Oscar del Calcio: Alex nominated Tuesday 12 January, 2010
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Alessandro Del Piero, Antonio Cassano and Daniele De Rossi are nominated as Best Italian Player in the Oscar del Calcio.
The ceremony will be held on Monday in the annual Italian version of the PFA Awards, as they are voted for by the players throughout Serie A based on the previous calendar year.
Del Piero can’t get a game at Juventus right now, but he is battling with Sampdoria starlet Cassano and Roma hero De Rossi for the Best Italian Player Award.
Jose Mourinho did not win the Best Coach Award last year, but is nominated again with Cagliari’s Massimiliano Allegri and Genoa’s Gian Piero Gasperini.
Diego Milito leads the way for the Best Foreign Player, joined by former Milan star Kaka and ex-Inter man Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Best Young Player is an all-San Siro affair between Alexandre Pato, Mario Balotelli and Davide Santon.
Best Goalkeeper will be one of Gianluigi Buffon, Julio Cesar and Federico Marchetti.
Giorgio Chiellini of Juventus, Inter’s Douglas Maicon and the recently-retired Paolo Maldini vie for Best Defender.
The winners of the individual prizes will then go against each other for the Player of the Year Award.
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