Coach Gasperini bestowed with the Enzo Bearzot Award
The official handover of the coveted prize
On Monday morning coach Gian Piero Gasperini was conferred the National "Enzo Bearzot" Award: graced by the presence of CONI President Giovanni Malagò, the handover ceremony took place at the "Salone d'Onore" in Rome. Succeeding Simone Inzaghi and Luciano Spalletti, the Atalanta manager was bestowed with the coveted accolade by a distinguished jury chaired by Federal President Gabriele Gravina.
“An unparalleled specimen in Italian football for his long-term success at the helm of a single team, Gian Piero Gasperini has been synonymous with both an attractive playing style and consistent results. Yet, his pursuit of victory, lionized by the UEFA Europa League triumph -namely, the most recent continental trophy lifted by an Italian Club - did not come at the expense of his ethos, which pivoted on discipline, educational values and the leading role of teamwork. On the grounds of the aforementioned qualities, both personal and professional, which align seamlessly with the legacy of Enzo Bearzot, along with the outstanding victory claimed by Atalanta, Gasperini was thus made the unanimous recipient of the 2025 Enzo Bearzot Prize, a fitting prize to pay homage and tribute the memory of the great ‘Vecio’ of Italian football". Such was the official rationale provided by the jury for awarding coach Gian Piero Gasperini the latest Enzo Bearzot Award, now in its fourteenth edition and promoted by FIGC and US ACLI, the latter chaired by Damiano Lembo.
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