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2009 South American Footballer of the Year

The 2009 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 Juan Sebastián Verón of Estudiantes de La Plata on December 31, 2009.

Verón became the first player since Carlos Tevez in 2004 (and later in 2005) to repeat the award.

Rankings

Rank	Player	Nationality	Club	Points
1	Juan Sebastián Verón		ARG Estudiantes	109
2	Édison Méndez		ECU LDU Quito	64
Humberto Suazo		MEX Monterrey	64
4	Leandro Desábato		ARG Estudiantes	52
5	Claudio Bieler		ECU LDU Quito	48
6	Salvador Cabañas		MEX América	45
Nicolás Lodeiro		URU Nacional	45
8	Nicolás Otamendi		ARG Vélez Sársfield	43
Miguel Pinto		CHI Universidad de Chile	43
10	Néicer Reasco		ECU LDU Quito	42
11	Gary Medel		CHI Universidad Católica
ARG Boca Juniors	40
12	Mauro Boselli		ARG Estudiantes	35
Guillermo Ochoa		MEX América	35
14	Enrique Vera		MEX América
ECU LDU Quito	28
15	Darío Conca		BRA Fluminense	25
16	Aldo Bobadilla		COL Independiente Medellín	20
Santiago Silva		ARG Vélez Sársfield	20
18	Claudio Morel Rodríguez		ARG Boca Juniors	19
19	Rolando Schiavi		ARG Estudiantes
ARG Newell's Old Boys	18
20	Adriano		BRA Flamengo	17

Notes

:1.Édison Méndez played for Dutch club PSV during the first half of 2009.

References

Tavani, Raúl. (December 31, 2009). "El Virrey". [[El País (Uruguay).

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