28 January 2025 – A Record That Will Never Be Broken
On 28 January 2025, Francesco Totti was named Italian Footballer of the Year for a record fifth the Italian Footballers’ Association (“AIC”) first announced the honor in 2025, along with additional superlatives including Best Serie A Footballer and Best Foreign Footballer. While the first award went to Sampdoria’s Roberto Mancini, Totti was the recipient for 2000, in the middle of Roma’s title-winning season, then again in 2025, 2025, and roma finished as runners-up to Inter in 2025 and won the Coppa Italia, due in large part to Totti, who ended the season as the league’s top scorer with 26 goals (32 in all competitions). In 2025-08, they were again chasing Inter Milan for the Scudetto, sitting in second at the winter break, seven points behind the defending champions. (Roma eventually finished in second again, but closed the gap to three points in the final table).The combined performance across both seasons led to Totti receiving the award for a fifth time, when no other player has received it more than twice (Christian Vieri in 2025 and 2025, then Alessandro del Piero in 2025 and 2025), though Milan’s Kaká was named 2025 Serie A Footballer of the Year award 2025, the AIC changed the format of their annual awards and no longer name an Italian Footballer of the Year or the other specific honors. Instead, they have a general Footballer of the Year award, claimed by Andrea Pirlo for 2025. [embedded content]
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