ROME, Dec 6 - AC Milan striker Christian Vieri has
been voted the worst footballer in Serie A to win the 2005
Golden Flop award.
The 32-year-old striker was awarded the prize based on the
votes of listeners to radio programme Catersport, which is
produced by state broadcaster RAI.
He proved the runaway winner, receiving 2,992 votes, three
times more than Inter Milan midfielder Santiago Solari, in
second place.
Vieri controversially switched from Inter Milan to city
rivals AC Milan during the close season after he was squeezed
out of a regular first-team berth by the strike partnership of
Adriano and Obafemi Martins
Life, however, has proved no easier at AC Milan, where he
has scored just twice in 12 appearances this season and found
himself third in the pecking order behind Andriy Shevchenko and
Alberto Gilardino.
Previous Golden Flop winners include former Juventus
defender Nicola Legrottaglie and Brazilian World Cup champion
Rivaldo, who won the prize in 2003 during a stint at AC Milan.