Andrea Pirlo added the latest accolade to his collection on Monday night when he was voted as the best player in Serie A last season by his fellow professionals.
Pirlo, 35, picked up the Italian Professional Footballers' Association (AIC) award for the third year running, making it onto the best team selection once again for his part in Juventus' third straight scudetto triumph in 2013-14.
"It's always a great pleasure to win this award," Pirlo said during a gala evening in Milan. "It means that I've done well and that I am maintaining myself at the highest level. I'd like to thank all of my colleagues who have voted for me. I'm very honoured."
The Italy international is the oldest player to win the award, which he has claimed in all three of his seasons since joining Juventus from AC Milan. He joins Zlatan Ibrahimovic as the only other player to have won the award three times.
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Pirlo also took his place on the best team from 2013-14 alongside six of his Juventus teammates -- Gianluigi Buffon, Kwadwo Asamoah, Andrea Barzagli, Paul Pogba, Arturo Vidal and Carlos Tevez -- while Antonio Conte, now in charge of Italy, was named the best coach for leading the Bianconeri to a third straight Serie A title last term.
"It was a fantastic journey which brought me to becoming national team coach," said Conte. "It was an extraordinary journey with these lads, to whom I owe everything."
Gonzalo Higuain (Napoli), Medhi Benatia (Roma, now at Bayern Munich) Matteo Darmian (Torino) and Ciro Immobile (Torino, now at Borussia Dortmund) were the only non-Juventus players to make it onto the best team.
Melania Gabbiadini, sister of Sampdoria and Italy forward Manolo, won the prize for best female player while Nicola Rizzoli was elected the best referee.
Empoli's Daniele Rugani picked up the prize for the best young player in Serie B.
"Playing for Juventus would be amazing, but I need to be calm and concentrate on the present," said the 20-year-old. "Right now, I'm focusing on Empoli. My future's not something I think of much."