Pallone Azzurro

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,^[1] the official fan club of the Italy national football team.^[2]

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.^[1]

Winners

Year	Best Italian footballer	Best Italian women's footballer	Best futsal player	Best beach soccer player	Ref(s)
2012	Andrea Pirlo	Not awarded			^[1]
2013	Gianluigi Buffon	Not awarded			^[3]
2014	Matteo Darmian	Martina Rosucci	Gabriel Lima	Francesco Corosiniti	^[4]
2015	Marco Verratti	Manuela Giugliano	Alex Merlim	Simone Del Mestre	^[5]
2016	Gianluigi Buffon	Melania Gabbiadini	Stefano Mammarella	Gabriele Gori	^[6]
2021	Federico Chiesa	Cristiana Girelli	Not awarded		^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "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.