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Samba Gold

The "Samba Gold" (Samba d'Or) is a football award given to the best Brazilian footballer in Europe, as awarded by Sambafoot. The inaugural award was made in 2008. The Samba Gold is determined by three voter panels: journalists, fellow footballers and votes from Sambafoot's online readers. In 2021, a women's award was added for the first time, the women's award is given to the best Brazilian footballer in Brazil or abroad. An award for players aged 20 and under was added in 2022.

Samba Gold
SportFootball
Awarded forBest Brazilian footballer in Europe
Presented bySambafoot
History
First award2008
Editions15
First winnerKaká (2008)
Most winsNeymar (6 titles)
Most recentVinicius Junior (1st title)
Websitesambafoot.com
Kaká received 2008 Samba Gold in Milanello
Kaká receiving the 2008 Samba Gold at Milanello

History edit

  • In 2008, the inaugural winner was Milan midfielder Kaká. Manchester City's Robinho and Sevilla's Luís Fabiano placed second and third in voting, respectively. There were thirty nominations, and voting took place from 1 to 30 December. Kaká obtained 25.03% of the vote, with 14.34% for Robinho and 13.65% for Fabiano.[1]
  • In 2009, Luís Fabiano (20.91%) of Sevilla won the trophy, ahead of Júlio César (17.58%) and Kaká (16.35%).[2]
  • In 2010, the prize was awarded to Maicon (12.60%) from Inter Milan, ahead of Hernanes (10.76%) and Thiago Silva (9.56%).[3][4]
  • In 2011, Milan defender Thiago Silva (16.33%) won the award, ahead of Dani Alves from Barcelona (15.56%) and Hulk from Porto (14.41%).[5][6]
  • In 2012, the list of thirty candidates was announced on 26 November.[7][8] Paris Saint-Germain defender Thiago Silva (17.70%) was awarded the 2012 Samba Gold on 31 December, edging out Ramires (17.04%) and Willian (10.19%).[9]
  • In 2013, Thiago Silva won for a third consecutive year, beating out Dante in second and Oscar in third.[10]
  • In 2014, Neymar won the award for the first time, receiving a record percentage of votes (29.20%).[11]
  • In 2015, Neymar won the award for a second consecutive year, surpassing the record percentage of votes he received the year prior (37.87%).[12]
  • In 2016, Philippe Coutinho won the award for the first time, ending Neymar's two year reign.[13]
  • In 2017, Neymar won the award for the third time in four years.[14]
  • In 2018, Roberto Firmino won the award for the first time.[15]
  • In 2019, Alisson won the award for the first time, becoming the first goalkeeper to win the award.[16]
  • In 2020, Neymar won the award for a record fourth time.[17]
  • In 2021, Neymar won the award for a second consecutive and record-extending fifth time.[18] Giovana Queiroz won the inaugural women's award.[19]
  • In 2022, Neymar won the award for a third consecutive and record-extending sixth time.[20] Debinha won the women's award,[21] while Endrick was voted winner of the inaugural under-20 award.[22]
  • In 2023, Vinicius Junior won the award for the firsr time, ending Neymar's three year reign. Tamires won the women' award, while Marcos Leonardo won the under-20 award.[23]

Winners edit

Men's football edit

Source:[24]

Year First Club(s) Percent Second Club(s) Percent Third Club(s) Percent
2008 Kaká   Milan 25.03% Robinho   Milan
  Manchester City 		14.34% Luís Fabiano   Sevilla 13.65%
2009 Luís Fabiano   Sevilla 20.91% Júlio César   Internazionale 17.58% Kaká   Real Madrid 16.35%
2010 Maicon   Internazionale 12.60% Hernanes   São Paulo
  Lazio 		10.76% Thiago Silva   Milan 9.56%
2011 Thiago Silva   Milan 16.33% Dani Alves   Barcelona 15.56% Hulk   Porto 14.41%
2012 Thiago Silva   Milan
  Paris Saint-Germain 		17.70% Ramires   Chelsea 17.04% Willian   Shakhtar Donetsk 10.19%
2013 Thiago Silva   Paris Saint-Germain 24.19% Dante   Bayern Munich 14.63% Oscar   Chelsea 8.20%
2014 Neymar   Barcelona 29.20% Miranda   Atlético Madrid 16.39% Felipe Melo   Galatasaray 16.01%
2015 Neymar   Barcelona 37.87% Douglas Costa   Shakhtar Donetsk
  Bayern Munich 		13.00% Felipe Melo   Galatasaray
  Internazionale 		9.39%
2016 Philippe Coutinho   Liverpool 32.13% Neymar   Barcelona 27.88% Casemiro   Real Madrid 13.35%
2017 Neymar   Barcelona
  Paris Saint-Germain 		27.71% Philippe Coutinho   Liverpool 16.64% Marcelo   Real Madrid 14.43%
2018 Roberto Firmino   Liverpool 21.79% Marcelo   Real Madrid 20.51% Neymar   Paris Saint-Germain 18.67%
2019 Alisson   Liverpool 35.54% Roberto Firmino   Liverpool 23.48% Thiago Silva   Paris Saint-Germain 10.46%
2020 Neymar   Paris Saint-Germain Bruno Guimarães   Lyon Casemiro   Real Madrid
2021 Neymar   Paris Saint-Germain 42.77% Vinícius Júnior   Real Madrid 14.45% Lucas Veríssimo   Benfica 10.65%
2022 Neymar   Paris Saint-Germain 40.46% Lucas Paquetá   Lyon
  West Ham United 		14.55% Bruno Guimarães   Newcastle United 13.31%
2023 Vinicius Junior   Real Madrid Neymar   Paris Saint-Germain Marquinhos   Paris Saint-Germain

Women's football edit

Year First Club(s) Percent Second Club(s) Percent Third Club(s) Percent
2021 Giovana Queiroz   Levante 31.13% Ludmila   Atlético Madrid 14.45% Gabi Nunes   Madrid CFF 8.81%
2022 Debinha   North Carolina Courage 15.59% Giovana Queiroz   Arsenal 10.08% Geyse   Madrid CFF
  Barcelona
2023 Tamires   Corinthians Bia Zaneratto   Palmeiras Debinha   Kansas City Current

Under-20 edit

Year First Club(s) Percent Second Club(s) Percent Third Club(s) Percent
2022 Endrick   Palmeiras 28.39% Matheus França   Flamengo 10.75% Vitor Roque   Athletico Paranaense 10.13%
2023 Marcos Leonardo   Santos Vitor Roque   Athletico Paranaense Endrick   Palmeiras

References edit

  1. ^ "2008 Samba Gold results". Sambafoot. 31 December 2008.
  2. ^ "2009 Samba Gold Results". Sambafoot. 13 January 2010.
  3. ^ "2010 Samba Gold Results". Sambafoot. 31 December 2010.
  4. ^ "Maicon wins Samba d'Or 2010". Inter Milan. 4 February 2011.
  5. ^ "Thiago Silva: Winner of the Samba Gold trophy 2011". Sambafoot. 31 December 2011.
  6. ^ "Samba Gold: The Results". Sambafoot. 31 December 2011.
  7. ^ "The Samba Gold Trophy 2012: The 30 nominees". Sambafoot. 26 November 2012.
  8. ^ "Who will win the Samba Gold 2012?". Sambafoot. 24 December 2012.
  9. ^ "Thiago Silva retains the Samba Gold Trophy 2012". Sambafoot. 31 December 2012.
  10. ^ "Thiago Silva is the 2013 Samba Gold Winner". Sambafoot. 2 January 2014.
  11. ^ "Neymar wins his first Samba Gold". Sambafoot. 31 December 2014.
  12. ^ "Neymar wins the Samba Gold for the second consecutive year!". Sambafoot. 31 December 2015.
  13. ^ Stillman, Tim (31 December 2016). "Philippe Coutinho wins the Samba Gold 2016". Sambafoot. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  14. ^ Fausser, Frédéric (1 January 2018). "Neymar wins the 2017 Samba Gold". Sambafoot. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  15. ^ Fausser, Frédéric (3 January 2019). "Roberto Firmino wins the 2018 Samba Gold". Sambafoot. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  16. ^ Fausser, Frédéric (2 January 2020). "Alisson wins the 2019 Samba d'Or Award". Sambafoot. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  17. ^ Kolade, Daniel (7 May 2021). "Neymar wins the Samba Gold Award for the fourth time". Sambafoot. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  18. ^ Kolade, Daniel (2 February 2022). "Neymar is the big winner of the Samba Gold Trophy 2021". Sambafoot. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  19. ^ Kolade, Daniel (2 February 2022). "Giovana Queiroz is the big winner of the Samba Gold Women's Trophy 2021". Sambafoot. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  20. ^ Seixas, Josué (8 February 2023). "Neymar is the winner of the 2022 Samba Gold Trophy; player wins the award for the 6th time". Sambafoot. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  21. ^ Seixas, Josué (8 February 2023). "Debinha wins the Samba Gold Women's Trophy 2022; see partials". Sambafoot. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  22. ^ Seixas, Josué (8 February 2023). "Endrick wins 2022 Samba Gold Sub-20 Trophy; see partials". Sambafoot. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  23. ^ "Samba Gold 2023: Vinicius Junior, Tamires e Marcos Leonardo são vencedores". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-11-27. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  24. ^ "Samba Gold". Sambafoot. Sambafoot. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
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