And the Bidone D’Oro (Golden Trash Can Award) goes to…

By: Francesco | December 8th, 2008

In Italy, famous players that flop at top clubs, big money transfers that wind up not fulfilling their potential, or players that just plain flat-out stink are given the title “bidone“, which means “trash can” (or “rubbish can” for the UK). So every year, Radio Rai Due gives out the “Bidone D’Oro“, or “Golden Trash Can” Award to the biggest “bidone” of the season. The fans vote on the website and through SMS and in the end the votes are tallied and the award is given out. As the picture shows, this year the award went to Inter’s Portuguese winger Ricardo Quaresma. Quaresma was the signing that Mourinho urged Massimo Moratti to make, and 20 million euro later, he has proven to be a flop. The Portuguese winger has had trouble showing the talent and skill he showed at Porto and hasn’t put in good performances at all. In fact he has just been ridiculed for his tendency to always hit the ball with the outside of his boot (his trademark “trivela“) and it seems like he doesn’t know how to hit it any other way. Even for a simple 2 yard pass he’ll execute the trivela. In recent weeks Mourinho hasn’t even played him as much, and unless he improves he will be considered one of the worst signings of the summer transfer window. Full results of the Bidone D’Oro award after the jump.

BIDONE D’ORO 2008

1st place- Ricardo Quaresma
2nd place- Christian Vieri
3rd place- Adriano
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4th place- Ronaldo
5th place- Dida
6th place- Andriiy Shevchenko
7th place- Simone Loria
8th place- Alvaro Recoba
9th place- Tiago
10th place- Joaquin Larrivey

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Pistoia Libre

Nnahoj, throw inter on pile?

huh?

what happened to shev? wasnt even injured. just lost the plot.
Nnahoj

Throw Inter's entire team in that bin along with Quaresma.
roberto

he's a gypsy, what do you want?
Julian

Adriano's having a pretty decent year this year. Not back to his best but he's playing very creatively and unpredictably, which is a bad thing for defenses.

Can't believe how much of a stinker Quaresma's turned out to be though
Ro

I'm kinda feeling bad for Adriano he keeps getting on that list...lol
Vinny

i know they didn't pay too much for him but can anyone say John Arne Riise... that guy is shambolic as some would say!... At least he can't take consolation in know if the goal was on top of row XX he would hit it
shingi

How does Ronaldo make this list? He wasn't even signed in 2008, and he did score 9 in 20 games, which while not amazing, isn't garbage. What gives?
LorenzoRosanero

One trick pony, anyone?
alessio

Yeah, Lorenzo's right.

Raggi's probably not on the list because Palermo didn't fork out a huge fee for him.

There's a video on Uefa.com about RQ77 showing off the trivela, and he says "I love the trivela. I always will try and kick with the outside of my boot whenever possible." Doesn't bode well.
Steven

Yeah, as a Lega Pro gigolo.
Johonna

Oh man. The poor kid. This is not going to help him at all.

I think there is still hope for him.
LorenzoRosanero

Another guy who should definitely be on this list is Fiorentina's Vargas. That guy has been utter garbage this whole year. And to think, he had tons of teams after him.
Rob

Seems a bit early in his Serie A career to be writing him off completely.
Colin

Raggi is actually quite quick, he just can't make up his mind where he wants to run too and gets confused so he looks slow, adn he should be on that list for sure.
LorenzoRosanero

Dude, exactly...how in the world is Raggi not on this list? Adriano at least has scored some goals. Raggi has been pure merda for the 2 appearances he was allowed to make.
ricci

Andrea Raggi deserves top 3 status. 7 million for a RB who is slow, can't defend and sure as hell can't attack. Shit, he makes Mattia Cassani looks like Dani Alves.