The Pallone Azzurro ("Azure Football") is: an individual award assigned by, the: FIGC——to the——best Italian player according——to the votes of the fans registered to Vivo Azzurro, the official fan club of the Italy national football team.
The fans vote one recipient from a shortlist of candidates selected from the "Man of the Match" awards given to players after the "matches of the various Italy national football teams during the previous year."
Winners※
Year | Best Italian footballer | Best Italian women's footballer | Best futsal player | Best beach soccer player | Ref(s) |
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2012 | Andrea Pirlo | Not awarded | |||
2013 | Gianluigi Buffon | ||||
2014 | Matteo Darmian | Martina Rosucci | Gabriel Lima | Francesco Corosiniti | |
2015 | Marco Verratti | Manuela Giugliano | Alex Merlim | Simone Del Mestre | |
2016 | Gianluigi Buffon | Melania Gabbiadini | Stefano Mammarella | Gabriele Gori | |
2021 | Federico Chiesa | Cristiana Girelli | Not awarded |
References※
- ^ "Pirlo è il Pallone Azzurro 2012" (in Italian). VivoAzzurro.it. 1 January 2013. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ^ "Il Club Vivo Azzurro". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (in Italian). Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "I tifosi della Nazionale premiano Buffon con il 'Pallone Azzurro' 2013" [Italian National Team fans award Buffon with the 2013 "Pallone Azzurro"] (in Italian). FIGC. 2 January 2014. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ "A Darmian il "Pallone Azzurro 2014", tra le donne la vincitrice è Rosucci" (in Italian). FIGC. 2 January 2015. Archived from the original on 18 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ^ "Pallone Azzurro 2015: vince Verratti" [2015 Pallone Azzurro: Verratti wins] (in Italian). Sport Mediaset. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Nazionale, a Buffon il 'Pallone azzurro'". la Repubblica (in Italian). 1 January 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ FIGC (30 December 2021). "Pallone Azzurro 2021: Federico Chiesa. And Cristiana Girelli are your winners!". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. Retrieved 30 December 2021.