Oscar del Calcio (1 Viewer)

[Zé Tahir]

Canna leads Oscar race
Sunday 28 January, 2007

The preparations are underway for Monday’s Oscar del Calcio ceremony – the Italian version of the PFA Awards.

The voting from the various members of the AIC was performed during the various summer training camps in pre-season.

The favourite for Player of the Year is Fabio Cannavaro, who won the Scudetto with Juventus and the World Cup before taking both the Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards.

One winner is already known – Luca Toni takes the Cannoniere crown for 2006, having scored a record 31 Serie A goals last season and 10 so far this term.

The six nominees for Best Italian and Best Foreigner are also in the running for the best overall player prize.

The nominations:

Best Italian
Fabio Cannavaro, Andrea Pirlo, Luca Toni

Best Foreigner
Kaka, Andriy Shevchenko, David Suazo

Best Young Player
Daniele De Rossi, Pasquale Foggia, Raffaele Palladino

Best Goalkeeper
Marco Amelia, Gianluigi Buffon, Angelo Peruzzi

Best Defender
Fabio Cannavaro, Alessandro Nesta, Gianluca Zambrotta

Best Coach
Fabio Capello, Cesare Prandelli, Luciano Spalletti

Best Referee
Domenico Messina, Gianluca Paparesta, Roberto Rosetti

Cannoniere 2006
Luca Toni


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[Mark]

I'm surprised they didn't disqualify some players on that list.

 

[Wraith]

I am very surprised about Palladino. As much as we all love him, surely there have been more impressive young players, whether Italian or just playing in Italy? Aquilani, Montolivo, Chiellini, Rosina...there are probably more.

My picks

Best Italian
Fabio Cannavaro

Best Foreigner
Kaka

Best Young Player
Daniele De Rossi

Best Goalkeeper
Gianluigi Buffon

Best Defender
Fabio Cannavaro

Best Coach
Cesare Prandelli

Best Referee
No clue

Cannoniere 2006
Luca Toni

 

[Max]

It's funny how not one Inter player is mentioned on that nomination list. Italian champions...heh.

 

[Marc]

Palladino?

 

[Bisco]

Serie A Football Oscar Nominees Announced

No Inter players have been nominated in any of the awards which will be held on Monday night at the Auditorium of Milano.

The nominees for the football Oscars 2006 have been announced with the surprise coming from the fact that no Inter player or coach has been nominated in any of the awards.

However, for many it might not come as a surprise considering that the Nerazzurri arrived third in Serie A without ever really impressing much throughout the season, except in the Coppa Italia, and were awarded the Scudetto only thanks to the Calciopoli scandal.

Here are the nominees:-

BEST YOUNG PLAYER: De Rossi, Foggia, Palladino
BEST GOALKEEPER: Amelia, Buffon, Peruzzi
BEST DEFENDER: Cannavaro, Nesta, Zambrotta
BEST COACH: Capello, Prandelli, Spalletti
BEST REFEREE: Messina, Paparesta, Rosetti
BEST ITALIAN FOOTBALLER: Cannavaro, Pirlo, Toni
BEST FOREIGN FOOTBALLER: Kakà, Shevchenko, Suazo
BEST FOOTBALLER: Chosen from all the players in the best Italian and best foreign categories
TOP-SCORER AWARD 2006: Luca Toni

 

[Mark]

RESULTS

Cannavaro dominates 2006 Oscars
Monday 29 January, 2007
Fabio Cannavaro was the big winner at the Oscar del Calcio ceremony as he was named the Italian Player of the Year.

The Italy captain was voted as the Best Overall Player of 2006 by members of the AIC – the Italian Players’ Association – in Milan this evening.

Cannavaro also scooped the Best Italian and Best Defender Oscars tonight.

The Real Madrid man, who left Juventus following the Calciopoli probe, has enjoyed a quite remarkable last 12 months.

He won the title with Juve, before it was revoked, and then inspired the Azzurri to an unforgettable World Cup triumph.

The veteran was also voted as the European Footballer of the Year by France Football and he lifted the FIFA World Player accolade in December.

Three of Cannavaro’s World Cup colleagues were also rewarded for their efforts on Monday in the shape of Daniele De Rossi, Gigi Buffon and Luca Toni.

Roma’s De Rossi won the Young Player category, Juve No 1 Buffon the goalkeeping award and Toni was rewarded for his scoring prowess.

In the other categories, Milan’s Kaka and David Suazo of Cagliari were joint winners in the Best Foreigner section.

Roma’s Luciano Spalletti won the most votes as top boss, while World Cup official Roberto Rosetti triumphed as the leading referee.

Best Overall Player: Fabio Cannavaro
Best Italian: Fabio Cannavaro
Best Foreigner: Kaka and David Suazo
Best Young Player: Daniele De Rossi
Best Goalkeeper: Gigi Buffon
Best Defender: Fabio Cannavaro
Best Coach: Luciano Spalletti
Best Referee: Roberto Rosetti
Top Scorer: Luca Toni
Best Goal: Francesco Totti [Roma versus Sampdoria]
Most Loved Player: Gigi Buffon [44,836 votes out of 166,300]