Bidone d'oro

Golden Bin
Sport	Association football
Competition	Serie A
Awarded for	The most disappointing player in Serie A
Local name	Bidone d'Oro (Italian)
Country	Italy
Presented by	Catersport
History
First award	2003
Editions	10
Final award	2012
First winner	Rivaldo (BRA)
Most wins	Adriano (BRA); 3 times;
Most recent	Alexandre Pato (BRA)

Bidone d'oro, Italian for "Golden Bin" or "Golden Trashcan", was a tongue-in-cheek prize given to the most disappointing player in Serie A at the end of each calendar year. A play on Ballon d'Or,^[1] the winner was chosen through votes by listeners of the Catersport show on Rai Radio 2.^[2] The prize was first awarded in 2003 to Rivaldo of Milan,^[3] and was discontinued in 2012 when Catersport went off the air.^[4] The final Bidone d'Oro was awarded at the end of 2012 to Alexandre Pato following a vote on the discontinued show's Facebook page.^[4]

Winners

Year	Rank	Player	National team	Club(s)	Ref(s)
2003	1st	Rivaldo	Brazil	Milan	^[5]
	2nd	Al-Saadi Gaddafi	Libya	Perugia
	3rd	Carsten Jancker	Germany	Udinese
2004	1st	Nicola Legrottaglie	Italy	Juventus	^[6]
	2nd	Christian Vieri	Italy	Inter
	3rd	Alessandro Del Piero	Italy	Juventus
2005	1st	Christian Vieri	Italy	Inter / Milan	^[7]
	2nd	Santiago Solari	Argentina	Inter
	3rd	Antonio Cassano	Italy	Roma
2006	1st	Adriano	Brazil	Inter	^[8]
	2nd	Alberto Gilardino	Italy	Milan
	3rd	Ricardo Oliveira	Brazil	Milan
2007	1st	Adriano	Brazil	Inter	^[9]
	2nd	Dida	Brazil	Milan
	3rd	Ronaldo	Brazil	Milan
2008	1st	Ricardo Quaresma	Portugal	Inter	^[2]
	2nd	Christian Vieri	Italy	Atalanta
	3rd	Adriano	Brazil	Inter
2009	1st	Felipe Melo	Brazil	Fiorentina / Juventus	^[10]
	2nd	Ricardo Quaresma	Portugal	Inter
	3rd	Tiago Mendes	Portugal	Juventus
2010	1st	Adriano	Brazil	Roma	^[11]
	2nd	Amauri	Italy	Juventus
	3rd	Ronaldinho	Brazil	Milan
2011	1st	Diego Milito	Argentina	Inter	^[12]
	2nd	Amauri	Italy	Juventus
	3rd	Miloš Krasić	Serbia	Juventus
2012	1st	Alexandre Pato	Brazil	Milan	^[13]
	2nd	Nicklas Bendtner	Denmark	Juventus
	3rd	Lúcio	Brazil	Inter / Juventus

Wins by club

Club	Total	Year(s)
Inter	4	2006, 2007, 2008, 2011
Milan	3	2003, 2005, 2012
Juventus	2	2004, 2009
Roma	1	2010

References

^ Raynor, Dominic (12 December 2008). "Rafa writes off Reds, Ronaldo a 'traitor'". Soccernet. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011.
^ ^a ^b Fallon, Clare (8 December 2008). "Quaresma voted Serie A's worst player". Reuters. Archived from the original on 30 May 2012.
^ "Vieri voted Serie A's worst player". Rediff.com. 6 December 2005.
^ ^a ^b Viatali, Cristian (30 December 2012). "Il Calciobidone 2013 (e i suoi fratelli flop)" [Calciobidone (and its brother Flop)]. Fantagazzetta.com (in Italian). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
^ Beresford, Jack (10 December 2020). "Rivaldo at AC Milan: From World Cup hero to Serie A's worst signing". Planet Football. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
^ "Corriere della Sera – Calcio, il «Bidone d'oro» a Legrottaglie". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 6 December 2004. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
^ "Calcio, il premio 'Bidone d'Oro' a Vieri". la Repubblica (in Italian). 5 December 2005. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
^ "Ad Adriano il Bidone d'oro 2006". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 4 December 2006. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
^ "Adriano bissa il Bidone d'oro". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 10 December 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
^ "Juventus Midfielder Felipe Melo Wins 2009 Golden Bin". Goal. 14 December 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
^ "Adriano 'Bidone d'oro': Davanti ad Amauri e Dinho". Calciomercato.com (in Italian). 13 December 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
^ "Milito Bidone d'Oro 2011!!!". Rai Radio 2 (in Italian). Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
^ Catersport Radio2 [@catersport] (17 December 2012). "PATO (MILAN) E' IL BIDONE D'ORO 2012. 2° Bendtner (Juve) 3° Lucio (Inter/Juventus)" (Tweet) (in Italian) – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[1] Raynor, Dominic (12 December 2008). "Rafa writes off Reds, Ronaldo a 'traitor'". Soccernet. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011.

[quaresma_2008-2] Fallon, Clare (8 December 2008). "Quaresma voted Serie A's worst player". Reuters. Archived from the original on 30 May 2012.

[Rivaldo_2003-3] "Vieri voted Serie A's worst player". Rediff.com. 6 December 2005.

[viatali-4] Viatali, Cristian (30 December 2012). "Il Calciobidone 2013 (e i suoi fratelli flop)" [Calciobidone (and its brother Flop)]. Fantagazzetta.com (in Italian). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2015.

[5] Beresford, Jack (10 December 2020). "Rivaldo at AC Milan: From World Cup hero to Serie A's worst signing". Planet Football. Retrieved 24 March 2021.

[6] "Corriere della Sera – Calcio, il «Bidone d'oro» a Legrottaglie". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 6 December 2004. Retrieved 24 March 2021.

[7] "Calcio, il premio 'Bidone d'Oro' a Vieri". la Repubblica (in Italian). 5 December 2005. Retrieved 24 March 2021.

[8] "Ad Adriano il Bidone d'oro 2006". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 4 December 2006. Retrieved 24 March 2021.

[9] "Adriano bissa il Bidone d'oro". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 10 December 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2021.

[10] "Juventus Midfielder Felipe Melo Wins 2009 Golden Bin". Goal. 14 December 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2021.

[11] "Adriano 'Bidone d'oro': Davanti ad Amauri e Dinho". Calciomercato.com (in Italian). 13 December 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2021.

[12] "Milito Bidone d'Oro 2011!!!". Rai Radio 2 (in Italian). Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2009.

[13] Catersport Radio2 [@catersport] (17 December 2012). "PATO (MILAN) E' IL BIDONE D'ORO 2012. 2° Bendtner (Juve) 3° Lucio (Inter/Juventus)" (Tweet) (in Italian) – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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