The list of top scorer of the Copa America includes all top scorers of the competition, which was held as Campeonato Sudamericano until 1967 . The record scorer is the Uruguayan Pedro Petrone with three titles, who was also the only player to be able to defend his title from the previous year. Record goal scorers are the Brazilian Jair da Rosa Pinto , the Argentine Humberto Maschio and the Uruguayan Javier Ambrois who scored nine goals in 1949 and 1957 respectively.