Serie A Defender of the Year

AIC Serie A Defender of the Year

Sport	Association football
Competition	Serie A
Awarded for	Defender considered to have performed the best in each given Serie A season
Local name	Migliore difensore AIC (Italian)
Country	Italy
Presented by	Italian Footballers' Association (AIC)
History
First award	2000
Editions	11
Final award	2010
First winner	Alessandro Nesta (2000)
Most wins	Alessandro Nesta (4 times)
Most recent	Giorgio Chiellini Walter Samuel (2010)
Website	Official website

Alessandro Nesta, who has won the award a record four times

The AICSerie A Defender of the Year (Italian : Migliore difensore AIC) was a yearly award organized by the Italian Footballers' Association (AIC) from 2000 to 2010 as part of the Oscar del Calcio awards event, given to the defender who was considered to have performed the best over the previous Serie A season.

Since 2011, the best defenders are chosen as part of the Serie A Team of the Year award within the Gran Galà del Calcio awards event.

Winners

Giorgio Chiellini, who has won the award three times

Year	Player	Club	Ref(s)
2000	Alessandro Nesta	Lazio	[1]
2001	Alessandro Nesta	Lazio	[2]
2002	Alessandro Nesta	Lazio	[3]
2003	Alessandro Nesta	Milan	[4]
2004	Paolo Maldini	Milan	[3]
2005	Fabio Cannavaro	Juventus	[5]
2006	Fabio Cannavaro	Juventus	[6]
2007	Marco Materazzi	Internazionale	[7]
2008	Giorgio Chiellini	Juventus	[8]
2009	Giorgio Chiellini	Juventus	[9]
2010	Giorgio Chiellini	Juventus	[10]
	Walter Samuel	Internazionale

By club

Club	Players	Total
Juventus	2	5
Milan	2	2
Lazio	1	3
Internazionale	2	2

References

1. "A Francesco Totti l'Oscar del calcio". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2 October 2000. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
2. "Oscar: Zidane batte Totti è lui il più bravo calciatore". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2 October 2001. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
3. "Albo d'Oro". AssoCalciotori.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
4. "L'«Oscar» Aic a Totti e Nedved". La tribuna di Treviso (in Italian). 13 January 2004. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
5. "Re Gila". Eurosport (in Italian). 23 January 2006. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
6. "A Cannavaro l'Oscar 2006". Eurosport (in Italian). 29 January 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
7. "Oscar AIC 2007: Materazzi miglior difensore". Inter Official Site (in Italian). 29 January 2008. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
8. "Ibrahimovic e la Juve i più bravi del 2008". la Repubblica (in Italian). 20 January 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
9. Masiello, Vince (19 January 2010). "Ex-Inter Star Zlatan Ibrahimovic Wins 2009 'Oscar Del Calcio'". Goal.com. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
10. "Oscar Aic, nessuno come Milito, Mourinho re degli allenatori". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 24 January 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

External links

• (in Italian) List of Oscar del Calcio winners on the AIC official website
• (in Italian) List of Gran Galà del Calcio winners on the AIC official website