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Portuguese Golden Ball

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Portuguese Golden Ball
Native nameA Bola de Ouro
DescriptionAnnual award given to the best player of the year in the Primeira Liga
CountryPortugal
Presented byA Bola
Websitehttp://www.abola.pt Edit this on Wikidata

The Portuguese Golden Ball (known in Portuguese as A Bola de Ouro) is an annual award given, by Portuguese newspaper A Bola, to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the year in the Primeira Liga. The first winner of the award was Eusébio, in 1991. Initially, it was a career award, but since then, the award was given to the best player in the league.[1]

Format

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The prize is given out by Portuguese newspaper A Bola to the best player in the Portuguese Liga.[2]

Winners

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Luís Figo won the award in 1994.

The award has been presented on 20 occasions as of 2012, with 17 different winners.

Year Winner Country Club Position Sources Notes
1991EusébioImage PortugalRetiredForward[1][A]
1992Vítor BaíaImage PortugalPortoGoalkeeper[1]
1993João PintoImage PortugalBenficaForward[1]
1994Luís FigoImage PortugalSporting CPMidfielder[1]
1995DomingosImage PortugalPortoForward[1]
1996João PintoImage PortugalBenficaForward[1]
1997Mário JardelImage BrazilPortoForward[1]
1998Mário JardelImage BrazilPortoForward[1]
1999----[1][B]
2000Jorge CostaImage PortugalPortoDefender[1][3]
2001Erwin SánchezImage BoliviaBoavistaMidfielder[4]
2002Mário JardelImage BrazilSporting CPForward[4]
2003DecoImage BrazilPortoMidfielder[4]
2004Adriano RossatoImage BrazilNacionalDefender[4]
2005SimãoImage PortugalBenficaMidfielder[4]
2006PetitImage PortugalBenficaMidfielder[4]
2007Ricardo QuaresmaImage PortugalPortoMidfielder[4]
2008----
2009Lucho GonzálezImage ArgentinaPortoMidfielder[1]
2010Javier SaviolaImage ArgentinaBenficaForward[1]
2011Radamel FalcaoImage ColombiaPortoForward[5]
2012James RodríguezImage ColombiaPortoMidfielder[6][7]

See also

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Notes

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A. ^ It was a career award.[1]
B. ^ In 1999 the Portuguese Golden Ball was not awarded.[1]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Azevedo, Rogério (29 January 2011). "Saviola Jogador do Ano". A Bola. pp. 2–5.
  2. ↑ "Falcao awarded the Portuguese Golden Ball". AtléticoFans. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "Jorge Costa considerado o melhor do ano" [Jorge Costa considered best of the year] (in Portuguese). nexus.ao. 29 January 2001. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Portugal - Footballer of the Year". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  5. ↑ "Falcao: "Tive um ano mágico no FC Porto"" [Falcao: "I had a magical year at FC Porto"] (in Portuguese). relvado.aeiou.pt. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  6. ↑ South American hopefuls enter final straight
  7. ↑ "Joao Moutinho and James Rodriguez in £60m Monaco move". BBC Sport. 13 July 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
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