Milito named best Italy player of 2010
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FC Internazionale Milano striker Diego Milito has been named Player of the Year and Foreign Player of the Year at the Italian players association's 2010 Oscar del Calcio awards.
Udinese forward Antonio Di Natale was selected as the best Italian player in Serie A, and Jose Mourinho, now at Real Madrid, was named best coach, local media reported Tuesday.
Milito scored both goals in the UEFA Champions League final against FC Bayern Munchen in Madrid as Inter lifted the trophy for the first time in 45 years. The Argentinian, who was preferred to team-mates Wesley Sneijder and Samuel Eto'o as best foreign player, also scored the decisive goals as Inter won the Coppa Italia and the Scudetto last season.
Milito was not the only Inter player honoured; Julio Cesar was selected as best goalkeeper, Walter Samuel was best defender alongside Juventus and Italy centre-back Giorgio Chiellini. Maicon, meanwhile, won the Goal of the Year prize for a strike against Juventus in April, when he totted the ball up three times before unleashing an unstoppable drive into the top corner.
Di Natale, who scored 29 goals last season and is the current leading scorer in Serie A with 15, was preferred to Antonio Cassano and Andrea Pirlo as best Italian player and also won the top scorer and fair play awards.
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