Samba Gold

The "Samba Gold" (Samba d'Or) is a football award given to the best Brazilian footballer in Europe, as awarded by Sambafoot. The inaugural award was made in 2008. The Samba Gold is determined by three voter panels: journalists, fellow footballers and votes from Sambafoot's online readers. In 2021, for the first time women were also selected for the award.

Samba Gold
SportFootball
Awarded forBest Brazilian footballer in Europe.
Presented bySambafoot
History
First award2008
Editions13
First winnerKaká (2008)
Most winsNeymar (5)
Most recentNeymar (2021)
Websitesambafoot.com
Kaká receiving the 2008 Samba Gold at Milanello

History
  • In 2008, the inaugural winner was Milan midfielder Kaká. Manchester City's Robinho and Sevilla's Luís Fabiano placed second and third in voting, respectively. There were thirty nominations, and voting took place from 1 to 30 December. Kaká obtained 25.03% of the vote, with 14.34% for Robinho and 13.65% for Fabiano.[1]
  • In 2009, Luís Fabiano (20.91%) of Sevilla won the trophy ahead of Júlio César (17.58%) and Kaká (16.35%).[2]
  • In 2010, the prize was awarded to Maicon (12.60%) from Inter Milan running ahead of Hernanes (10.76%) and Thiago Silva (9.56%).[3][4]
  • In 2011, Milan defender Thiago Silva (16.33%) won the award ahead of Dani Alves from Barcelona (15.56%) and Hulk from Porto (14.41%).[5][6]
  • In 2012, the list of thirty candidates was announced on 26 November.[7][8] Paris Saint-Germain defender Thiago Silva (17.70%) was awarded the 2012 Samba Gold on 31 December, edging out Ramires (17.04%) and Willian (10.19%).[9]
  • In 2013, Thiago Silva won for a third consecutive year, beating out Dante in second and Oscar in third.[10]
  • In 2014, Neymar won the award for the first time, receiving a record percentage of votes (29.20%).[11]
  • In 2015, Neymar won the award for a second consecutive year, surpassing the record percentage of votes he received the year prior (37.87%).[12]
  • In 2016, Philippe Coutinho won the award for the first time, ending Neymar's two year reign.[13]
  • In 2017, Neymar won the award for the third time in four years.[14]
  • In 2018, Roberto Firmino won the award for the first time.[15]
  • In 2019, Alisson won the award for the first time, and became the first goalkeeper to win the award.[16]
  • In 2020, Neymar won the award for a record fourth time.[17]
  • In 2021, Neymar won the fifth award.[18] Gio Queiroz won the first women's award.[19]

Winners

Source:[20]

Year First Club Percent Second Club Percent Third Club Percent
2008 Kaká Milan 25.03% Robinho Manchester City 14.34% Luís Fabiano Sevilla 13.65%
2009 Luís Fabiano Sevilla 20.91% Júlio César Internazionale 17.58% Kaká Real Madrid 16.35%
2010 Maicon Internazionale 12.60% Hernanes Lazio 10.76% Thiago Silva Milan 9.56%
2011 Thiago Silva Milan 16.33% Dani Alves Barcelona 15.56% Hulk Porto 14.41%
2012 Thiago Silva Paris Saint-Germain 17.70% Ramires Chelsea 17.04% Willian Shakhtar Donetsk 10.19%
2013 Thiago Silva Paris Saint-Germain 24.19% Dante Bayern Munich 14.63% Oscar Chelsea 8.20%
2014 Neymar Barcelona 29.20% Miranda Atlético Madrid 16.39% Felipe Melo Galatasaray 16.01%
2015 Neymar Barcelona 37.87% Douglas Costa Bayern Munich 13.00% Felipe Melo Internazionale 9.39%
2016 Philippe Coutinho Liverpool 32.13% Neymar Barcelona 27.88% Casemiro Real Madrid 13.35%
2017 Neymar Paris Saint-Germain 27.71% Philippe Coutinho Liverpool 16.64% Marcelo Real Madrid 14.43%
2018 Roberto Firmino Liverpool 21.79% Marcelo Real Madrid 20.51% Neymar Paris Saint-Germain 18.67%
2019 Alisson Liverpool 35.54% Roberto Firmino Liverpool 23.48% Thiago Silva Paris Saint-Germain 10.46%
2020 Neymar Paris Saint-Germain Bruno Guimarães Lyon Casemiro Real Madrid
2021 Neymar Paris Saint-Germain 42.77% Vinícius Júnior Real Madrid 14.45% Lucas Veríssimo Benfica 10.65%
Year First Club Percent Second Club Percent Third Club Percent
2021 Gio Queiroz UD Levante 31.12% Ludmila Atlético Madrid 14.45% Gabi Nunes Madrid CFF 8.81%

References
  1. "2008 Samba Gold results". Sambafoot. 31 December 2008.
  2. "2009 Samba Gold Results". Sambafoot. 13 January 2010.
  3. "2010 Samba Gold Results". Sambafoot. 31 December 2010.
  4. "Maicon wins Samba d'Or 2010". Inter Milan. 4 February 2011.
  5. "Thiago Silva: Winner of the Samba Gold trophy 2011". Sambafoot. 31 December 2011.
  6. "Samba Gold: The Results". Sambafoot. 31 December 2011.
  7. "The Samba Gold Trophy 2012: The 30 nominees". Sambafoot. 26 November 2012.
  8. "Who will win the Samba Gold 2012?". Sambafoot. 24 December 2012.
  9. "Thiago Silva retains the Samba Gold Trophy 2012". Sambafoot. 31 December 2012.
  10. "Thiago Silva is the 2013 Samba Gold Winner". Sambafoot. 2 January 2014.
  11. "Neymar wins his first Samba Gold". Sambafoot. 31 December 2014.
  12. "Neymar wins the Samba Gold for the second consecutive year!". Sambafoot. 31 December 2015.
  13. Stillman, Tim (31 December 2016). "Philippe Coutinho wins the Samba Gold 2016". Sambafoot. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  14. Fausser, Frédéric (1 January 2018). "Neymar wins the 2017 Samba Gold". Sambafoot. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  15. Fausser, Frédéric (3 January 2019). "Roberto Firmino wins the 2018 Samba Gold". Sambafoot. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  16. Fausser, Frédéric (2 January 2020). "Alisson wins the 2019 Samba d'Or Award". Sambafoot. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  17. Kolade, Daniel (7 May 2021). "Neymar wins the Samba Gold Award for the fourth time". Sambafoot. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  18. Kolade, Daniel (2 February 2022). "Neymar is the big winner of the Samba Gold Trophy 2021". Sambafoot. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  19. Kolade, Daniel (2 February 2022). "Giovana Queiroz is the big winner of the Samba Gold Women's Trophy 2021". Sambafoot. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  20. "Samba Gold". Sambafoot. Sambafoot. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
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