Trofeo Aldo Rovira

The Aldo Rovira Trophy (Premio Aldo Rovira) is a trophy awarded by FC Barcelona to its best player of the season and it is decided by a jury composed of board of directors and heads of sport in Catalan media. The award was created in 2010 in memory of the son of former FC Barcelona director, Josep Lluis Rovira, who died in a car/traffic accident one year earlier.[1]

Lionel Messi won the inaugural prize for the season held in 2009–10 and he has also won the award on a record six occasions.[2][3][4]

Key
  • dagger denotes a player registered with Barcelona in the 2022–23 season
  • Player (X) denotes the number of times a player has won the award

Winners
Lionel Messi has won the award a record 6 times.
Season Player Position Nationality Ref
2009–10 Lionel Messi Forward  Argentina
2010–11 Lionel Messi (2) Forward  Argentina
2011–12 Eric Abidal Defender  France [5]
2012–13 Lionel Messi (3) Forward  Argentina [6]
2013–14 Javier Mascherano Midfielder  Argentina [7]
2014–15 Lionel Messi (4) Forward  Argentina [8]
2015–16 Luis Suárez Forward  Uruguay [9]
2016–17 Lionel Messi (5) Forward  Argentina [10]
2017–18 Lionel Messi (6) Forward  Argentina [11]
2018–19 Gerard Piqué Defender  Spain [12]
2019–20 Marc-André ter Stegen Player currently registered with Barcelona Goalkeeper  Germany [13]
2020–21 Pedri Player currently registered with Barcelona Midfielder  Spain [14]
2021–22 Gavi Player currently registered with Barcelona Midfielder  Spain [15]

Statistics

Wins by playing position
Position Players Total
Goalkeeper 11
Defender 22
Midfielder 33
Forward 27

Wins by nationality
Nationality Players Total
 Argentina 27
 Spain 33
 France 11
 Germany 11
 Uruguay 11

Women's Trofeo Aldo Rovira
Season Player Position Nationality Ref
2020–21 Alexia Putellas dagger Midfielder  Spain [14]
2021–22 Alexia Putellas (2) dagger Midfielder  Spain [15]

See also

References
  1. "Luis Suárez wins seventh Aldo Rovira Trophy". FCBarcelona.com. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  2. "Leo Messi presented with the sixth memorial Aldo Rovira Trophy". FCBarcelona.com. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  3. "Messi gana el Trofeu Aldo Rovira". Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  4. CatalunyaPress.es. "Messi gana el trofeo Aldo Rovira por quinta vez". Catalunyapress (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  5. FCBarcelona (12 December 2012). "Éric Abidal receives the Aldo Rovira award". fcbarcelona. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  6. MundoDeportivo (17 September 2013). "Leo Messi gana el Premio Aldo Rovira 2012/13". Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  7. FCBarcelona. "Mascherano wins 2013/14 player of the year award". Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  8. "Lionel Messi Wins Aldo Rovira Award For The 4th Time". soccernet.ng. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  9. FCBarcelona. "Luis Suárez collects Aldo Rovira Memorial award as FC Barcelona player of the season 2015/16". Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  10. FCBarcelona. "Messi receives the 2016/17 Aldo Rovira Memorial prize". Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  11. Sport (6 December 2018). "Lionel Messi wins yet another award for his performances last season". sport. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  12. FCBarcelona (17 July 2019). "Gerard Piqué, premi Aldo Rovira de la temporada 2018/19". fcbarcelona (in Catalan). Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  13. FCBarcelona (16 October 2020). "Marc Ter Stegen wins 2019/20 Aldo Rovira Award". fcbarcelona. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  14. FCBarcelona (1 April 2022). "Alexia and Pedri receive the Aldo Rovira award for the 2020/21 season". fcbarcelona. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  15. FCBarcelona (9 February 2023). "Alexia and Gavi receive the Aldo Rovira award for the 2021/22 season". fcbarcelona. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
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