Serie A Defender of the Year

The Serie A Defender of the Year (Italian: Migliore difensore) was a yearly award organized by the Italian Footballers' Association (AIC) since 2000 to 2010 as part of the Oscar del Calcio awards event, given to the defender who has been considered to have performed the best over the previous Serie A season.

Since 2011, best defenders are chosen as part of the Serie A Team of the Year award within the Gran Galà del Calcio awards event.

Winners

Year	Player	Club
2000	Alessandro Nesta	Lazio
2001	Alessandro Nesta	Lazio
2002	Alessandro Nesta	Lazio
2003	Alessandro Nesta	Milan
2004	Paolo Maldini	Milan
2005	Fabio Cannavaro	Juventus
2006	Fabio Cannavaro	Juventus
2007	Marco Materazzi	Internazionale
2008	Giorgio Chiellini	Juventus
2009	Giorgio Chiellini	Juventus
2010	Giorgio Chiellini Walter Samuel	Juventus Internazionale

By club

Club	Players	Total
Juventus	2	4
Milan	2	2
Lazio	1	3
Internazionale	2	2

External links

(Italian) List of Oscar del Calcio winners on the AIC official website
(Italian) List of Gran Galà del Calcio winners on the AIC official website

Serie A Defender of the Year

2000: Nesta 2001: Nesta 2002: Nesta 2003: Nesta 2004: Maldini 2005: Cannavaro 2006: Cannavaro 2007: Materazzi 2008: Chiellini 2009: Chiellini 2010: Chiellini & Samuel

Oscar del Calcio Gran Galà del calcio

Current	Serie A Team of the Year Serie A Footballer of the Year Serie A Coach of the Year Serie B Footballer of the Year Serie A Referee of the Year Serie A Football Club of the Year Serie A Female Footballer of the Year

Discontinued	Serie A Italian Footballer of the Year Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year Serie A Young Footballer of the Year Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year Serie A Defender of the Year

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