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MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – AUGUST 17: Riccardo Calafiori of Arsenal celebrates scoring his team’s first goal with teammate Gabriel Martinelli during the Premier League match between Manchester United and Arsenal at Old Trafford on August 17, 2025 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)
For the second season in a row, an Italian footballer has won the Premier League: here’s the full list of players and coaches from Italy to have become English champions.
Italy international Calafiori made history with Arsenal, helping the Gunners win the Premier League title for the first time in 22 years.
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For the second season in a row, an Italian player has won the English title as Calafiori has succeeded Federico Chiesa, who had lifted the trophy with Liverpool in the 2024-25 campaign.
Back in the 2011-12 season, Mario Balotelli won the Premier League title with Manchester City, scoring 13 goals in 23 league matches and providing the assist for Sergio Aguero’s late winning goal in a home Serie A match against QPR.
Premier League winners: The Italians with no winners’ medal
Other Italian players had previously won the Premier League, but didn’t make the minimum number of league appearances to receive a winners’ medal.
Federico Macheda’s Manchester United became English champions in 2008-09 when the Italian striker was only 16.
In 2009-10, the 18-year-old Fabio Borini made four appearances with Carlo Ancelotti’s Chelsea and a few years earlier, in 2004-05 and 2005-06, Carlo Cudicini had won the title as the Blues’ second-choice goalkeeper under José Mourinho, collecting just seven appearances in two seasons.
Massimo Taibi, another second-choice keeper, made four appearances in 1999-00, and when the Red Devil won the title, Taibi had already returned to Reggina.
Premier League champions: the Italian coaches
Four Italian coaches have won the Premier League: Antonio Conte in the 2016-17 campaign and Carlo Ancelotti in 2009-10 at Chelsea, Claudio Ranieri in 2015-16 with Leicester City, and Roberto Mancini in 2011-12 with Manchester City.
ByLorenzo Bettoni
Lorenzo Bettoni is the Editor of Football Italia.
