Brazil's Footballer of the Year

There are two awards that can be considered Brazil's Footballer of the Year awards :

• the Bola de Ouro (German: Goldener Ball ) which has been awarded every year since 1973 by the magazine Placar to the best player in the Campeonato Brasileiro , the Brazilian championship, and
• the Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão (German roughly price for the aces of the Brazilian championship ), which has been awarded since 2005 in partnership between the Brazilian Football Association and the television station Rede Globo .