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Neymar is the South American Footballer of the Year for 2011.

The 2011 South American Footballer of the Year, given to the best football player in South America by Uruguayan newspaper El País through voting by journalists across the continent, was awarded to Neymar of Santos on December 31, 2011. [1]

Neymar became the second Santos player to win the award.

Rankings

Rank Player Nationality Club Points
1 Neymar   Brazil Brazil Santos 130
2 Eduardo Vargas   Chile Chile Universidad de Chile 70
3 Paulo Henrique Ganso   Brazil Brazil Santos 33
4 Egidio Arévalo Ríos   Uruguay Mexico Club Tijuana 30
5 Rolando Schiavi   Argentina Argentina Boca Juniors 25
6 Néicer Reasco   Ecuador Ecuador LDU Quito 24
Clemente Rodríguez   Argentina Argentina Boca Juniors 24
8 Jhonny Herrera   Chile Chile Universidad de Chile 23
Juan Román Riquelme   Argentina Argentina Boca Juniors 23
10 Hernán Barcos   Argentina Ecuador LDU Quito 16
Marcos González   Chile Chile Universidad de Chile 16
12 Emiliano Papa   Argentina Argentina Vélez Sársfield 15
Dedé   Brazil Brazil Vasco da Gama 15
14 Charles Aránguiz   Chile Chile Universidad de Chile 14
Elano   Brazil Brazil Santos 14
16 Matías Rodríguez   Argentina Chile Universidad de Chile 13
Darío Verón   Paraguay Mexico UNAM Pumas 13
18 Danilo   Brazil Brazil Santos 12
Oswaldo Vizcarrondo   Venezuela Argentina Olimpo 12
Ronaldinho   Brazil Brazil Flamengo 12

References

General
  • "Es único: lluvia de votos a Neymar" [The unique: rain of votes for Neymar] (in Spanish). El País. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
Specific
  1. ^ "Neymar, el mejor de Sudamérica". CONMEBOL. December 31, 2011. Archived from the original on July 23, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2012.

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