South American Player of the Year 2006

By the Uruguayan newspaper El País. Only those playing in American
leagues are eligible.
Winner is called "Rey del futbol de América" (America's Football King).
 
Full results
 
 1. Matías FERNÁNDEZ                     62 pts     Chile            Colo Colo (Chi)
 2. Rodrigo PALACIO                      53  "      Argentina        Boca Juniors (Arg) 
 3. Fernando GAGO                        50  "      Argentina        Boca Juniors (Arg) 
 4. ROGERIO Ceni                         45  "      Brazil           São Paulo F.C. (Bra)
 5. Fernando Lúcio da Costa "FERNANDÃO"  36  "      Brazil           Internacional-RS (Bra)
    Humberto SUAZO                       36  "      Chile            Colo Colo (Chi)
 7. Juan Sebastián VERÓN                 29  "      Argentina        Estudiantes La Plata (Arg)
 8. Hugo IBARRA                          24  "      Argentina        Boca Juniors (Arg) 
 9. Daniel DÍAZ                          23  "      Argentina        Boca Juniors (Arg)
    Gonzalo HIGUAÍN                      23  "      Argentina        River Plate (Arg)
11. José Fábio Alves "FABÃO"             22  "      Brazil           São Paulo F.C. (Bra)
12. Fernando BELLUSCHI                   19  "      Argentina        River Plate (Arg)  
    Aldo BOBADILLA                       19  "      Paraguay         Libertad (Par) / Boca Juniors (Arg)
    Paulo DA SILVA                       19  "      Paraguay         Toluca (Mex)
15. FABIANO ELLER dos Santos             15  "      Brazil           Internacional-RS (Bra)
    Oswaldo SÁNCHEZ                      15  "      Mexico           Guadalajara (Mex) 
17. Agustín ALAYES                       10  "      Argentina        Estudiantes La Plata (Arg)
    Miguel CALERO                        10  "      Colombia         Pachuca (Mex)
    CLEMER Melo da Silva                 10  "      Brazil           Internacional-RS (Bra)
    Geovanni ESPINOZA                    10  "      Ecuador          L.D.U. Quito (Ecu)
    Cristian GIMÉNEZ                     10  "      Argentina        Pachuca (Mex)
    Jenílson Ãngelo de Souza "JÚNIOR"    10  "      Brazil           São Paulo F.C. (Bra)
    MARCELO Vieira da Silva Júnior       10  "      Brazil           Fluminense (Bra)
    Claudio MOREL RODRÍGUEZ              10  "      Paraguay         Boca Juniors (Arg)
    Aquivaldo MOSQUERA                   10  "      Colombia         Pachuca (Mex)           
    Néicer REASCO                        10  "      Ecuador          L.D.U. Quito (Ecu) 
    Arturo SANHUEZA                      10  "      Chile            Colo Colo (Chi)
    Oscar USTARI                         10  "      Argentina        Independiente (Arg)                                  
29. Carlos BONNET                         8  "      Paraguay         Libertad (Par)
    Sebastián CEJAS                       8  "      Argentina        Colo Colo (Chi)
    Diego GODÍN                           8  "      Uruguay          Nacional (Uru)
    Ignacio GONZÁLEZ                      8  "      Uruguay          Danubio (Uru)  
    Pablo GUIÑAZÚ                         8  "      Argentina        Libertad (Par)  
    David HENRÍQUEZ                       8  "      Chile            Colo Colo (Chi)
    Carlos Luciano da Silva "MINEIRO"     8  "      Brazil           São Paulo F.C. (Bra)
 
37. With 5 points: Sebastián BATTAGLIA (Arg), Pablo FERRARI (Arg), Bruno MARIONI (Arg), Martín PALERMO (Arg),
                   Mariano PAVONE (Arg), Miguel RIFFO (Chi)
43. With 4 points: Oscar CARDOZO (Par), EDINHO (Bra), ÍNDIO (Bra), Federico LUSSENHOF (Arg)
47. With 3 points: Rubens CARDOSO (Bra), CARLINHOS (Bra), Fabián CUBERO (Arg), Matías SILVESTRE (Arg) 
51. With 2 points: Egidio ARÉVALO RÍOS (Uru), Guillermo BARROS SCHELOTTO (Arg), Adolfo BAUTISTA (Mex), BOLÍVAR (Bra),
                   CARLOS (Bra), EDCARLOS (Bra), Pedro IARLEY (Bra), LUCAS (Bra), Claudio MALDONADO (Chi),
                   Wladimir MARÍN (Col), Cristhian RIVEROS (Par), Ariel ROSADA (Arg), SOUZA (Bra), Marcelo TEJERA (Uru),
                   TINGA (Bra), Jorge VALDIVIA (Chi), ZÉ ROBERTO (Bra)
68. With 1 point:  Lorgio ÁLVAREZ (Bol), Pablo ÁLVAREZ (Arg), Paul AMBROSSI (Ecu), Marcos ANGELERI (Arg), Rodrigo ARCHUBI (Arg),
                   Marvin CABRERA (Mex), Mayer CANDELO (Col), Gonzalo CASTRO (Uru), Lucas CASTROMÁN (Arg), Darío CONCA (Arg), 
                   DANILO (Bra), Agustín DELGADO (Ecu), Federico DOMÍNGUEZ (Arg), ÉLDER (Bra), FABINHO (Bra), Walter FRETES (Par),
                   Marcelo GALLARDO (Arg), Walter GARGANO (Uru), Carlos GROSSMULLER (Uru), Andrés GUARDADO (Mex), Geovanni HERNÁNDEZ (Col),
                   Martín HIDALGO (Per), JOÃO LEONARDO (Bra), KLÉBER (Bra), Jonathan MAIDANA (Arg), Giancarlo MALDONADO (Ven),
                   Julio MANSUR (Par), Fernando MARTEL (Chi), Rodrigo MELÉNDEZ (Chi), Edison MÉNDEZ (Ecu), Gustavo NERY (Bra),
                   Álvaro ORMEÑO (Chi), Sergio ORTEMAN (Uru), Roberto PALACIOS (Per), Maximiliano PEREIRA (Uru), Dejan PETKOVIC (Ser),
                   Fausto PINTO (Mex), Waldo PONCE (Chi), Santiago SALCEDO (Arg), Carlos SALCIDO (Mex), Pedro SARABIA (Par),
                   José SOSA (Arg), Sebastián SILVERA (Uru), Thiago RIBEIRO (Bra), RICARDINHO (Bra)
About this document

With thanks to Agustín Fernández Meneses for providing full results
Prepared and maintained by José Luis Pierrend for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: José Luis Pierrend (josepie@hotmail.com)
Last updated: 21 Feb 2007