Argentina's Footballer of the Year
A footballer of the year has been voted in Argentina since 1970 . The award is presented every year in mid-December by the Circulo de Periodistas Deportivos , the group of sports journalists. The official name of the award is Olimpia de Plata al Mejor Futbolista ( Spanish for example: Silver Olimpia for the best football player ). It is part of a series of sports awards known as Premios Olimpia .
You can choose from players with Argentine citizenship and foreigners who are under contract in the Argentine Primera División . Since 2008, one player in Argentina (Olimpia de Plata al Fútbol Local) and one player abroad (Olimpia de Plata al Fútbol del Exterior) has been chosen.
The most successful player so far is Lionel Messi , who won the twelfth title in 2019, ahead of the four-time award winners Diego Maradona and Juan Román Riquelme . A player from FC Barcelona , ten times from CA Boca Juniors , eight times from CA River Plate and seven times from CA Independiente received the award; these clubs have so far provided the most players.
All winners
- Year : The year in which the award was given.
- Player : gives the name of the player in the form first name, last name .
- Nationality : states the nationality of the player at the relevant time.
- Club : Names the club with which the player was under contract in the season in which he received the award. If there is a change within the season, both clubs are listed in chronological order. For players who were under contract outside of Argentina, the country concerned is written out and marked with a flag.
- Notes : Names notable premieres as well as notable awards the player received in the same year he was named Argentina's Footballer of the Year.
Note: The list can be sorted : clicking on a column header sorts the list according to this column, clicking twice reverses the sorting. Any desired combination can be achieved by clicking two columns in a row.
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Most successful players
| player | number |
|---|---|
| Lionel Messi | 12 |
| Diego Maradona | 4th |
| Juan Román Riquelme | 4th |
| Enzo Francescoli | 2 |
| Carlos Tévez | 2 |
| Juan Sebastián Verón | 2 |
Bold type: active players
Most successful clubs
| society | number |
|---|---|
 FC Barcelona
|
12 |
 CA Boca Juniors
|
10 |
 CA River Plate
|
8th |
 CA Independiente
|
7th |
 CA Vélez Sarsfield
|
4th |
 Racing Club
|
3 |
 Argentinos Juniors
|
2 |
 Estudiantes de La Plata
|
2 |
 CA San Lorenzo de Almagro
|
2 |
Web links
- Argentina's Footballer of the Year on rsssf.com
- Argentina's footballer of the year on weltfussball.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Premios Olimpia: todos los ganadores en la noche del deporte argentino. December 19, 2019, accessed January 21, 2020 (Spanish).
- ↑ Premios Olimpia 2015: La judoca Paula Pareto se llevó el Oro y los de plata fueron para Messi, Marco Ruben, Andrés Nocioni y Adolfo Cambiaso ( Memento from May 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish) on radionacional.com.ar from December 23, 2015, accessed May 26, 2016