2011 South American Footballer of the Year

The 2011 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 Neymar of Santos on December 31, 2011.[1]

Neymar is the South American Footballer of the Year for 2011.

Neymar became the second Santos player to win the award.

Rankings

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Rank Player Nationality Club Points
1 Neymar   Brazil   Santos 130
2 Eduardo Vargas   Chile   Universidad de Chile 70
3 Paulo Henrique Ganso   Brazil   Santos 33
4 Egidio Arévalo Ríos   Uruguay   Club Tijuana 30
5 Rolando Schiavi   Argentina   Boca Juniors 25
6 Néicer Reasco   Ecuador   LDU Quito 24
Clemente Rodríguez   Argentina   Boca Juniors 24
8 Jhonny Herrera   Chile   Universidad de Chile 23
Juan Román Riquelme   Argentina   Boca Juniors 23
10 Hernán Barcos   Argentina   LDU Quito 16
Marcos González   Chile   Universidad de Chile 16
12 Emiliano Papa   Argentina   Vélez Sársfield 15
Dedé   Brazil   Vasco da Gama 15
14 Charles Aránguiz   Chile   Universidad de Chile 14
Elano   Brazil   Santos 14
16 Matías Rodríguez   Argentina   Universidad de Chile 13
Darío Verón   Paraguay   UNAM Pumas 13
18 Danilo   Brazil   Santos 12
Oswaldo Vizcarrondo   Venezuela   Olimpo 12
Ronaldinho   Brazil   Flamengo 12

References

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General
  • "Es único: lluvia de votos a Neymar" [The unique: rain of votes for Neymar] (in Spanish). El País. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
Specific
  1. ^ "Neymar, el mejor de Sudamérica". CONMEBOL. December 31, 2011. Archived from the original on July 23, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
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