Bravo Award

This article is about an award for young footballers. For the German magazine's award, see Bravo Otto. For the Latino music award, see ALMA Award. For other uses, see Bravo.

Bravo Award
SportAssociation football
Awarded forThe most outstanding under-21 player in any European league
Local nameTrofeo Bravo (Italian)
CountryItaly
Presented byGuerin Sportivo
History
First award1978
Editions38
Final award2015
First winner Jimmy Case (ENG)
Most wins
2 times each
Most recent Domenico Berardi (ITA)

The Bravo Award was an annual award which was handed out by the Italian magazine Guerin Sportivo to the most outstanding young European footballer.[1]

The first winner of the award was Englishman Jimmy Case. The first non-European to win the award was Eli Ohana in 1988.[2]

The award was discontinued after the 2015 edition.[3]

History and regulations

In 1977, Guerin Sportivo's editorial staff established the award to celebrate the best young footballers in European football.[2] The jury was composed by Guerin Sportivo's and Radiocorriere TV's journalist as well as foreign sports journalists from the most important news outlets across Europe.[2]

Since the inception and until 1992, only under-23 players participating in one of the three European club cups (UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup) were eligible. The rules changed in 1992, when under-21 player from any European League became eligible, regardless of their participation in any European club cups.[2][3][4][5]

The winners were chosen for the autumn-spring season, not the calendar year.[3]

List of winners

Together with Butragueño, Ronaldo was the only player to win the award twice
Roberto Baggio won the award in 1990
Paul Pogba was one of the latest recipients of the award in 2014
Year Player Club Ref(s)
1978 England Jimmy Case England Liverpool
[4]
1979 England Garry Birtles England Nottingham Forest
[4]
1980 Germany Hansi Müller Germany VfB Stuttgart
[3]
1981 Scotland John Wark England Ipswich Town
[3]
1982 England Gary Shaw England Aston Villa
[4]
1983 San Marino Massimo Bonini Italy Juventus
[3]
1984 Italy Ubaldo Righetti Italy Roma
[6]
1985 Spain Emilio Butragueño Spain Real Madrid
[4][1]
1986 Spain Emilio Butragueño Spain Real Madrid
[4][1]
1987 Netherlands Marco van Basten Netherlands Ajax
[3]
1988 Israel Eli Ohana Belgium Mechelen
[7]
1989 Italy Paolo Maldini Italy Milan
[3]
1990 Italy Roberto Baggio Italy Fiorentina
[8]
1991 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Robert Prosinečki Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
[9]
1992 Spain Pep Guardiola Spain Barcelona
[1]
1993 Wales Ryan Giggs England Manchester United
[10]
1994 Italy Christian Panucci Italy Milan
[11]
1995 Netherlands Patrick Kluivert Netherlands Ajax
[12]
1996 Italy Alessandro Del Piero Italy Juventus
[3]
1997 Brazil Ronaldo Spain Barcelona
[4]
1998 Brazil Ronaldo Italy Internazionale
[4]
1999 Italy Gianluigi Buffon Italy Parma
[4]
2000 Spain Iker Casillas Spain Real Madrid
[4][1]
2001 England Owen Hargreaves Germany Bayern Munich
[4]
2002 Germany Christoph Metzelder Germany Borussia Dortmund
[4]
2003 England Wayne Rooney England Everton
[4]
2004 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo England Manchester United
[13]
2005 Netherlands Arjen Robben England Chelsea
[3]
2006 Spain Cesc Fàbregas England Arsenal
[14]
2007 Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona
[1][15]
2008 France Karim Benzema France Lyon
[16]
2009 Spain Sergio Busquets Spain Barcelona
[17]
2010 Germany Thomas Müller Germany Bayern Munich
[18]
2011 Belgium Eden Hazard France Lille
[19]
2012 Italy Marco Verratti Italy Pescara
[20]
2013 Spain Isco Spain Málaga
[20]
2014 France Paul Pogba Italy Juventus
[20]
2015 Italy Domenico Berardi Italy Sassuolo
[4]

See also

References

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