The Bola de Ouro (Golden Ball) is an award offered by Placar magazine to the best player of the Brazilian Championship since 1973. The award is given based on scores given by Placar journalists during each match of the competition. The best one for each field position win the Bola de Prata (Silver Ball), and the player with the best score win the Bola de Ouro. Year Winner (Team) 1970 Francisco REYES (Flamengo) * 1971 DIRCEU LOPES (Cruzeiro) * 1972 El�as FIGUEROA (Internacional) * 1973 August�n CEJAS (Santos) e At�lio ANCHETA (Gr�mio) 1974 ZICO (Flamengo) 1975 WALDIR PEREZ (S�o Paulo) 1976 El�as FIGUEROA (Internacional) 1977 Toninho CEREZO (Atl�tico Mineiro) 1978 Paulo Roberto FALC�O (Internacional) 1979 Paulo Roberto FALC�O (Internacional) 1980 Toninho CEREZO (Atl�tico Mineiro) 1981 PAULO ISIDORO (Atl�tico Mineiro) 1982 ZICO (Flamengo) 1983 ROBERTO COSTA (Atl�tico Paranaense) 1984 ROBERTO COSTA (Vasco da Gama) 1985 MARINHO (Bangu) 1986 CARECA (S�o Paulo) 1987 RENATO GA�CHO (Flamengo)** 1988 Cl�udio Andr� TAFFAREL (Internacional) 1989 RICARDO ROCHA (S�o Paulo) 1990 C�SAR SAMPAIO (Santos) 1991 MAURO SILVA (Bragantino) 1992 J�NIOR (Flamengo) 1993 C�SAR SAMPAIO (Palmeiras) 1994 M�rcio AMOROSO (Guarani) 1995 GIOVANNI (Santos) 1996 DJALMINHA (Palmeiras) 1997 EDMUNDO (Vasco da Gama) 1998 ED�LSON (Corinthians) 1999 MARCELINHO CARIOCA (Corinthians) 2000 ROM�RIO (Vasco da Gama)*** 2001 ALEX MINEIRO (Atl�tico Paranaense) 2002 KAK� (S�o Paulo) 2003 ALEX (Cruzeiro) 2004 ROBINHO (Santos) 2005 Carlos TEVEZ (Corinthians) 2006 LUCAS (Gr�mio) 2007 THIAGO NEVES (Fluminense) 2008 ROG�RIO CENI (S�o Paulo) 2009 ADRIANO (Flamengo) 2010 Dar�o CONCA (Fluminense) 2011 NEYMAR (Santos) 2012 RONALDINHO GA�CHO (Gr�mio) * These players were the best scored in 1970, 1971 and 1972, but they were not awarded because the Bola de Ouro award started only in 1973. ** In 1987, only players of Green Module (Copa Uni�o) were awarded. *** In 2000, only players of the Blue Module of Copa Jo�o Havelange were awarded.
2 Toninho CEREZO
C�SAR SAMPAIO
Paulo Roberto FALC�O
ROBERTO COSTA
ZICO
5 Flamengo
Santos
S�o Paulo
4 Atl�tico Mineiro
Internacional
3 Corinthians
Vasco da Gama
2 Atl�tico Paranaense
Fluminense
Gr�mio
Palmeiras
1 Bangu
Bragantino
Cruzeiro
Guarani
1973 - August�n CEJAS (Argentina) 1973 - At�lio ANCHETA (Uruguay) 1976 - El�as FIGUEROA (Chile) 2005 - Carlos TEVEZ (Argentina) 2010 - Dar�o CONCA (Argentina)
Only two players had won the Bola de Ouro in consecutive years: 1978/79 - Paulo Roberto FALC�O (Internacional) 1983/84 - ROBERTO COSTA (Atl�tico-PR & Vasco da Gama) And only two clubs had won Bola de Ouro in two consecutive years: 1978/79 - INTERNACIONAL (Falc�o) 1998/99 - CORINTHIANS (Marcelinho Carioca; Ed�lson)
Junior was the oldest winner of Bola de Ouro. He was 38 in 1992. Rog�rio Ceni was 35 in 2008. Rom�rio was 34 in 2000. Youngest winners: Neymar (was 19y09m29d at the finish of 2011 championship). Lucas (was 19y10m24d at the finish of 2006 championship). M�rcio Amoroso (was 20y5m13d at the finish of 1994 championship). Kak� (was 20y7m23d at the finish of 2002 championship). Robinho (was 20y10m24d at the finish of 2004 championship).
17 S�o Paulo (SP) 11 Rio de Janeiro (RJ) 6 Rio Grande do Sul (RS) 4 Minas Gerais (MG) 2 Paran� (PR)
4 S�o Paulo: 1993 (C�sar Sampaio, Palmeiras)
1994 (Amoroso, Guarani)
1995 (Giovanni, Santos)
1996 (Djalminha, Palmeiras)
3 S�o Paulo: 1989 (Ricardo Rocha, S�o Paulo)
1990 (C�sar Sampaio, Santos)
1991 (Mauro Silva, Bragantino)
20 Midfielders 12 Strikers 6 Goalkeepers 3 Defenders
Thanks to Placar
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