Samba Gold
Samba Gold | |
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Sport | Football |
Awarded for | Best Brazilian footballer in Europe. |
Presented by | Sambafoot |
History | |
First award | 2008 |
Editions | 13 |
First winner | Kaká (2008) |
Most wins | Neymar (4) |
Most recent | Neymar (2020) |
Website | sambafoot.com |
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.
History[]
- 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 running 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, and became the first goalkeeper to win the award.[16]
- In 2020, Neymar won the award for a record fourth time.[17]
Winners[]
Source:[18]
References[]
- ^ "2008 Samba Gold results". Sambafoot. 31 December 2008.
- ^ "2009 Samba Gold Results". Sambafoot. 13 January 2010.
- ^ "2010 Samba Gold Results". Sambafoot. 31 December 2010.
- ^ "Maicon wins Samba d'Or 2010". Inter Milan. 4 February 2011.
- ^ "Thiago Silva: Winner of the Samba Gold trophy 2011". Sambafoot. 31 December 2011.
- ^ "Samba Gold: The Results". Sambafoot. 31 December 2011.
- ^ "The Samba Gold Trophy 2012: The 30 nominees". Sambafoot. 26 November 2012.
- ^ "Who will win the Samba Gold 2012?". Sambafoot. 24 December 2012.
- ^ "Thiago Silva retains the Samba Gold Trophy 2012". Sambafoot. 31 December 2012.
- ^ "Thiago Silva is the 2013 Samba Gold Winner". Sambafoot. 2 January 2014.
- ^ "Neymar wins his first Samba Gold". Sambafoot. 31 December 2014.
- ^ "Neymar wins the Samba Gold for the second consecutive year!". Sambafoot. 31 December 2015.
- ^ Stillman, Tim (31 December 2016). "Philippe Coutinho wins the Samba Gold 2016". Sambafoot. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ Fausser, Frédéric (1 January 2018). "Neymar wins the 2017 Samba Gold". Sambafoot. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ Fausser, Frédéric (3 January 2019). "Roberto Firmino wins the 2018 Samba Gold". Sambafoot. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ Fausser, Frédéric (2 January 2020). "Alisson wins the 2019 Samba d'Or Award". Sambafoot. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ Daniel, Kolade (7 May 2021). "Neymar wins the Samba Gold Award for the fourth time". Sambafoot. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ "Samba Gold". Sambafoot. Sambafoot. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
Categories:
- European football trophies and awards
- Association football trophies and awards
- Awards established in 2008