2009 South American Footballer of the Year

The 2009 South American Footballer of the Year, given to the best football player in South America by Uruguayan newspaper El País through voting by journalists across the continent, was awarded to Juan Sebastián Verón of Estudiantes de La Plata on December 31, 2009.[1]

Juan Sebastián Verón is the South American Footballer of the Year for 2009.

Verón became the first player since Carlos Tevez in 2004 (and later in 2005) to repeat the award.

Rankings

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Rank Player Nationality Club Points
1 Juan Sebastián Verón   Argentina   Estudiantes 109
2 Édison Méndez   Ecuador   LDU Quito[1] 64
Humberto Suazo   Chile   Monterrey 64
4 Leandro Desábato   Argentina   Estudiantes 52
5 Claudio Bieler   Argentina   LDU Quito 48
6 Salvador Cabañas   Paraguay   América 45
Nicolás Lodeiro   Uruguay   Nacional 45
8 Nicolás Otamendi   Argentina   Vélez Sársfield 43
Miguel Pinto   Chile   Universidad de Chile 43
10 Néicer Reasco   Ecuador   LDU Quito 42
11 Gary Medel   Chile   Universidad Católica
  Boca Juniors
40
12 Mauro Boselli   Argentina   Estudiantes 35
Guillermo Ochoa   Mexico   América 35
14 Enrique Vera   Paraguay   América
  LDU Quito
28
15 Darío Conca   Argentina   Fluminense 25
16 Aldo Bobadilla   Paraguay   Independiente Medellín 20
Santiago Silva   Uruguay   Vélez Sársfield 20
18 Claudio Morel Rodríguez   Paraguay   Boca Juniors 19
19 Rolando Schiavi   Argentina   Estudiantes
  Newell's Old Boys
18
20 Adriano   Brazil   Flamengo 17

Notes

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1.^ Édison Méndez played for Dutch club PSV during the first half of 2009.

References

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  1. ^ Tavani, Raúl (December 31, 2009). "El Virrey". El País. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2011.
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