Premio Nazionale Carriera Esemplare "Gaetano Scirea"

The Premio Nazionale Carriera Esemplare "Gaetano Scirea" (""Gaetano Scirea" Exemplary Career National Award") is a recognition dedicated to footballers over the age of 30 playing in Italy's Serie A. Established in 1992, the prize is awarded annually for their playing ability and sportsmanship by the Unione Stampa Sportiva Italiana (Italian Sports Press Association) or USSI.^[1]

"Gaetano Scirea" Exemplary Career National Award

Sport	Association football
Awarded for	A football personality for their fair play and sportsmanship
Local name	Premio Nazionale Carriera Esemplare "Gaetano Scirea" (Italian)
Country	Italy
Presented by	Italian Sports Press Association Comune of Cinisello Balsamo
History
First award	1992
Editions	29
First winner	Giuseppe Baresi
Most recent	Simon Kjær

History and regulations

The recognition was created in honour of Italian defender Gaetano Scirea, who died in a car crash on 3 September 1989.^[2] The prize is awarded annually to Serie A Italian footballer over the age of 30 who has stood out throughout their career both for their playing ability and sportsmanship.^[1] All Italian journalists are called to vote one recipient from a shortlist of selected candidates.^[1]

Winners

Year	Winner	Club	Ref(s)
1992	Giuseppe Baresi	Internazionale	[1]
1993	Stefano Tacconi	Genoa	[1]
1994	Franco Baresi	Milan	[1]
1995	Pietro Vierchowod	Sampdoria	[1]
1996	Mauro Tassotti	Milan	[1]
1997	Giuseppe Bergomi	Internazionale	[1]
1998	Roberto Donadoni	Milan	[1]
1999	Michelangelo Rampulla	Juventus	[1]
2000	Alessandro Costacurta	Milan	[1]
2001	Roberto Baggio	Brescia	[1]
2002	Paolo Maldini	Milan	[1]
2003	Ciro Ferrara	Juventus	[1]
2004	Giuseppe Signori	Bologna	[1]
2005	Gianfranco Zola	Cagliari	[1]
2006	Gianluca Pessotto	Juventus	[1]
2007	Filippo Inzaghi	Milan	[1]
2008	Alessandro Del Piero	Juventus	[3]
2009	Cristiano Doni	Atalanta	[3]
2010	Javier Zanetti	Internazionale	[4]
2011	Antonio Di Natale	Udinese	[5]
2012	Gennaro Gattuso	Milan	[6]
2013[nb 1]	Andrea Pirlo	Juventus	[8]
2014	Francesco Totti	Roma	[9]
2015	Luca Toni	Hellas Verona	[10]
2016	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus	[10]
2017	Andrea Barzagli	Juventus	[11]
2018	Fabio Quagliarella	Sampdoria	[12]
2019	Giorgio Chiellini	Juventus	[13]
2020	Andrea Belotti	Torino	[14]
2021	Simon Kjær	Milan	[15]
2022	Federico Gatti	Juventus	[16]

See also

• Premio internazionale Giacinto Facchetti

Notes

1. In 2013, a special edition of the award was also posthumously awarded to former Italian footballer Stefano Borgonovo, who had passed away in June earlier that year, after he had been struggling with ALS for several years.^[7]