2019 South American Footballer of the Year

The 2019 South American Footballer of the Year award (Spanish: Rey del Fútbol de América), given to the best football player in South America by Uruguayan newspaper El País through voting by journalists across the continent, was awarded to Brazilian striker Gabriel Barbosa of Flamengo on December 31, 2019.^[1]^[2]

The award is part of the paper's "El Mejor de América" (The Best of America) awards, which also presents the awards for South American Coach of the Year (Entrenador del año en Sudamérica) and the Best XI (Equipo Ideal), composed of the best eleven players at their positions. Marcelo Gallardo of River Plate was named Coach of the Year for the second consecutive year.^[3]

Best Player

Rank	Player	Nationality	Club	Votes
1	Gabriel Barbosa	Brazil	Flamengo	168
2	Bruno Henrique	Brazil	Flamengo	83
3	Giorgian De Arrascaeta	Uruguay	Flamengo	40
4	Ignacio Fernández	Argentina	River Plate	25
5	Enzo Pérez	Argentina	River Plate	21
6	Everton	Brazil	Grêmio	9
7	Roque Santa Cruz	Paraguay	Olimpia	5
8	Nicolás De La Cruz	Uruguay	River Plate	4
9	Rafael Santos Borré	Colombia	River Plate	3
10	Dani Alves	Brazil	São Paulo¹	2
10	Yeferson Soteldo	Venezuela	Santos	2
12	Filipe Luís	Brazil	Flamengo²	1
	Franco Armani	Argentina	River Plate	1
	Carlos Vela	Mexico	Los Angeles FC	1
	Paolo Guerrero	Peru	Internacional	1
	Jorge Pinos	Ecuador	Independiente del Valle	1
	Germán Cano	Argentina	Independiente Medellín	1
	Rodolfo Pizarro	Mexico	Monterrey	1
	Juan Fernando Quintero	Colombia	River Plate	1

¹Dani Alves played part of 2019 with Paris Saint-Germain (France).

²Filipe Luís played part of 2019 with Atlético Madrid (Spain).

Best Manager

Rank	Player	Nationality	Club / National team	Votes
1	Marcelo Gallardo	Argentina	River Plate	216
2	Jorge Jesus	Portugal	Flamengo¹	133
3	Miguel Ángel Ramírez	Spain	Independiente del Valle	7
4	Tite	Brazil	Brazil national team	6
5	Ricardo Gareca	Argentina	Peru national team	5
6	Óscar Tabárez	Uruguay	Uruguay national team	2
7	Gustavo Quinteros	Bolivia	Universidad Católica	1
	Alexandre Guimarães	Brazil²	América de Cali	1
	Miguel Herrera	Mexico	Club América	1

¹Jorge Jesus spent part of 2019 as manager of Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia).

²Alexandre Guimarães has Costa Rican dual-citizenship.

Best Team

2019 South American Best Team

Position	Player	Nationality	Club
GK	Franco Armani	Argentina	River Plate
LB	Filipe Luís	Brazil	Flamengo¹
CB	Javier Pinola	Argentina	River Plate
CB	Rodrigo Caio	Brazil	Flamengo
RB	Rafinha	Brazil	Flamengo²
MF	Ignacio Fernández	Argentina	River Plate
MF	Giorgian De Arrascaeta	Uruguay	Flamengo
MF	Enzo Pérez	Argentina	River Plate
FW	Bruno Henrique	Brazil	Flamengo
FW	Gabriel Barbosa	Brazil	Flamengo
FW	Everton	Brazil	Grêmio

¹Filipe Luís played part of 2019 with Atlético Madrid (Spain).

²Rafinha played part of 2019 with Bayern Munich (Germany).

National awards

Nation	Best player	Best manager	Best team
Argentina	Enzo Pérez (River Plate)	Marcelo Gallardo (River Plate)	River Plate
Bolivia	Juan Carlos Arce (Bolívar)	Erwin Sánchez (Club Blooming)	Bolívar
Brazil	Bruno Henrique (Flamengo)	Jorge Jesus (Flamengo)¹	Flamengo
Chile	José Pedro Fuenzalida (U. Católica)	Gustavo Quinteros² (U. Católica)	Universidad Católica
Colombia	Teó Gutiérrez (Junior)	Julio Comesaña (Junior)	Junior
Ecuador	Michael Estrada (Macará)	Paúl Vélez (Macará)	Macará
United States	Carlos Vela (Los Angeles FC)	Brian Schmetzer (Seattle Sounders FC)	Los Angeles FC
Honduras	Juan Ramón Mejía (Real de Minas)	Pedro Troglio (Olimpia)	Olimpia
Mexico	Guido Rodríguez (América)	Miguel Herrera (América)	León
Paraguay	Roque Santa Cruz (Club Olimpia)	Daniel Garnero (Club Olimpia)	Club Olimpia
Peru	Kevin Quevedo (Alianza Lima)	Pablo Bengoechea (Alianza Lima)	Binacional
Uruguay	Matías Viña (Nacional)	Danielo Núñez (Cerro Largo)	Cerro Largo
Venezuela	Rubert Quijada (Caracas)	Noel Sanvicente (Caracas)	Caracas

¹Jorge Jesus spent part of 2019 as manager of Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia).

²Gustavo Quinteros has Bolivian dual-citizenship.

References

^ ElPais. "Encuesta El País: "Gabigol", el goleador de Flamengo, es el nuevo Rey de América". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-31.
^ "Gabigol é eleito o Rei da América; Flamengo coloca trio no pódio". Globoesporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-12-31.
^ "Melhor treinador da América: Gallardo supera Jorge Jesus e vence pela segunda vez seguida". Globoesporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-12-31.

External links

[1] ElPais. "Encuesta El País: "Gabigol", el goleador de Flamengo, es el nuevo Rey de América". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-31.

[2] "Gabigol é eleito o Rei da América; Flamengo coloca trio no pódio". Globoesporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-12-31.

[3] "Melhor treinador da América: Gallardo supera Jorge Jesus e vence pela segunda vez seguida". Globoesporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-12-31.

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v t e South American Footballer of the Year
Men's winners (Rey de América)
El Mundo award	1971: Tostão 1972: Cubillas 1973: Pelé 1974: Figueroa 1975: Figueroa 1976: Figueroa 1977: Zico 1978: Kempes 1979: Maradona 1980: Maradona 1981: Zico 1982: Zico 1983: Sócrates 1984: Francescoli 1985: Romerito 1986: Maradona 1987: Valderrama 1988: Paz 1989: Maradona 1990: Maradona 1991: Batistuta 1992: Maradona
El Gráfico award	1980: Maradona 1981: Maradona 1982: Zico 1983: Sócrates
El País award	1986: Alzamendi 1987: Valderrama 1988: Paz 1989: Bebeto 1990: Amarilla 1991: Ruggeri 1992: Raí 1993: Valderrama 1994: Cafu 1995: Francescoli 1996: Chilavert 1997: Salas 1998: Palermo 1999: Saviola 2000: Romário 2001: Riquelme 2002: Cardozo 2003: Tevez 2004: Tevez 2005: Tevez 2006: Fernández 2007: Cabañas 2008: Verón 2009: Verón 2010: D'Alessandro 2011: Neymar 2012: Neymar 2013: Ronaldinho 2014: Gutiérrez 2015: Sánchez 2016: Borja 2017: Luan 2018: Martínez 2019: Gabriel 2020: Marinho 2021: Álvarez 2022: Pedro 2023: Cano
Women's winners (Reina de América)
El País award	2021: Tamires 2022: Caicedo 2023: Priscila