2019 South American Footballer of the Year

Gabriel Barbosa, 2019 South American Footballer of the Year

The 2019 South American Footballer of the Year award (Spanish: Rey del Fútbol de América), given to the best football player in South America by Uruguayan newspaper El País through voting by journalists across the continent, was awarded to Brazilian striker Gabriel Barbosa of Flamengo on December 31, 2019.^[1]^[2]

The award is part of the paper's "El Mejor de América" (The Best of America) awards, which also presents the awards for South American Coach of the Year (Entrenador del año en Sudamérica) and the Best XI (Equipo Ideal), composed of the best eleven players at their positions. Marcelo Gallardo of River Plate was named Coach of the Year for the second consecutive year.^[3]

Best Player[]

Rank	Player	Nationality	Club	Votes
1	Gabriel Barbosa	Brazil	Flamengo	168
2	Bruno Henrique	Brazil	Flamengo	83
3	Giorgian De Arrascaeta	Uruguay	Flamengo	40
4	Ignacio Fernández	Argentina	River Plate	25
5	Enzo Pérez	Argentina	River Plate	21
6	Everton	Brazil	Grêmio	9
7	Roque Santa Cruz	Paraguay	Olimpia	5
8	Nicolás De La Cruz	Uruguay	River Plate	4
9	Rafael Santos Borré	Colombia	River Plate	3
10	Dani Alves	Brazil	São Paulo¹	2
10	Yeferson Soteldo	Venezuela	Santos	2
12	Filipe Luís	Brazil	Flamengo²	1
	Franco Armani	Argentina	River Plate	1
	Carlos Vela	Mexico	Los Angeles FC	1
	Paolo Guerrero	Peru	Internacional	1
	Jorge Pinos	Ecuador	Independiente del Valle	1
	Germán Cano	Argentina	Independiente Medellín	1
	Rodolfo Pizarro	Mexico	Monterrey	1
	Juan Fernando Quintero	Colombia	River Plate	1

¹Dani Alves played part of 2019 with Paris Saint-Germain (France).

²Filipe Luís played part of 2019 with Atlético Madrid (Spain).

Best Manager[]

Marcelo Gallardo, 2019 South American Coach of the Year

Rank	Player	Nationality	Club / National team	Votes
1	Marcelo Gallardo	Argentina	River Plate	216
2	Jorge Jesus	Portugal	Flamengo¹	133
3	Miguel Ángel Ramírez	Spain	Independiente del Valle	7
4	Tite	Brazil	Brazil national team	6
5	Ricardo Gareca	Argentina	Peru national team	5
6	Óscar Tabárez	Uruguay	Uruguay national team	2
7	Gustavo Quinteros	Bolivia	Universidad Católica	1
	Alexandre Guimarães	Brazil²	América de Cali	1
	Miguel Herrera	Mexico	Club América	1

¹Jorge Jesus spent part of 2019 as manager of Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia).

²Alexandre Guimarães has Costa Rican dual-citizenship.

Best Team[]

De Arrascaeta

2019 South American Best Team

Position	Player	Nationality	Club
GK	Franco Armani	Argentina	River Plate
LB	Filipe Luís	Brazil	Flamengo¹
CB	Javier Pinola	Argentina	River Plate
CB	Rodrigo Caio	Brazil	Flamengo
RB	Rafinha	Brazil	Flamengo²
MF	Ignacio Fernández	Argentina	River Plate
MF	Giorgian De Arrascaeta	Uruguay	Flamengo
MF	Enzo Pérez	Argentina	River Plate
FW	Bruno Henrique	Brazil	Flamengo
FW	Gabriel Barbosa	Brazil	Flamengo
FW	Everton	Brazil	Grêmio

¹Filipe Luís played part of 2019 with Atlético Madrid (Spain).

²Rafinha played part of 2019 with Bayern Munich (Germany).

National awards[]

Nation	Best player	Best manager	Best team
Argentina	Enzo Pérez (River Plate)	Marcelo Gallardo (River Plate)	River Plate
Bolivia	Juan Carlos Arce (Bolívar)	Erwin Sánchez (Club Blooming)	Bolívar
Brazil	Bruno Henrique (Flamengo)	Jorge Jesus (Flamengo)¹	Flamengo
Chile	José Pedro Fuenzalida (U. Católica)	Gustavo Quinteros² (U. Católica)	Universidad Católica
Colombia	Teó Gutiérrez (Junior)	Julio Comesaña (Junior)	Junior
Ecuador	Michael Estrada (Macará)	Paúl Vélez (Macará)	Macará
United States	Carlos Vela (Los Angeles FC)	Brian Schmetzer (Seattle Sounders)	Los Angeles FC
Honduras	Juan Ramón Mejía (Real de Minas)	Pedro Troglio (Olimpia)	Olimpia
Mexico	Guido Rodríguez (América)	Miguel Herrera (América)	León
Paraguay	Roque Santa Cruz (Club Olimpia)	Daniel Garnero (Club Olimpia)	Club Olimpia
Peru	Kevin Quevedo (Alianza Lima)	Pablo Bengoechea (Alianza Lima)	Binacional
Uruguay	Matías Viña (Nacional)	Danielo Núñez (Cerro Largo)	Cerro Largo
Venezuela	Rubert Quijada (Caracas)	Noel Sanvicente (Caracas)	Caracas

¹Jorge Jesus spent part of 2019 as manager of Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia).

²Gustavo Quinteros has Bolivian dual-citizenship.

References[]

^ ElPais. "Encuesta El País: "Gabigol", el goleador de Flamengo, es el nuevo Rey de América". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-31.
^ "Gabigol é eleito o Rei da América; Flamengo coloca trio no pódio". Globoesporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-12-31.
^ "Melhor treinador da América: Gallardo supera Jorge Jesus e vence pela segunda vez seguida". Globoesporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-12-31.

External links[]

[1] ElPais. "Encuesta El País: "Gabigol", el goleador de Flamengo, es el nuevo Rey de América". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-31.

[2] "Gabigol é eleito o Rei da América; Flamengo coloca trio no pódio". Globoesporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-12-31.

[3] "Melhor treinador da América: Gallardo supera Jorge Jesus e vence pela segunda vez seguida". Globoesporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-12-31.

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