Award by the Italian Footballers' Association
Award
Thecapocannoniere award (Italian:[ˌkapokannoˈnjɛːre];lit. 'head gunner'), known asPaolo Rossi Award since 2021,[1] is awarded by theItalian Footballers' Association (AIC) to the highest goalscorer of each season inItaly'sSerie A. From the 2010–11 season until the change of denomination, it was called theAIC Award to the Top Scorer (Italian:Premio AIC al Capocannoniere in Italian). The award is currently held byMateo Retegui, who scored 25 goals forAtalanta in the2024–25 season.
The highest number of goals scored to win theCapocannoniere is 37, byLuigi Cevenini forInter Milan.Gino Rossetti,Gonzalo Higuaín andCiro Immobile are in joint second place for this record; they each scored 36 goals forTorino,Napoli andLazio respectively.
Gunnar Nordahl ofAC Milan has won the title ofcapocannoniere five times:1949–50,1950–51,1952–53,1953–54 and1954–55, more than any other player in the history of Italian championship.[2]
Data relating to seasons prior to 1923–24 are incomplete or imprecise due to scarcity of sources.
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Wins by player (multiple)
[edit]Thecapocannonieri are unknown for 12 seasons.
| Awards | Player | Club(s) | Country | Seasons |
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| 5 | Gunnar Nordahl | AC Milan |  Sweden | 1949–50,1950–51,1952–53,1953–54,1954–55 |
| 4 | Ciro Immobile | Torino,Lazio |  Italy | 2013–14,2017–18,2019–20,2021–22 |
| 3 | Luigi Cevenini | Inter Milan |  Kingdom of Italy | 1913–14,1919–20,1920–21 |
| Giuseppe Meazza | Inter Milan | Italy | 1929–30, 1935–36, 1937–38 |
| Aldo Boffi | AC Milan | Italy | 1938–39, 1939–40, 1941–42 |
| Gigi Riva | Cagliari | Italy | 1966–67, 1968–69, 1969–70 |
| Paolo Pulici | Torino | Italy | 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76 |
| Roberto Pruzzo | Roma | Italy | 1980–81, 1981–82, 1985–86 |
| Michel Platini | Juventus |  France | 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85 |
| Giuseppe Signori | Lazio | Italy | 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96 |
| 2 | Umberto Malvano | Juventus | Kingdom of Italy | 1901,1903 |
| Roberto Boninsegna | Inter Milan | Italy | 1970–71, 1971–72 |
| Felice Borel | Juventus | Kingdom of Italy | 1932–33, 1933–34 |
| Antonio Di Natale | Udinese | Italy | 2009–10, 2010–11 |
| Zlatan Ibrahimović | Inter Milan,AC Milan | Sweden | 2008–09,2011–12 |
| Mauro Icardi | Inter Milan |  Argentina | 2014–15,2017–18 |
| Harald Nielsen | Bologna |  Denmark | 1962–63,1963–64 |
| Silvio Piola | Lazio | Kingdom of Italy | 1936–37,1942–43 |
| Ettore Puricelli | Bologna |  Uruguay | 1938–39,1940–41 |
| Kingdom of Italy |
| Andriy Shevchenko | AC Milan |  Ukraine | 1999–2000,2003–04 |
| Luca Toni | Fiorentina,Verona | Italy | 2005–06,2014–15 |
| Marco van Basten | AC Milan |  Netherlands | 1989–90,1991–92 |
Thecapocannoniere has been won 18 times byAC Milan players, the most recent beingZlatan Ibrahimović in 2012The players' clubs are unknown for 8 seasons. Current Serie A teams are shown inbold.
Argentines are the most prolific foreign winners of thecapocannoniere, the most recent beingLautaro Martínez ofInter Milan in 2024.The nationalities are unknown for 12 seasons.
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