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Juventus midfielder Andrea Pirlo has been named the best player in Serie A for the third consecutive year by the Association of Italian Footballers. [caption id=“attachment_520240” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Getty Images[/caption] “It’s always a pleasure to win this award, it means I managed to stay at the top year after year,” Xinhua quoted the 35-year-old Italy playmaker as saying. Six of Pirlo’s Juventus teammates joined him in the Serie A Best Team 2014, namely Gianluigi Buffon, Andrea Barzagli, Kwadwo Asamoah, Paul Pogba, Arturo Vidal and Carlos Tevez. IANS
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