The prize, the ‘bidone’, which is the Italian word for bin and a colloquialism used to describe players who are rubbish, was voted for by listeners of Catersport, an Italian sports programme on Radio 2.
Created three years ago as an ironic equivalent of the Golden Ball, to ‘reward’ players who have seriously under-performed in Italian football, the Golden Bin this year honoured the moodiness, sluggishness and lack of appearances of the 32-year-old Rossoneri forward.
Vieri succeeds Nicola Legrottaglie, who won the award last season after moving to Juventus in 2004 to little acclaim, and joins Rivaldo, who flopped for Milan in 2003, in the hall of infamy.
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