"Giacinto Facchetti" International Award
SportAssociation football
Awarded forA football personality for their fair play and sportsmanship
Local namePremio internazionale Giacinto Facchetti – Il bello del calcio (Italian)
CountryItaly
Presented byLa Gazzetta dello Sport
History
First award2006
Editions14
First winnerParaguay Julio Valentín González
Most recentBelgium Romelu Lukaku

The Premio internazionale Giacinto Facchetti – Il bello del calcio ("Giacinto Facchetti International Award – The beauty of football") is a recognition established in 2006 awarded annually to a football personality for their fair play and sportsmanship by the Milan-based Italian sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport.[1]

History

The prize was conceived in 2006 by the newspaper's former director Candido Cannavò and the newspaper's director at the time Carlo Verdelli, in honour of the late Italy and Internazionale defender Giacinto Facchetti, following his death earlier that year on 4 September.[2][3] The distinction is awarded annually to a football personality who has stood out for their fair play and sportsmanship.[4][1]

Winners

Year Winner Ref(s)
2006 Paraguay Julio Valentín González
[5]
2007 Iraq Younis Mahmoud
[5]
2008 Italy Paolo Maldini
[5]
2009 Italy Cesare Prandelli
[5]
2010 Italy Gianfranco Zola
[5]
2011 France Michel Platini
[6]
2012 Argentina Javier Zanetti
[4]
2013 France Eric Abidal
[5]
2014 Italy Francesco Totti
[5]
2015 Italy Roberto Donadoni
[5]
2016 Italy Giancarlo Antognoni
[7]
2018 Italy Andrea Pirlo
[8]
2019 Italy Gianluca Vialli
[9]
2020 Belgium Romelu Lukaku
[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Premio internazionale Giacinto Facchetti". Giacinto Facchetti Official Website (in Italian). Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Giacinto Facchetti". La storia siamo noi (in Italian). RAI. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  3. ^ Glanville, Brian (10 September 2006). "Giacinto Facchetti". The Guardian.com. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b Saggini, Azzurra (10 November 2012). "Zanetti nel nome di Facchetti Il bello del calcio è il Capitano". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h "Il "Facchetti" a Donadoni. Succede a Francesco Totti". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 6 November 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Il premio Facchetti a Michel Platini Festa (con fair play) a Milano". Il Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 14 November 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Antognoni gives Kalinic hint". Football Italia. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Premio Facchetti ad Andrea Pirlo. Ecco come partecipare alla cerimonia". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  9. ^ Pasini, Gianluca (25 February 2019). "Candido-Day, a Vialli il Premio Facchetti: "Il cancro? Non mollo. Grato al calcio"". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  10. ^ "The "Giacinto Facchetti - il bello del calcio" award Prize Goes to Lukaku". Inter. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

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