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·2 December 2024
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·2 December 2024
The annual Gran Galà del Calcio is due to take place in Milan on Monday evening, when the Italian players’ association (AIC) will reveal the team of the season for the 2023-24 Serie A campaign, as well as the winners of a long list of categories including the coach and team of the year.
The awards are handed out based on achievements from the 2023-24 season, so there are some candidates on the list who no longer play in Serie A, such as former Bologna pair Riccardo Calafiori and Joshua Zirkzee, and former Juventus midfielder Adrien Rabiot.
Here are all the categories and every nominee ahead of Monday night’s ceremony.
Goalkeepers: Michele Di Gregorio (Monza, now Juventus), Yann Sommer (Inter), Mike Maignan (Milan)
Defenders: Raoul Bellanova (Torino, now at Atalanta), Denzel Dumfries (Inter), Bremer (Juventus), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Alessandro Buongiorno (Torino, now at Atalanta), Riccardo Calafiori (Bologna, now at Arsenal), Theo Hernandez (Milan), Federico Dimarco (Inter)
Midfielders: Teun Koopmeieners (Atalanta, now at Juventus), Nicolo Barella (Inter), Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter), Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter), Adrien Rabiot (Juventus, now at Marseille), Paulo Dybala (Roma)
Forwards: Lautaro Martinez (Inter), Marcus Thuram (Inter), Rafael Leao (Milan), Albert Gudmundsson (Genoa, now at Fiorentina), Ademola Lookman (Atalanta), Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna, now at Manchester United)
MILAN, ITALY – OCTOBER 29: Marcus Thuram of FC Internazionale celebrates with Lautaro Martinez of FC Internazionale after scoring the team’s first goal during the Serie A TIM match between FC Internazionale and AS Roma at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on October 29, 2023 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)
Thiago Motta (Bologna, Juventus), Simone Inzaghi (Inter), Gian Piero Gasperini (Atalanta)
Atalanta, Inter, Juventus
Daniele Orsato, Marco Di Bello, Marco Guida
Francesco Pio Esposito (Spezia, on loan from Inter), Daniele Ghilardi (Sampdoria, on loan from Hellas Verona), Gianluca Busio (Venezia)
Hassane Kamara (Udinese vs Salernitana), Rafael Leao (Milan vs Atalanta), Ruslan Malinovskyi (Frosinone vs Genoa), Dany Mota (Genoa vs Monza), Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna vs Empoli), Matteo Politano (Monza vs Napoli), Gianluca Scamacca (Empoli vs Atalanta), Marcus Thuram (Inter vs Milan), Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus vs Sassuolo), Mattia Zaccagni (Verona vs Lazio)
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