Pallone Azzurro Explained

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.[1]

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

YearBest Italian footballerBest Italian women's footballerBest futsal playerBest beach soccer playerRef(s)
2012Andrea PirloNot awarded[2]
2013Gianluigi Buffon[3]
2014Matteo DarmianMartina RosucciGabriel LimaFrancesco Corosiniti[4]
2015Marco VerrattiManuela GiuglianoAlex MerlimSimone Del Mestre[5]
2016Gianluigi BuffonStefano MammarellaGabriele Gori[6]
2021Federico ChiesaCristiana GirelliNot awarded[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Il Club Vivo Azzurro . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201013191938/https://www.figc.it/it/tifosi/membership/il-club-vivo-azzurro/ . 13 October 2020 . 17 March 2021 . Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio . it.
  2. Web site: 1 January 2013 . Pirlo è il Pallone Azzurro 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150206221913/http://vivoazzurro.it/news/pirlo-e-il-pallone-azzurro-2012/ . 6 February 2015 . 30 January 2013 . VivoAzzurro.it . Italian.
  3. Web site: 2 January 2014 . I tifosi della Nazionale premiano Buffon con il 'Pallone Azzurro' 2013 . Italian National Team fans award Buffon with the 2013 "Pallone Azzurro" . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140106031654/https://www.figc.it/it/204/38553/2014/01/news.shtml . 6 January 2014 . 6 January 2014 . FIGC . Italian.
  4. Web site: 2 January 2015 . A Darmian il “Pallone Azzurro 2014”, tra le donne la vincitrice è Rosucci . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160118110540/https://www.figc.it/it/204/2526478/2015/01/news.shtml . 18 January 2016 . 18 January 2016 . FIGC . Italian.
  5. Web site: 1 January 2016 . Pallone Azzurro 2015: vince Verratti . 2015 Pallone Azzurro: Verratti wins . 17 March 2021 . Sport Mediaset . Italian.
  6. Web site: 1 January 2017 . Nazionale, a Buffon il 'Pallone azzurro' . 17 March 2021 . la Repubblica . Italian.
  7. Web site: FIGC . 30 December 2021 . Pallone Azzurro 2021: Federico Chiesa and Cristiana Girelli are your winners! . 30 December 2021 . Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio . en.