Player of the Year of Argentina

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The Player of the Year of Argentina is a yearly award organized by the Argentine Sports Journalists' Circle given to the best Argentine footballer, or to the best foreign footballer playing in the Argentine League. This award, known as the Olimpia de Plata al Mejor Futbolista ("Silver Olimpia to the best footballer"), is part of the Olimpia awards; the most important sports award in Argentina.

It is unclear when Argentine footballers playing outside Argentina and foreign ones playing in Argentina started being electable. Mario Kempes in 1978 was the first Argentinian to receive it while playing abroad, and Uruguayan Enzo Francescoli was the first foreign player to receive the award.

[edit] Winners

Year	Player	Nationality	Club
1970	Héctor Yazalde	Argentina	Independiente (ARG)
1971	José Omar Pastoriza	Argentina	Independiente (ARG)
1972	Ángel Bargas	Argentina	Chacarita Juniors (ARG)
1973	Miguel Ángel Brindisi	Argentina	Huracán (ARG)
1974	Miguel Ángel Raimondo	Argentina	Independiente (ARG)
1975	Héctor Horacio Scotta	Argentina	San Lorenzo de Almagro (ARG)
1976	Daniel Passarella	Argentina	River Plate (ARG)
1977	Ubaldo Fillol	Argentina	River Plate (ARG)
1978	Mario Kempes	Argentina	Valencia CF (SPA)
1979	Diego Maradona	Argentina	Argentinos Juniors (ARG)
1980	Diego Maradona	Argentina	Argentinos Juniors (ARG)
1981	Diego Maradona	Argentina	Boca Juniors (ARG)
1982	Hugo Orlando Gatti	Argentina	Boca Juniors (ARG)
1983	Ricardo Bochini	Argentina	Independiente (ARG)
1984	Alberto Márcico	Argentina	Ferro Carril Oeste (ARG)
1985	Enzo Francescoli	Uruguay	River Plate (ARG)
1986	Diego Maradona	Argentina	Napoli (ITA)
1987	Néstor Fabbri	Argentina	Racing Club (ARG)
1988	Rubén Paz	Uruguay	Racing Club (ARG)
1989	Carlos Alfaro Moreno	Argentina	Independiente (ARG)
1990	Sergio Goycochea	Argentina	Millonarios (COL) / Racing Club (ARG)
1991	Oscar Ruggeri	Argentina	Vélez Sarsfield (ARG)
1992	Luis Islas	Argentina	Independiente (ARG)
1993	Ramón Medina Bello	Argentina	River Plate (ARG)
1994	Carlos Navarro Montoya	Argentina	Boca Juniors (ARG)
1995	Enzo Francescoli	Uruguay	River Plate (ARG)
1996	José Luis Chilavert	Paraguay	Vélez Sarsfield (ARG)
1997	Marcelo Salas	Chile	River Plate (ARG)
1998	Gabriel Batistuta	Argentina	Fiorentina (ITA)
1999	Javier Saviola	Argentina	River Plate (ARG)
2000	Juan Román Riquelme	Argentina	Boca Juniors (ARG)
2001	Juan Román Riquelme	Argentina	Boca Juniors (ARG)
2002	Gabriel Milito	Argentina	Independiente (ARG)
2003	Carlos Tévez	Argentina	Boca Juniors (ARG)
2004	Carlos Tévez	Argentina	Boca Juniors (ARG)
2005	Lionel Messi	Argentina	Barcelona FC (SPA)