2011 South American Footballer of the Year

thumb|Neymar is the South American Footballer of the Year for 2011. The 2011 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 Neymar of Santos on December 31, 2011.http://www.conmebol.com/contenidos/2011/12/31/noticia_0001.html https://archive.today/20120723041602/http://www.conmebol.com/contenidos/2011/12/31/noticia_0001.html dead July 23, 2012 Neymar, el mejor de Sudamérica CONMEBOL December 31, 2011 January 4, 2012 Neymar became the second Santos player to win the award. Rankings RankPlayerNationalityClubPoints1NeymarBRA Santos1302Eduardo VargasCHI Universidad de Chile703Paulo Henrique GansoBRA Santos334Egidio Arévalo RíosMEX Club Tijuana305Rolando SchiaviARG Boca Juniors256Néicer ReascoECU LDU Quito24Clemente RodríguezARG Boca Juniors248Jhonny HerreraCHI Universidad de Chile23Juan Román RiquelmeARG Boca Juniors2310Hernán BarcosECU LDU Quito16Marcos GonzálezCHI Universidad de Chile1612Emiliano PapaARG Vélez Sársfield15DedéBRA Vasco da Gama1514Charles AránguizCHI Universidad de Chile14ElanoBRA Santos1416Matías RodríguezCHI Universidad de Chile13Darío VerónMEX UNAM Pumas1318DaniloBRA Santos12Oswaldo VizcarrondoARG Olimpo12RonaldinhoBRA Flamengo12 References General http://www.ovaciondigital.com.uy/111231/futinter-615862/futbolinternacional/es-unico/ Es único: lluvia de votos a Neymar Spanish The unique: rain of votes for Neymar El País January 4, 2012 January 7, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120107195350/http://www.ovaciondigital.com.uy/111231/futinter-615862/futbolinternacional/es-unico/ dead Specific External links 2011 Footballer of the Year