Portuguese Golden Ball
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. It was a career award but since then the award was given to the best player in the league.[1]
Format
The prize is given out by Portuguese newspaper A Bola to the best player in the Portuguese Liga.[2]
Winners
Luis Figo won the award in 1994.
The award has been presented on 12 occasions as of 2010, with 9 different winners. Between 2001 and 2008 the Portuguese Golden Ball was not awarded.
1991-2000
| Year | Winner | Country | Club | Position | Sources | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Eusébio |  Portugal | Retired | Forward | [1] | [A] |
| 1992 | Vítor Baía | Portugal | FC Porto | Goalkeeper | [1] | |
| 1993 | João Pinto | Portugal | SL Benfica | Forward | [1] | |
| 1994 | Luís Figo | Portugal | Sporting CP | Midfielder | [1] | |
| 1995 | Domingos | Portugal | FC Porto | Forward | [1] | |
| 1996 | João Pinto | Portugal | SL Benfica | Forward | [1] | |
| 1997 | Mário Jardel |  Brazil | FC Porto | Forward | [1] | |
| 1998 | Mário Jardel | Brazil | FC Porto | Forward | [1] | |
| 1999 | - | - | - | - | [1] | [B] |
| 2000 | Jorge Costa | Portugal | FC Porto | Defender | [1][3] |
2009-present
| Year | Winner | Country | Club | Position | Sources | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Lucho González |  Argentina | FC Porto | Midfielder | [1] | |
| 2010 | Javier Saviola | Argentina | SL Benfica | Forward | [1] | |
| 2011 | Radamel Falcao |  Colombia | FC Porto | Forward | [4] | |
| 2012 | James Rodriguez | Colombia | FC Porto | Midfielder | [5] |
See also
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 Azevedo, Rogério (29 January 2011). "Saviola Jogador do Ano". A Bola. pp. 2–5.
- ↑ "Falcao awarded the Portuguese Golden Ball". AtléticoFans. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
- ↑ "Jorge Costa considerado o melhor do ano" [Jorge Costa considered best of the year] (in Portuguese). www.nexus.ao. 29 January 2001. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/news/newsid=2039441/index.html?intcmp=newsreader_news_box_1
External links
- "A Bola" official website (Portuguese)
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