CAMBIASSO WINS GOLDEN PIRATE AWARD(THE BEST INTER PLAYER OF THE YEAR)

MILAN - Argentine midfielder Esteban CAMBIASSO ESTEBAN MATIAS]" href="http://www.inter.it/aas/squadra/player1?codgioc=G0768&L=en&stagione=2006/07">Cambiasso is the twentieth winner of the Pirata d'Oro (Golden Pirate), an annual award given by Inter Club San Pietro Nerazzurra Seveso members to the best Inter player of the year.CAMBIASSO ESTEBAN MATIAS]" href="http://www.inter.it/aas/squadra/player1?codgioc=G0768&L=en&stagione=2006/07">Cambiasso thanked IC San Pietro Nerazzurra president Giancarlo Belotti and the fans in attendance at Thursday evening's ceremony, expressing his great satisfaction for the award and promising to give his all to deserve the faith and warmth of Inter fans.Also in attendance were Bedy Moratti, Gabriele Oriali, Inter and Italy Under-21 defender Marco ANDREOLLI MARCO]" href="http://www.inter.it/aas/squadra/player1?codgioc=G0782&L=en&stagione=2006/07">Andreolli, Evaristo Beccalossi and Fausto Sala of the Inter Club Coordination Centre. The evening was brought to a close with a lottery, all proceeds from which will go to charity. The Pirata d'Oro award, a 20cm-high gold sculpture of the club's logo on a marble base, is named after former Inter midfielder Giampiero 'The Pirate' Marini, who collected 375 appearances in ten years with the Nerazzurri. Golden Pirate award, past winners:1986 Giuseppe Baresi1987 Walter Zenga1988 Riccardo Ferri1989 Andreas Bremhe1990 Giuseppe Bergomi1991 Lothar Matthäus1992 Davide Fontolan1993 Ruben Sosa1994 Nicola Berti1995 Gianluca Pagliuca1996 Javier Zanetti1997 Youri Djorkaeff1998 Ronaldo1999 Benoit Cauet2000 Laurent Blanc2001 Giuseppe Prisco2002 Christian Vieri2003 Emre Belozoglu2004 Adriano2005 Esteban Cambiasso