The Serie A Player of the Month is an

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award that recognises the best player each month in

Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...

, the top tier of the

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. The winner is chosen by an online public vote, in which voters choose from five nominees. The nominees are chosen through analysis by data tracking software, which consider statistical data, positional data and the contribution to the technical and physical efficiency of the team. The award is known as EA Sports Player of the Month for sponsorship reasons. The first award was assigned to

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player Franck Ribéry for his performances in September 2019. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has won the award a record three times. He is also the only player to win the award in two consecutive months, as well the only player alongside Rafael Leão to win multiple times in the same season. Napoli players have one the award a record eight times, and they alongside

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are the only clubs to have players win the award in consecutive months.

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is the only player to win the award with two different teams:

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and AC Milan. Napoli's

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and Kim Min-jae are the only defenders to win the award, which has been given to 10 midfielders and 22 forwards. It has also been given to foreign players 30 times; the most represented countries are Argentina and Portugal (four titles each), followed by Georgia and Serbia (three each). The most recent winner is Salernitana's

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, who won it for his performances in May 2023.

Key

* Position key: GK –

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; DF – Defender; MF –

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; FW –

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List of winners

Multiple winners

Awards won by club

Awards won by nationality

References

{{Serie A Serie A trophies and awards

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