2011 South American Footballer of the Year

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 is the South American Footballer of the Year for 2011.

Neymar became the second Santos player to win the award.

Rankings
Rank Player Nationality Club Points
1 Neymar  Brazil Santos 130
2 Eduardo Vargas  Chile Universidad de Chile 70
3 Paulo Henrique Ganso  Brazil Santos 33
4 Egidio Arévalo Ríos  Uruguay Club Tijuana 30
5 Rolando Schiavi  Argentina Boca Juniors 25
6 Néicer Reasco  Ecuador LDU Quito 24
Clemente Rodríguez  Argentina Boca Juniors 24
8 Jhonny Herrera  Chile Universidad de Chile 23
Juan Román Riquelme  Argentina Boca Juniors 23
10 Hernán Barcos  Argentina LDU Quito 16
Marcos González  Chile Universidad de Chile 16
12 Emiliano Papa  Argentina Vélez Sársfield 15
Dedé  Brazil Vasco da Gama 15
14 Charles Aránguiz  Chile Universidad de Chile 14
Elano  Brazil Santos 14
16 Matías Rodríguez  Argentina Universidad de Chile 13
Darío Verón  Paraguay UNAM Pumas 13
18 Danilo  Brazil Santos 12
Oswaldo Vizcarrondo  Venezuela Olimpo 12
Ronaldinho  Brazil Flamengo 12
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References
General
  • "Es único: lluvia de votos a Neymar" [The unique: rain of votes for Neymar] (in Spanish). El País. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
Specific
  1. "Neymar, el mejor de Sudamérica". CONMEBOL. December 31, 2011. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
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