The AIC Serie A Young Footballer of the Year ( it, Migliore calciatore giovane AIC) was a yearly award organized by the

Italian Footballers' Association The Italian Footballers' Association (Italian language, Italian: ''Associazione Italiana Calciatori''), also referred to by the acronym AIC, is the trade union, association for Association football, footballers in Italy. It was established in 196 ...

(AIC) given to the under-24

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who was considered to have performed the best over the previous

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 ...

season. It was organised by the

(AIC) as part of the

Oscar del Calcio Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to: People * Oscar (given name), an Irish- and English-language name also used in other languages; the article includes the names Oskar, Oskari, Oszkár, Óscar, and other forms. * Oscar (Irish mythology) ...

awards event.

Antonio Cassano Antonio Cassano (; born 12 July 1982) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a forward. A talented and technically gifted player, he was usually deployed as a supporting forward, but could also play as an attacking midfield ...

is the only multiple winner of the award, winning it in 2001 and 2003.

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had the most winners with three players from the club winning the award. The first non-Italian to win the award was the Slovak

Marek Hamšík Marek Hamšík (; born 27 July 1987) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Süper Lig club Trabzonspor. He formerly captained the Slovakia national team. After beginning his club career with Slovan Bratislava in 20 ...

in 2008.

Winners

By club

By country

By position

References

External links

List of Oscar del Calcio winners
on the AIC official website
List of Gran Galà del Calcio winners
on the AIC official website {{Oscar del Calcio Serie A trophies and awards Association football young player of the year awards Oscar del Calcio Awards established in 1997 Lists of footballers in Italy Association football player non-biographical articles Rookie player awards