Bravo Award

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]

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 first winner of the award was Englishman Jimmy Case.[2] The first non-European to win the award was the Brazilian Ronaldo in 1997.[3]

The award was discontinued after the 2015 edition.[4]

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][4][5][6]

The winners were chosen for the autumn-spring season, not the calendar year.[4]

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 Jimmy Case Liverpool
[5]
1979 Garry Birtles Nottingham Forest
[5]
1980 Hansi Müller VfB Stuttgart
[4]
1981 John Wark Ipswich Town
[4]
1982 Gary Shaw Aston Villa
[5]
1983 Massimo Bonini Juventus
[4]
1984 Ubaldo Righetti Roma
[7]
1985 Emilio Butragueño Real Madrid
[5][1]
1986 Emilio Butragueño Real Madrid
[5][1]
1987 Marco van Basten Ajax
[4]
1988 Eli Ohana Mechelen
[8]
1989 Paolo Maldini Milan
[4]
1990 Roberto Baggio Fiorentina
[9]
1991 Robert Prosinečki Red Star Belgrade
[10]
1992 Pep Guardiola Barcelona
[1]
1993 Ryan Giggs Manchester United
[11]
1994 Christian Panucci Milan
[12]
1995 Patrick Kluivert Ajax
[13]
1996 Alessandro Del Piero Juventus
[4]
1997 Ronaldo Barcelona
[5]
1998 Ronaldo Internazionale
[5]
1999 Gianluigi Buffon Parma
[5]
2000 Iker Casillas Real Madrid
[5][1]
2001 Owen Hargreaves Bayern Munich
[5]
2002 Christoph Metzelder Borussia Dortmund
[5]
2003 Wayne Rooney Everton
[5]
2004 Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United
[14]
2005 Arjen Robben Chelsea
[4]
2006 Cesc Fàbregas Arsenal
[15]
2007 Lionel Messi Barcelona
[1][16]
2008 Karim Benzema Lyon
[17]
2009 Sergio Busquets Barcelona
[18]
2010 Thomas Müller Bayern Munich
[19]
2011 Eden Hazard Lille
[20]
2012 Marco Verratti Pescara
[21]
2013 Isco Málaga
[21]
2014 Paul Pogba Juventus
[21]
2015 Domenico Berardi Sassuolo
[5]

See also

References
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