The Bulgarelli Number 8 Award is an annual association football award given by the Associazione Bulgarelli and Italian Footballers' Association, with the support of FIFPRO, to the best midfielder of the previous calendar year.^[1]

The award originated from an idea by Italian journalist Luigi Colombo. The award is given by a jury. In the first edition, the jury was chaired by Fabio Capello and composed of former football players and managers Sandro Mazzola, Gianni Rivera, Sergio Campana, Damiano Tommasi, Luis Suárez, Cesare Prandelli, Giovanni Trapattoni, José Altafini, Giovanni Lodetti, Francesco Janich, Romano Fogli, Ezio Pascutti, Marino Perani, Leonardo Grosso as well as Colombo himself.^[1]

The award was temporarily interrupted after the 2013 edition due to a lack of financial sponsors.^[2] The award was restored in 2016.^[3]

Season	Men		Women		Ref.
	Winner	Club	Winner	Club
2011–12	Xavi	Barcelona	–		[4]
2012–13	Andrea Pirlo	Juventus			[5]
2013–14	Yaya Touré	Manchester City			[6]
2016–17	Paul Pogba	Juventus			[3]
2018	Andrés Iniesta	Barcelona			[3]
2017–18	Daniele De Rossi	Roma			[7]
2018–19	Nicolò Barella	Cagliari	Marta Carissimi	Milan	[8]
2020–21	Manuel Locatelli	Sassuolo	Valentina Cernoia	Juventus	[9]
2021–22	Sandro Tonali	Milan	Manuela Giugliano	Roma	[10]
2022–23	Davide Frattesi	Sassuolo	Alice Parisi	Fiorentina	[11]
2023–24	Lewis Ferguson	Bologna	Giada Greggi	Roma	[12]

Season	Winner	Club	Ref.
2018–19	Rita Guarino	Juventus	[8]
2020–21	Elisabetta Bavagnoli	Roma	[9]
2021–22	Gianpiero Piovani	Sassuolo	[10]
2022–23	Alessandro Spugna	Roma	[11]
2023–24	Sebastián De La Fuente	Fiorentina	[12]

Season	Winner	Club	Ref.
2020–21	Roberto Mancini	Italy	[9]
2021–22	Stefano Pioli	Milan	[10]
2022–23	Luciano Spalletti	Napoli	[11]
2023–24	Simone Inzaghi	Inter Milan	[12]

Season	Winner	Club	Ref.
2021–22	Giacomo Raspadori	Sassuolo	[10]

Season	Winner	Ref.
2021–22	Daniele Orsato	[10]
2022–23		[11]
2023–24	Marco Guida	[12]

Year	Winner	Ref.
2022	José Altafini	[10]
2024	Gianluigi Buffon	[12]