The Guerin Sportivo is an Italian sports magazine. It is the oldest sport magazine in the world.
Journalists who worked for the magazine include Gianni Brera, Indro Montanelli, Giorgio Tosatti, Darwin Pastorin, Carlo Nesti, Mario Sconcerti, Stefano Disegni and Rino Tommasi.
History and profile Founded in 1912 in Turin, it is published every month.
The title and the logo, depicting a medieval knight throwing a javelin, are inspired by the lead character in Andrea di Barberino's chivalric romance Il Guerrin Meschino ("The Wretched Guerrin"), written in 1410.
Originally, it was printed on green paper, whence the popular nickname verdolino, and also housed satirical panels. Characters used in his panels by artist Carlin (a zebra for Juventus, a female wolf for Roma, a devil for Milan and others) inspired most of the symbols of Italian sides used today.
In the mid-1970s, Guerin Sportivo moved from newspaper to magazine format, starting to include a greater number of photos. Since its origins, most of the content was devoted to football, other sports being given less detail. Since the 1990s, virtually all pages are dedicated to football.
Guerin Sportivo is published by Conti Editore. The publisher itself is owned by the Corriere dello Sport – Stadio and Tuttosport groups. The two daily sports newspapers are owned by Roberto Amodei.
Circulation In 2007, Guerin Sportivo had a circulation of 45,067 copies.
Awards Over the years, Guerin Sportivo has presented several annual awards.
Guerin d'Oro
From 1976 to 2015, the Guerin d'Oro was awarded to the best Serie A football player.
Bravo Award
From 1975 to 2015, the Bravo Award was awarded to the most outstanding young European footballer.
Player of the Year (1979–1986) The winner was chosen by reporters, readers and writers of the magazine from many countries. It was first awarded in 1979 and was discontinued in 1986. In 1987, Guerin Sportivo held a vote between Diego Maradona and Ruud Gullit to decide the best player of the year. Diego Maradona won by a small margin. YearRankPlayerTeam19791st Diego Maradona Argentinos Juniors–19801st Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Bayern Munich232nd Manfred Kaltz Hamburger SV203rd Diego Maradona Argentinos Juniors1719811st Zico Flamengo262nd Diego Maradona Boca Juniors263rd Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Bayern Munich2619821st Paolo Rossi Juventus312nd Gaetano Scirea Juventus293rd Karlheinz Förster VfB Stuttgart25 Falcão Roma19831st Falcão Roma232nd Zico Udinese163rd Michel Platini Juventus1219841st Michel Platini Juventus632nd Ian Rush Liverpool33rd Diego Maradona Napoli219851st Michel Platini Juventus772nd Diego Maradona Napoli203rd Enzo Francescoli River Plate419861st Diego Maradona Napoli902nd Alessandro Altobelli Inter Milan23rd Gary Lineker Barcelona1 Jorge Burruchaga Nantes Emilio Butragueño Real Madrid Ian Rush Liverpool19871st Diego Maradona Napoli5 6102nd Ruud Gullit AC Milan5 577
Manager of the Year Guerin Sportivo also chose a Manager of the Year in 1983, 1984 and 1986. YearRankManagerTeam19831st Sepp Piontek Denmark192nd Ernst Happel Hamburger SV13 Nils Liedholm Roma19841st Michel Hidalgo France382nd Nils Liedholm AC Milan113rd Carlos Bilardo Argentina619861st Carlos Bilardo Argentina442nd Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Kyiv173rd Giovanni Trapattoni Inter Milan13
Team of the Year Guerin Sportivo also chose a National Team of the Year and a Club Team of the Year in 1983, 1984 and 1986. National Team of the YearClub Team of the YearYearRankTeamRankTeam19831st Denmark421st Aberdeen192nd Sweden52nd Hamburger SV15 West Germany3rd Roma1119841st France671st Liverpool392nd Argentina12nd Independiente18 Denmark3rd Juventus10 Portugal—19861st Argentina551st Dynamo Kyiv392nd Soviet Union252nd Real Madrid343rd Denmark103rd River Plate16
All-Star Team The Player of the Year was chosen from 1980 to 1983 based on appearances in All-Star team votes. In 1984 and 1986, a separate vote for an All-Star team was conducted. YearGoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards1980 Luis Arconada Manfred Kaltz Bruno Pezzey Ruud Krol Claudio Gentile Bernd Schuster Diego Maradona Giancarlo Antognoni Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Horst Hrubesch Zico1981 Luis Arconada Manfred Kaltz Ruud Krol Bruno Pezzey Júnior Bernd Schuster Paul Breitner Zico Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Diego Maradona Oleg Blokhin1982 Rinat Dasayev Claudio Gentile Eric Gerets Karlheinz Förster Gaetano Scirea Falcão Marco Tardelli Diego Maradona Bruno Conti Paolo Rossi Karl-Heinz Rummenigge1983 Rinat Dasayev Eric Gerets Karlheinz Förster Glenn Hysén Antonio Cabrini Falcão Bryan Robson Michel Platini Diego Maradona Zico Karl-Heinz Rummenigge1984 Toni Schumacher Hans-Peter Briegel Karlheinz Förster Maxime Bossis Antonio Cabrini Jean Tigana Graeme Souness Michel Platini Bryan Robson Ian Rush Karl-Heinz Rummenigge1986 Rinat Dasayev Josimar Júlio César Morten Olsen Manuel Amoros Jorge Burruchaga Lothar Matthäus Diego Maradona Luis Fernandez Igor Belanov Emilio Butragueño
The 50 Greats of the Century At the end of 1999, the magazine finalised a list of the 50 greatest players of the 20th century, called I grandi del secolo, written by Adalberto Bortolotti.
+The 50 Greats of the Century (top 20 players)RankPlayerNationality1Pelé2Diego Maradona3Alfredo Di Stefano4Johan Cruijff5Giuseppe Meazza6Ferenc Puskas7Valentino Mazzola8Juan Alberto Schiaffino9Michel Platini10Franz Beckenbauer11Marco Van Basten12Eusebio13Garrincha14Gianni Rivera15Zico 16Omar Sivori17Ricardo Zamora18Silvio Piola19Ronaldo20Dino Zoff
See also Guerin d'Oro Bravo Award L'albo d'Oro
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