The Serie A Player of the Month, officially known as the EA Sports FC Player of the Month for sponsorship reasons, is an

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award that recognises the best player each month in

Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...

, the top tier of the

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. The winner is chosen by an online public vote, in which voters choose from five nominees. The nominees are chosen through analysis by data tracking software, which consider statistical data, positional data and the contribution to the technical and physical efficiency of the team. The first award was assigned to

Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Florence, Tuscany. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while ...

player

Franck Ribéry Franck Henry Pierre Ribéry (; born 7 April 1983) is a French former professional footballer who primarily played as a winger, preferably on the left side, and was known for his pace, energy, skill, and precise passing. He is regarded as one ...

for his performances in September 2019.

Paulo Dybala Paulo Exequiel Dybala (born 15 November 1993) is an Argentine professional Association football, footballer who plays as an Attacking Midfielder, attacking midfielder or Forward (association football), winger for club AS Roma, Roma and the Ar ...

has won the award a record five times; he,

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia Khvicha Kvaratskhelia ( ka, ხვიჩა კვარაცხელია ; born 12 February 2001) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Georgia national team. Regarded as o ...

and

Rafael Leão Rafael Alexandre da Conceição Leão (; born 10 June 1999) is a Portuguese professional association football, footballer who plays as a left winger for Serie A club Inter Milan, AC Milan and the Portugal national football team, Portugal nationa ...

are the only three players to win the award multiple times in the same season, while Kvaratskhelia is the only player to win in consecutive months.

Napoli Naples ( ; ; ) is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its province-level municipality is the thir ...

players have won the award a record eleven times and they alongside

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are the only clubs to have players win the award in consecutive months.

Hakan Çalhanoğlu Hakan Çalhanoğlu (, born 8 February 1994) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Inter Milan and captains the Turkey national team. Çalhanoğlu began his career at German second division club Karlsruher ...

, Dybala,

Dušan Vlahović Dušan Vlahović ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Влаховић; born 28 January 2000) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Juventus and the Serbia national team. Graduating from Partizan's youth system, Vlahović ma ...

and

Moise Kean Bioty Moise Kean ( ; born 28 February 2000) is an Italian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Serie A club ACF Fiorentina, Fiorentina and the Italy national football team, Ital ...

are the only players to win the award with two different teams:

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and

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for Çalhanoğlu,

Juventus Juventus Football Club (; from , ), commonly known as Juventus or colloquially as Juve (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Turin, Piedmont, who compete in Serie A, the ...

and

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for Dybala and Fiorentina and Juventus for both Vlahović and Kean.

Kalidou Koulibaly Kalidou Koulibaly (born 20 June 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Saudi Pro League club Al-Hilal and captains the Senegal national team. Koulibaly began his professional club career with French team Metz in 20 ...

, Kim Min-jae,

Alessandro Bastoni Alessandro Bastoni (born 13 April 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays primarily as a centre-back for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Italy national team. Considered one of the best centre-backs in the world, he is best known ...

and Riccardo Calafiori are the only

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to win the award, which has been given to 13 midfielders and 30 forwards. It has also been given to foreign players 41 times; the most represented foreign country is Argentina (nine titles), followed by Portugal (five), Serbia, Georgia and France (four each). The most recent winner is Juventus's

Khéphren Thuram Khéphren Thuram-Ulien (; born 26 March 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for club Juventus and the France national team. Formed at Monaco where he made three substitute appearances, he signed for r ...

, who won it for his performances in May 2025.

Key

* Position key: GK –

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; DF – Defender; MF –

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; FW –

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List of winners

Multiple winners

Players in bold are still active in Serie A. Players in ''italics'' are still active in professional football outside of Serie A.

Awards won by club

Awards won by nationality

References

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Key

List of winners

Multiple winners

Awards won by club

Awards won by nationality

See also

References