Samba Gold

Kaká received 2008 Samba Gold in Milanello

The "Samba Gold" (Samba d'Or) is a football award given to the best Brazilian footballer in Europe, as awarded by the Sambafoot Company. The inaugural award was made in 2008. The Samba Gold is determined by three voter panels: journalists, fellow footballers and votes from Internet users.

History

• In 2008, the winner was Milan midfielder Kaká. Manchester City's Robinho and Sevilla's Luís Fabiano placed second and third in voting, respectively. There were 30 nominations. Voting took place from 1 December till 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 30 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 Dante and Oscar.^[10]
• In 2014, Neymar won the award for the first time ever with a record percentage of votes.^[11]
• In 2015, Neymar won the award for the second consecutive years.^[12]
• In 2016, Coutinho won the award for the first time, ending Neymar's two year reign. ^[13]

Winners

Year	First	Club	Result	Second	Club	Result	Third	Club	Result
2008	Kaká	Milan	25.03%	Robinho	Manchester City	14.34%	Luís Fabiano	Sevilla	13.65%
2009	Luís Fabiano	Sevilla	20.91%	Júlio César	Inter Milan	17.58%	Kaká	Real Madrid	16.35%
2010	Maicon	Inter Milan	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	Inter	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%

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