2009 South American Footballer of the Year explained

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.^[1]

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

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

Web site: El Virrey . . December 31, 2009 . January 5, 2011 . Raúl . Tavani . July 22, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722002740/http://www.ovaciondigital.com.uy/09/12/31/futinter_462843.asp . dead .