NY)
Enrico
CHIESA
(Sampdoria, Parma & Fiorentina)
Valentino
MAZZOLA
(Venezia & Torino)
Giampiero
BONIPERTI
(Juventus)
Romeo
BENETTI
(Milan, Juventus & Roma)
Walter
ZENGA
(Inter)
Pietro
VIERCHOWOD
(Como, Fiorentina, Roma & Sampdoria)
Antonio
CABRINI
(Juventus)
Gianpiero
COMBI
(Juventus)
Franco
CAUSIO
(Juventus & Udinese)
Giancarlo
ANTOGNONI
(Fiorentina)
Giuliano
SARTI
(Fiorentina & Inter)
Cesare
MALDINI
(Milan)
Angelo
PERUZZI
(Juventus & Lazio)
Antonio
CONTE
(Juvetnus)
Carlo
PAROLA
(Juventus)
Filippo
INZAGHI
(Atalanta, Juventus & Milan)
Pietro
RAVA
(Juventus & Alessandria)
Luisito
MONTI
(Juventus)
Andrea
FORTUNATO
(Juventus)
THE TROPHY
No particular trophy is awarded for this award.
EL PAIS - REY DEL FUTBOL DE EUROPA
Organisers - The Uruguayan daily newspaper
'El Pais'.
Participating Players - All football Players in the
world who played professional football that annual year in a European league are eligible for the award.
Award Objective and Structure - El Pais awards the Rey del Futbal de Europa (King of European Football) award to the football player who is considered to have performed the best in Europe over the previous calendar year. The player is selected through the vote of the readers of the newspaper. The award stopped being awarded after the 2010 edition.
First Edition - 1991
Last Edition - 2010
Total Editions - 19
History - A total of thirteen different players won this award, seven of which won it whilst playing with Italian clubs: four times Zidane (France - 1998 Juventus, Italy; 2001 Juventus, Italy & Real Madrid, Spain; 2002, 2003 Real Madrid, Spain); three times Ronaldinho (Brazil - 2004 , 2005, 2006 Barcelona, Spain); two times Ronaldo (Brazil - 1996 PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands & Barcelona, Spain; 1997 Barcelona, Spain), Messi (Argentina - 2009, 2010 Barcelona, Spain); one time Papin (France - 1991 Olympique Marseille, France), Van Basten (Netherlands - 1992 Milan, Italy), Baggio R. (Italy - 1993 Juventus, Italy), Maldini P. (Italy - 1994 Milan, Italy), Weah (Liberia - 1995 Milan, Italy), Rivaldo (Brazil - 1999 Barcelona, Spain), Figo (Portugal - 2000 Real Madrid, Spain), Kaka (Brazil - 2007 Milan, Italy), Ronaldo C. (Portugal - 2008 Manchester United, England).
WINNERS (1st Place) - EL PAIS
REY DEL FUTBOL DE EUROPA
Roberto
BAGGIO
(Juventus)
1993
A PRESTIGIOUS INDIVIDUAL HONOUR FOR A PLAYER.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Player in Europe that year.
RUNNER-UP (2nd Place) - EL PAIS
REY DEL FUTBOL DE EUROPA
THIRD PLACE - EL PAIS
REY DEL FUTBOL DE EUROPA
EL PAIS REY DEL FUTBOL DE EUROPA -
OTHER AZZURRI IN LOWER POSITIONS
Gian Luca
ZAMBROTTA
(Juventus & Barcelona)
2006 - 9th Place
Paolo
MALDINI
(Milan)
1999 - 13th Place
2000 - 17th Place
2003 - 10th Place
2005 - 10th Place
Andrea
PIRLO
(Milan)
2006 - 10th Place
Francesco
TOLDO
(Fiorentina)
2000 - 11th Place
Alessandro
NESTA
(Lazio)
2000
Gianluigi
BUFFON
(Parma & Juventus)
2000 - 20th Place
2003 - 8th Place
2004 - 4th Place
2006 - 6th Place
Filippo
INZAGHI
(Milan)
2002 - 17th Place
Christian
VIERI
(Lazio & Inter)
1999 - 8th Place
Paolo
MALDINI
(Milan)
1994
Fabio
CANNAVARO
(Juventus & Real Madrid)
2006
Fabio
CANNAVARO
(Parma & Inter)
2000 - 17th Place
2002 - 17th Place
Alessandro
NESTA
(Lazio & Milan)
2001 - 7th Place
2002 - 6th Place
2003 - 5th Place
2005 - 8th Place
Gianluigi
BUFFON
(Juventus)
2008
WINNERS (1st Place) - EL PAIS
EUROPEAN COACH OF THE YEAR
THE TROPHY
No particular trophy is awarded for this award.
EL PAIS -
EUROPEAN COACH OF THE YEAR
A PRESTIGIOUS INDIVIDUAL HONOUR FOR A FOOTBALL COACH.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Coach in Europe that annual year.
Organisers - The Uruguayan daily newspaper
'El Pais'.
Participating Coaches - All football coaches who
led a professional European football club or a European National Team during that annual year.
Award Objective and Structure - El Pais awards the El Pais European Coach of the Year award to the football manager, being either club coach or national team coach, who is considered to have performed the best in Europe over the previous calendar year. The manager is selected through the vote of the readers of the magazine. The award stopped being awarded after the 2010 edition.
First Edition - 1991
Last Edition - 2010
Total Editions - 18
History - Eight different coaches won this award, including one club coach who won it three times whilst leading an Italian club: Four times Ferguson (Scotland - 1999, 2000, 2003, 2008 Manchester United, England), Mourinho (Portugal - 2004 Porto, Portugal & Chelsea, England; 2005, 2006 Chelsea, England; 2010 Real Madrid, Spain); Three times Crujff J. (Netherlands - 1992, 1993, 1994 Barcelona, Spain), Lippi (Italy - 1996, 1997, 1998 Juventus, Italy); Two times Wenger (France - 2002, 2007 Arsenal England); One time Platini (France - 1991 France National Team), Van Gaal (Netherlands - 1995 Ajax, Netherlands) , Hitzfeld (Germany - 2001 Bayern Munich, Germany), Guardiola (Spain - 2009 Barcelona, Spain).
Marcello
LIPPI
(Juventus)
1996, 1997, 1998
Fabio
CAPELLO
(Roma)
1999 - 10th Place
2002 - 8th Place
EL PAIS EUROPEAN COACH OF THE YEAR -
OTHER ITALIAN COACHES IN LOWER POSITIONS
RUNNER-UP (2nd Place) - EL PAIS
EUROPEAN COACH OF THE YEAR
Non-Azzurro Italian Coaches
Marcello
LIPPI
(Juventus)
2003 (Joint Award)
Fabio
CAPELLO
(Roma & Juventus)
2003 (Joint Award) 2005 (Joint Award)
THIRD PLACE - EL PAIS
EUROPEAN COACH OF THE YEAR
Non-Azzurro Italian Coaches
Fabio
CAPELLO
(Roma & Juventus)
2004 (Joint Award)
Marcello
LIPPI
(Juventus, Inter & Italy National Team)
1999 - 4th Place
2002 - 4th Place
2005 - 6th Place
WINNERS (1st Place) - WORLD SOCCER
REFEREE OF THE YEAR
THE TROPHY
No particular trophy is awarded for this award.
WORLD SOCCER -
REFEREE OF THE YEAR
A PRESTIGIOUS INDIVIDUAL HONOUR FOR A FOOTBALL REFEREE.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Referee in the World that annual year.
Organisers - The British bi-monthly magazine
World Soccer.
Participating Referees - All football referees who
controlled professional football games, both club and
National Teams during that annual year, in the whole world.
Award Objective and Structure - World Soccer awards the World Soccer Referee of the Year to the football referee who is considered to have performed the best in the world over the previous calendar year. The winner is selected through the vote of the readers of the magazine.
First Edition - 2005
Last Edition - 2006
Total Editions - 2
History - Two different referees won this award: Collina (Italy - 2005), Elizondo (Argentina - 2006).
Pierluigi
COLLINA
(Italy)
2005
WORLD SOCCER WORLD COACH OF THE YEAR -
OTHER ITALIANS IN LOWER POSITIONS
Cesare
PRANDELLI
(Fiorentina)
2008 - 6th Place
Fabio
CAPELLO
(England)
2009 - 5th Place
Roberto
MANCINI
(Inter & Manchester City)
2008 - 10th Place
2011 - 7th Place
Carlo
ANCELOTTI
(Chelsea, Paris St Germain & Real Madrid)
2010 - 10th Place
2013 - 8th Place (Joint)
2015 - 8th Place (Joint)
Giovanni
TRAPATTONI
(Ireland)
2011 - 8th Place
Massimiliano
ALLEGRI
(Milan & Juventus)
2011 - 10th Place
2015 - 6th Place (Joint)
2017 - 9th Place (Joint)
THE TROPHY
No particular trophy is awarded for this award.
WORLD SOCCER -
WORLD YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR
A PRESTIGIOUS INDIVIDUAL HONOUR FOR AN UNDER 21 PLAYER.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Under 21 Player in the World that annual year.
Organisers - The British bi-monthly magazine
World Soccer.
Participating Players - All football players who
were under the age of 21 during that annual year,
in the whole world.
Award Objective and Structure - World Soccer awards the World Soccer World Young Player of the Year to the football player, under the age of 21, who is considered to have performed the best in the world over the previous calendar year. The player is selected through the vote of the readers of the magazine. The award was not awarded for the 2002 - 2004 three year period and stopped to be awarded after 2011.
First Edition - 2001
Last Edition - 2011
Editions - 8
History - Six different players won this award: Three times Messi (Argentina - 2006, 2007, 2008 Barcelona, Spain); One time Henry T. (France - 2001 Arsenal, England), Robinho (Brazil - 2005 Santos, Brazil), Aguero S. (Argentina - 2009 Athletico Madrid, Spain), Muller T. (Germany - 2010 Bayern Munich, Germany), Neymar (Brazil - 2011 Santos, Brazil).
WORLD SOCCER WORLD YOUNG PLAYER OF
THE YEAR - ITALIANS IN LOWER POSITIONS
Sebastian
GIOVINCO
(Juventus & Empoli)
2008 - 9th Place
Mario Barwuah
BALOTELLI
(Manchester City)
2011 - 9th Place
Andrea
PIRLO
(Juventus)
2012 - 4th Place
2014 - 33rd Place (Joint)
2015 - 23rd Place
THIRD PLACE - WORLD SOCCER
WORLD COACH OF THE YEAR
Non-Azzurro Italian
Roberto
DI MATTEO
(Chelsea)
2012
Marcello
LIPPI
(Guangzhon Evergrande)
2013 - 5th Place (Joint)
Antonio
CONTE
(Juventus, Italy
& Chelsea)
2013 - 8th Place (Joint)
2016 - 9th Place (Joint)
2017 - 7th Place (Joint)
Claudio
MARCHISIO
(Juventus)
2015 - 52nd Place (Joint)
Leonardo
BONUCCI
(Juventus & Milan)
2015 - 42nd Place (Joint)
2016 - 22nd Place
2017 - 26th Place (Joint)
Daniele
DE ROSSI
(Roma)
2016 - 58th Place (Joint)
Giorgio
CHIELLINI
(Juventus)
2015 - 26th Place (Joint)
2016 - 64th Place (Joint)
2017 - 46th Place (Joint)
Non-Azzurro
Italian
Claudio
RANIERI
(Leicester City)
2016
Carlo
ANCELOTTI
(Real Madrid)
2014
Gianni
DE BIASI
(Albania)
2015 - 8th Place (Joint)
Eusebio
DI FRANCESCO
(Sassuolo)
2015 - 8th Place (Joint)
WORLD SOCCER GREATEST MANAGERS OF ALL-TIME
A VERY RARE AND PRESTIGIOUS HONOUR, AWARDED RARELY.
Winner -Regarded as one of the Best Coaches in the world of all-time.
THE TROPHY
No particular trophy was awarded for this award.
WORLD SOCCER GREATEST MANAGERS OF ALL-TIME
FINAL POSITIONS OF THE AZZURRI COACHES
Marcello
LIPPI
(Atalanta, Napoli
Juventus, Inter,
Italy National Team, Guangzhou Evergrande)
13th Place (Joint)
Arrigo
SACCHI
(Parma, Milan,
Italy National Team,
Atletico Madrid)
6th Place (Joint)
Organisers - The British Bi-monthly magazine
World Soccer.
Participating Coaches - All football coaches in the
world who played football between 1900 and 2013.
Award Objective and Structure - The World Soccer Greatest Managers of All-Time was organised in July 2013. The voting was conducted by 70 football experst from all over the world. Each expert had to select five favorite five coaches in world football history. Finally all voted coaches were added in one single list to produce the final list of winners.
First and only Edition - 2013
History - The final list of the World Soccer Greatest Managers of All-Time is as follows: 1. Ferguson (Scotland), 2. Michels R. (Netherlands), 3. Mourinho (Portugal), 4. Herrera H. (Argentina / France), 5. Guardiola (Spain), 6. Lobanovskyi (USSR / Ukraine), Sacchi (Italy), 8. Paisley (England), 9. Chapman H. (England), Guttmann (Hungary), Happel (Austria), Zagallo (Brazil), 13. Del Bosque (Spain), Lippi (Italy), Pozzo (Italy), Santana (Brazil), 17. Clough B. (England), 18. Hitzfeld (Germany), 19. Herberger (Germany / West Germany), Shankly (Scotland), Trapattoni (Italy), 22. Menotti (Argentina), 23. Bearzot (Italy), Capello F. (Italy), Hogan (England), Schön H. (West Germany), Weisweiler (West Germany), 28. Beckenbauer (Germany), Bilardo (Argentina), Cruyff J. (Netherlands), Feola (Brazil), Ramsey (England), Scolari (Brazil), Stein (Scotland), Sebes (Hungary), 36. Aragonés (Spain), Beenhakker (Netherlands), Benítez (Spain), Bielsa (Argentina), Bradley B. (USA), Busby (Scotland), Charlton J. (England), Górski (Poland), Heynckes (Germany), Houllier (France), Ivić (Croatia), Kovács (Romania), Lattek (West Germany), Meisl (Austria), Rehhagel (Germany), Parreira (Brazil), Piechniczek (Poland), Rocco N. (Italy), Weisz (Hungary), Wenger (France), Winterbottom (England).
Vittorio
POZZO
(Italy National Team, Torino, Milan)
13th Place (Joint)
Giovanni
TRAPATTONI
(Milan, Juventus, Inter,
Cagliari, Bayern Munich, Fiorentina, Italy National Team, Benfica, Stuttgart, Red Bull Salzburg, Ireland National Team)
19th Place (Joint)
Enzo
BEARZOT
(Italy Under 23,
Italy National Team)
23rd Place (Joint)
Fabio
CAPELLO
(Milan, Real Madrid, Roma, Juventus, England National Team, Russia National Team)
23rd Place (Joint)
Nereo
ROCCO
(Triestina, Padova, Milan, Torino, Fiorentina)
36th Place (Joint)
WORLD SOCCER GREATEST XI OF ALL-TIME
A VERY RARE AND PRESTIGIOUS HONOUR, AWARDED RARELY.
Winner -Regarded as one of the Best Players in football history by World Soccer Magazine.
THE TROPHY
No particular trophy was awarded for this award.
WORLD SOCCER GREATEST XI OF ALL-TIME
MEMBERS
Paolo
MALDINI
(Italy)
Full Back
Organisers - The British Bi-monthly magazine
World Soccer.
Participating Players - All football players in the
world who played football between 1900 and 2013.
Award Objective and Structure - The World Soccer Greatest XI of All-Time was organised in July 2013. The voting was conducted by 73 football experst from all over the world. Each expert had to select his ideal 4-4-2 formation in world football history. Finally all voted players were added in single lists per position to produce the final 4-4-2 formation of winners.
First and only Edition - 2013
History - Beckenbauer (West Germany) received the most votes, followed by Maradona (Argentina) in the second place, Cruijff J. (Netherlands) third, Pele (Brazil) fourth and Maldini P. (Italy) fifth. The World Soccer Greatest XI of All-Time was composed as follows: Goalkeeper - Yashin (USSR); Full Backs - Maldini P. (Italy), Cafu (Brazil); Central Defenders - Beckenbauer (West Germany), Moore B. (England); Midfielders - Maradona (Argentina), Cruijff J. (Netherlands), Zidane (France), Di Stefano (Argentina / Spain); Strikers - Pele (Brazil), Messi (Argentina).
WORLD SOCCER XI OF ALL-TIME
FINAL POSITIONS OF OTHER AZZURRI PLAYERS
Gianluigi
BUFFON
(Goalkeeper)
4th Place (Joint)
Dino
ZOFF
(Goalkeeper)
2nd Place (Joint)
Giacinto
FACCHETTI
(Full Back)
6th Place
Walter
ZENGA
(Goalkeeper)
11th Place (Joint)
Claudio
GENTILE
(Full Back)
13th Place (Joint)
Fabio
CANNAVARO
(Central Defender)
5th Place (Joint)
Franco
BARESI
(Central Defender)
3rd Place
Riccardo
FERRI
(Central Defender)
10th Place (Joint)
Giuseppe
BERGOMI
(Central Defender)
9th Place
Alessandro
NESTA
(Central Defender)
10th Place (Joint)
Gaetano
SCIREA
(Central Defender)
10th Place (Joint)
Roberto
ROSATO
(Central Defender)
10th Place (Joint)
Roberto
DONADONI
(Midfielder)
23rd Place (Joint)
Roberto
BAGGIO
(Midfielder)
15th Place (Joint)
Luis
MONTI
(Midfielder)
23rd Place (Joint)
Giuseppe
MEAZZA
(Striker)
9th Place (Joint)
Juan M.
SCHIAFFINO
(Midfielder)
23rd Place (Joint)
Luigi
RIVA
(Striker)
9th Place (Joint)
Marco
VERRATTI
(Paris Saint Germain)
2017 - 57th Place (Joint)
Roberto
MANCINI
2017
GOLDEN BOY
THE HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL HONOUR A YOUNG PLAYER CAN WIN IN EUROPE.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Young Player in Europe.
Organisers - The Italian daily newspaper
'Tuttosport'.
Participating Players - All players participating
in any top division of a European Country that
is under the age of 21 is eligible for the award.
Award Objective and Structure - The Golden Boy award is presented by 'Tuttosport' to the most outstanding young football player in Europe in the past annual year, from January to December, thus covering two halves of two different seasons. Tuttosport selects a list of 100 eligible nominees in July that are reduced by 20 nominees every month through an online voting survey until in December the final 20 are passed to a jury of 30 different sports journalist from 20 different European countries, including L'Équipe and France Football (France), The Times (Britain), De Telegraaf (Netherlands), AS, Marca and El Mundo Deportivo (Spain), A Bola and Record (Portugal), Bild and Kicker (Germany), Ta Nea (Greece), Pressing Agency (Russia), Slobodna Dalmacija (Croatia), Sport Express (Ukraine), Gazeta Sporturilor (Romania). Each judge selects 5 players and rate them by giving them 10 points for the best, 7 points the second best, 5, 3 and 1 accordingly. The player with most total points is declared the winner.
First Edition - 2003
Editions until today - 17
History - A total of seventeen different players won this award, three of which won it whilst playing with Italian clubs: Van der Vaart (Netherlands - 2003 Ajax), Rooney (England - 2004 Everton & Manchester United), Messi (Argentina - 2005 Barcelona, Spain), Fabregas (Spain - 2006 Arsenal, England), Aguero S. (Argentina - 2007 Atletico Madrid, Spain), Anderson L. (Brazil - 2008 Manchester United, England), Pato (Brazil - 2009 Milan, Italy), Balotelli (Italy - 2010 Inter & Manchester City, England), Götze (Germany - 2011 Borussia Dortmund), Isco (Spain - 2012 Malaga), Pogba (France - 2013 Juventus, Italy), Sterling (England - 2014 Liverpool), Martial (France - 2015 Monaco & Manchester United, England), Sanches R. (Portugal - 2016 Benfica & Bayern Munich, Germany), Mbappé (France - 2017 Monaco & Paris Saint Germain), De Ligt (Netherlands - 2018 Ajax), Felix J. (Portugal - 2019 Atletico Madrid, Spain).
THE TROPHY
Name - Golden Boy Award.
Material - A golden miniature copy of the 'Tuttosport' newspaper opened double spread with the page on the right having the award details engraved. All on a dark blue presentation stand.
Height - circa 25 cm
Winner - The winner of each edition keeps the trophy forever.
Used - First Edition (2003) only.
THE TROPHY
Name - Golden Boy Award.
Material - A golden football placed on a golden stand, all on a cubic natural wood base with a copper label .
Height - circa 40 cm
Winner - The winner of each edition keeps the trophy forever.
