Since 1978, the Italian magazine "Guerin' Sportivo" hands out the "Bravo" Award to the most outstanding young player in Europe. Until 1992 only under-23 players participating in one of the three European Club Cups were eligible. Since 1992 any under-21 player from any European League is eligible. The winners are chosen for the (fall-spring) season, not the calendar year. This award was discontinued after 2015 edition. YEAR WINNER (club & country) 1978 Jimmy CASE (Liverpool & England) 1979 Gary BIRTLES (Nottingham Forest & England) 1980 Hansi MÜLLER (Stuttgart & West Germany) 1981 John WARK (Ipswich Town & Scotland) 1982 Gary SHAW (Aston Villa & England) 1983 Massimo BONINI (Juventus & San Marino) 1984 Ubaldo RIGHETTI (Roma & Italy) 1985 Emilio BUTRAGUEŃO (Real Madrid & Spain) 1986 Emilio BUTRAGUEŃO (Real Madrid & Spain) 1987 Marco VAN BASTEN (Ajax & Netherlands) 1988 Eli OHANA (KV Mechelen & Israel) 1989 Paolo MALDINI (Milan & Italy) 1990 Roberto BAGGIO (Fiorentina & Italy) 1991 Robert PROSINECKI (Crvena Zvezda & Yugoslavia) 1992 Josep GUARDIOLA (Barcelona & Spain) 1993 Ryan GIGGS (Manchester United & Wales) 1994 Christian PANUCCI (Milan & Italy) 1995 Patrick KLUIVERT (Ajax & Netherlands) 1996 Alessandro DEL PIERO (Juventus & Italy) 1997 RONALDO Nazário de Lima (Barcelona & Brazil) 1998 RONALDO Nazário de Lima (Internazionale & Brazil) 1999 Gianluigi BUFFON (Parma & Italy) 2000 Iker CASILLAS (Real Madrid & Spain) 2001 Owen HARGREAVES (Bayern München & England) 2002 Christoph METZELDER (Borussia Dortmund & Germany) 2003 Wayne ROONEY (Everton & England) 2004 Cristiano RONALDO (Manchester United & Portugal) 2005 Arjen ROBBEN (Chelsea & Netherlands) 2006 Francesc FABREGAS (Arsenal & Spain) 2007 Lionel MESSI (Barcelona & Argentina) 2008 Karim BENZEMA (Olympique Lyonnais & France) 2009 Sergio BUSQUETS (Barcelona & Spain) 2010 Thomas MÜLLER (Bayern München & Germany) 2011 Eden HAZARD (Lille & Belgium) 2012 Marco VERRATTI (Pescara & Italy) 2013 Francisco Suarez ISCO (Málaga & Spain) 2014 Paul POGBA (Juventus & France) 2015 Domenico BERARDI (Sassuolo & Italy)
Top 5 1. Arjen ROBBEN Netherlands Chelsea (Eng) 2. Bastian SCHWEINSTEIGER Germany Bayern München (Ger) 3. Wayne ROONEY England Manchester United (Eng) 4. Obafemi MARTINS Nigeria Internazionale (Ita) 5. Cristiano RONALDO Portugal Manchester United (Eng)
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