Inter star Dimarco named Serie A Player of the Season; Yildiz, Svilar, Palestra & Paz also take awards | OneFootball

Federico Dimarco has been named Serie A’s MVP for the 2025/26 season, capping a remarkable campaign in which the Inter left-back set a new all-time assist record for a single Serie A season as the Nerazzurri claimed the Scudetto and Coppa Italia double.

The full list of Serie A awards for 2025/26 is as follows: Best Overall: Federico Dimarco (Inter); Rising Star: Kenan Yildiz (Juventus); Best Goalkeeper: Mile Svilar (Roma); Best Defender: Marco Palestra (Cagliari); Best Midfielder: Nico Paz (Como); Best Forward: Lautaro Martinez (Inter); Best Coach: Cristian Chivu (Inter).

MILAN, ITALY – MAY 03: FC Internazionale coach Cristian Chivu and Federico Dimarco celebrate after being confirmed as Serie A match between FC Internazionale and Parma Calcio 1913 at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on May 03, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

Dimarco record-breaking season earns top individual honour as Inter dominate awards

Dimarco contributed six goals and 18 assists across the Serie A campaign, the highest assist tally ever recorded in a single Italian top-flight season. Serie A CEO Luigi De Siervo paid tribute to the full-back’s contribution. “Dimarco has excelled for technical quality, with his exceptional left foot delivering six goals and 18 assists, an all-time record in a season of the Italian top flight,” he said.

The Nerazzurri dominated the individual honours, with Lautaro Martinez claiming the best forward award and Chivu earning the coaching prize. De Siervo praised the Romanian coach in particular.

“Chivu showed the winning DNA he had as a player, guiding his team to score more than two goals per game on average,” he said. “It took him just 48 Serie A matches as a coach to become champion of Italy, second only to Mourinho in the three-points era.”

Yildiz’s Rising Star award underlines Juventus’s faith in the young Turkish forward despite a difficult season for the club, while Svilar’s goalkeeper prize caps an outstanding campaign for Roma between the posts.

Palestra’s best defender award, earned during his loan spell at Cagliari from Atalanta, is likely to further fuel interest in the winger from Inter and other clubs this summer.

Paz, named best midfielder after a sensational season at Como, adds further context to Cesc Fabregas’s defiant insistence that the Argentine will either stay or join Real Madrid.