Serie B Footballer of the Year

AIC Serie B Footballer of the Year

Sport	Association football
Competition	Serie B
Awarded for	Young footballer considered to have performed the best in each given Serie B season
Local name	Migliore giovane della Serie B AIC (Italian)
Country	Italy
Presented by	Italian Footballers' Association (AIC)
History
First award	2012
Editions	14
First winner	Stephan El Shaarawy (2011)
Most wins	Sandro Tonali (2 times)
Most recent	Nicolò Bertola (2025)
Website	Official website

The AIC Serie B Young Footballer of the Year (Italian : Migliore giovane della Serie BAIC) is a yearly award organized by the Italian Footballers' Association (AIC) given to the young footballer who has been considered to have performed the best over the previous Serie B season.

The award is part of the Gran Galà del Calcio (formerly known as Oscar del Calcio) awards event.

Winners

Sandro Tonali, the only player to have won the award twice

Year	Player	Club	Ref(s)
2010–11	Stephan El Shaarawy	Padova	[1]
2011–12	Lorenzo Insigne Marco Verratti Ciro Immobile	Pescara Pescara Pescara	[2]
2012–13	Domenico Berardi	Sassuolo	[3]
2013–14	Daniele Rugani	Empoli	[4]
2014–15	Adam Masina	Bologna	[5]
2015–16	Leonardo Morosini	Brescia	[6]
2016–17	Alessio Cragno	Benevento	[7]
2017–18	Sandro Tonali	Brescia	[8]
2018–19	Sandro Tonali	Brescia	[9]
2020–21	Samuele Ricci	Empoli	[10]
2021–22	Federico Gatti	Frosinone	[11]
2022–23	Giovanni Fabbian	Reggina	[12]
2023–24	Francesco Pio Esposito	Spezia	[13]
2024–25	Nicolò Bertola	Spezia	[14]

By club

Club	Players
Pescara	3
Brescia	3
Empoli	2
Spezia	2
Padova	1
Sassuolo	1
Bologna	1
Benevento	1
Frosinone	1
Reggina	1

By country

Country	Players
Italy	15
Morocco	1

By position

Position	Players
Midfielder	6
Forward	5
Defender	4
Goalkeeper	1

References

1. Iaria, Marco (21 January 2012). "Totò, Ibra e Cavani Che tris nel Top 11 dell' Aic". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 12 September 2015.
2. "Gran Galà del Calcio Aic. E' Pirlo il migliore del 2012". Tuttosport (in Italian). 27 January 2013. Archived from the original on 24 June 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
3. "Calcio, Gran Galà. Pirlo giocatore dell'anno: "Consiglio Totti a Prandelli"". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 27 January 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
4. "Serie A, 'Gran Galà del calcio': trionfa la Juve". Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 15 December 2014. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
5. "Oscar del Calcio, dominio Juve. Buffon: "Donnarumma ha doti da grande"" [Serie A Oscars, Juve dominate. Buffon: "Donnarumma has the characteristics to be great"]. La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 14 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
6. "Gran Galà del calcio, la Juventus fa incetta di premi". Il Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
7. "Buffon named best player". Football Italia. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
8. "Gran Galà del calcio AIC 2018: Icardi il miglior giocatore 2017-2018. Tutti i premi". Sky Italia (in Italian). 3 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
9. "Gran Galà del calcio, la cerimonia: Cristiano Ronaldo miglior giocatore". Sky Italia (in Italian). 2 December 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
10. "Gran Galà del Calcio 2021: trionfano Lukaku e Girelli! Scopri tutti gli altri premiati" (in Italian). Gran Galà del Calcio. 19 March 2021. Archived from the original on 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
11. "Ecco tutti i vincitori del Gran Galà del Calcio 2022" (in Italian). Gran Galà del Calcio. 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
12. "Gran Galà del Calcio: tutti i vincitori della serata LIVE". Sky Sport (in Italian). 4 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
13. Young, Peter (2 December 2024). "Every category and Serie A nominee at the Gran Gala del Calcio". Football Italia. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
14. Campanale, Susy (1 December 2025). "Serie A 2025 Awards: McTominay Best Player of the Year" . Retrieved 2 December 2025.

External links

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