2013 South American Footballer of the Year explained

The 2013 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 Ronaldinho of Atlético Mineiro on December 31, 2013.^[1]

Rankings

Rank	Player	Nationality	Club	Points
1	Ronaldinho	Brazil	Atlético Mineiro	156
2	Neymar^1		Santos	81
3	Maxi Rodríguez	Argentina	Newell's Old Boys	79
4	Everton Ribeiro		Cruzeiro	8
5	Jô		Atlético Mineiro	6
6	Éderson		Atlético Paranaense	5
7	Jefferson Montero		Morelia	4
8	Pablo Velázquez	Paraguay	Toluca	2
align=center rowspan=4	9	Paulinho^1		Corinthians	1
Diego Forlán		Internacional	1
Victor	Brazil	Atlético Mineiro	1
Bernard^1	Brazil	Atlético Mineiro	1

¹Players who have been to Europe before ending the season.

References

General

• Web site: Abusou: Ronaldinho por "robo" . Abused: Ronaldinho for "theft" . . December 31, 2013 . dead . December 31, 2013 . August 15, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160815151534/http://www.ovaciondigital.com.uy/futbol/abusou-ronaldinho-robo.html .

Specific

Notes and References

1. Web site: Abusou: Ronaldinho por "robo" . Abused: Ronaldinho for "theft" . . December 31, 2013 . dead . December 31, 2013 . August 15, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160815151534/http://www.ovaciondigital.com.uy/futbol/abusou-ronaldinho-robo.html .