Bidone d'oro

Golden Bin

Sport	Association football
Competition	Serie A
Awarded for	The most disappointing player in Serie A
Local name	Bidone d'Oro (Italian)
Country	Italy
Presented by	Catersport
History
First award	2003
Editions	10
Final award	2012
First winner	Rivaldo  (BRA)
Most wins	Adriano  (BRA) 3 times
Most recent	Alexandre Pato  (BRA)

Bidone d'oro, Italian for "Golden Bin" or "Golden Trashcan", was a tongue-in-cheek prize given to the most disappointing player in Serie A at the end of each calendar year. A play on Ballon d'Or, ^[1] the winner was chosen through votes by listeners of the Catersport show on Rai Radio 2. ^[2] The prize was first awarded in 2003 to Rivaldo of Milan, ^[3] and was discontinued in 2012 when Catersport went off the air. ^[4] The final Bidone d'Oro was awarded at the end of 2012 to Alexandre Pato following a vote on the discontinued show's Facebook page. ^[4]

Winners

Year	Rank	Player	National team	Club(s)	Ref(s)
2003	1st	Rivaldo	Brazil	Milan	[5]
	2nd	Al-Saadi Gaddafi	Libya	Perugia
	3rd	Carsten Jancker	Germany	Udinese
2004	1st	Nicola Legrottaglie	Italy	Juventus	[6]
	2nd	Christian Vieri	Italy	Inter
	3rd	Alessandro Del Piero	Italy	Juventus
2005	1st	Christian Vieri	Italy	Inter / Milan	[7]
	2nd	Santiago Solari	Argentina	Inter
	3rd	Antonio Cassano	Italy	Roma
2006	1st	Adriano	Brazil	Inter	[8]
	2nd	Alberto Gilardino	Italy	Milan
	3rd	Ricardo Oliveira	Brazil	Milan
2007	1st	Adriano	Brazil	Inter	[9]
	2nd	Dida	Brazil	Milan
	3rd	Ronaldo	Brazil	Milan
2008	1st	Ricardo Quaresma	Portugal	Inter	[2]
	2nd	Christian Vieri	Italy	Atalanta
	3rd	Adriano	Brazil	Inter
2009	1st	Felipe Melo	Brazil	Fiorentina / Juventus	[10]
	2nd	Ricardo Quaresma	Portugal	Inter
	3rd	Tiago Mendes	Portugal	Juventus
2010	1st	Adriano	Brazil	Roma	[11]
	2nd	Amauri	Italy	Juventus
	3rd	Ronaldinho	Brazil	Milan
2011	1st	Diego Milito	Argentina	Inter	[12]
	2nd	Amauri	Italy	Juventus
	3rd	Miloš Krasić	Serbia	Juventus
2012	1st	Alexandre Pato	Brazil	Milan	[13]
	2nd	Nicklas Bendtner	Denmark	Juventus
	3rd	Lúcio	Brazil	Inter / Juventus

Wins by club

Club	Total	Year(s)
Inter	4	2006, 2007, 2008, 2011
Milan	3	2003, 2005, 2012
Juventus	2	2004, 2009
Roma	1	2010

References

1. Raynor, Dominic (12 December 2008). "Rafa writes off Reds, Ronaldo a 'traitor'". Soccernet . Archived from the original on 25 May 2011.
2. Fallon, Clare (8 December 2008). "Quaresma voted Serie A's worst player". Reuters. Archived from the original on 30 May 2012.
3. "Vieri voted Serie A's worst player". Rediff.com . 6 December 2005.
4. Viatali, Cristian (30 December 2012). "Il Calciobidone 2013 (e i suoi fratelli flop)" [Calciobidone (and its brother Flop)]. Fantagazzetta.com (in Italian). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
5. Beresford, Jack (10 December 2020). "Rivaldo at AC Milan: From World Cup hero to Serie A's worst signing". Planet Football. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
6. "Corriere della Sera – Calcio, il «Bidone d'oro» a Legrottaglie". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 6 December 2004. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
7. "Calcio, il premio 'Bidone d'Oro' a Vieri". la Repubblica (in Italian). 5 December 2005. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
8. "Ad Adriano il Bidone d'oro 2006". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 4 December 2006. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
9. "Adriano bissa il Bidone d'oro". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 10 December 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
10. "Juventus Midfielder Felipe Melo Wins 2009 Golden Bin". Goal. 14 December 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
11. "Adriano 'Bidone d'oro': Davanti ad Amauri e Dinho". Calciomercato.com (in Italian). 13 December 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
12. "Milito Bidone d'Oro 2011!!!". Rai Radio 2 (in Italian). Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
13. Catersport Radio2 [@catersport] (17 December 2012). "PATO (MILAN) E' IL BIDONE D'ORO 2012. 2° Bendtner (Juve) 3° Lucio (Inter/Juventus)" (Tweet) (in Italian) – via Twitter.