Cristian Chivu is the best coach of Serie A 2025/26! | OneFootball

Serie A has announced the individual awards for the 2025/26 season, presented across the following categories: Best Overall Player, Best Under-23 Player, Best Defender, Best Midfielder, Best Forward and Best Coach. Three Inter figures received recognition: Federico Dimarco was named Best Overall Player, Lautaro Martínez won the award for Best Forward, while Cristian Chivu was named Best Coach.

A first season in the Nerazzurri dugout that goes straight into the history books. Cristian Chivu guided Inter to their 21st Scudetto and, for his extraordinary work, was awarded Serie A Coach of the Season 2025/26.

The award recognises a league title secured with three matches to spare, the culmination of a campaign in which the Nerazzurri displayed remarkable attacking numbers and played football of the highest level. The achievement places the Romanian coach in a special place in Inter history: before Chivu, only Armando Castellazzi had managed to win the Scudetto with Inter as both a player and a coach. The award was voted upon by a jury composed of directors of sports media outlets, who assessed individual coaches according to technical and sporting criteria, the quality of football played by their teams, and their conduct and fair play during matches.

A success built on the values of Interismo, through humility and dedication: Chivu succeeded in putting players in the conditions to be the best version of themselves, earning their trust and always placing team unity first. The results on the pitch were formidable, earned by a united group driven towards a common objective, and made possible through the ideals of their coach: 86 points from 37 matches, consisting of 27 wins and 5 draws, with 86 goals scored and 32 conceded. Outstanding numbers that enabled Chivu to claim this prestigious recognition.