Samba Gold

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.

Kaká received 2008 Samba Gold in Milanello

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 year.[12]
  • In 2016, 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, 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]

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 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%

References
  1. "2008 Samba Gold results – Sambafoot.com, all About Brazilian Football". www.sambafoot.com.
  2. "2009 Samba Gold Results – Sambafoot.com, all About Brazilian Football". www.sambafoot.com.
  3. "2010 Samba Gold Results – Sambafoot.com, all About Brazilian Football". www.sambafoot.com.
  4. "Maicon wins Samba d'Or 2010". FC Internazionale – Inter Milan.
  5. "Thiago Silva: Winner of the Samba Gold trophy 2011 – Sambafoot.com, all About Brazilian Football". www.sambafoot.com.
  6. "Samba Gold: The Results – Sambafoot.com, all About Brazilian Football". www.sambafoot.com.
  7. "The Samba Gold Trophy 2012: The 30 nominees – Sambafoot.com, all About Brazilian Football". www.sambafoot.com.
  8. "Who will win the Samba Gold 2012? – Sambafoot.com, all About Brazilian Football". www.sambafoot.com.
  9. "Thiago Silva retains the Samba Gold Trophy 2012 – Sambafoot.com, all About Brazilian Football". www.sambafoot.com.
  10. "Thiago Silva is the 2013 Samba Gold Winner – Sambafoot.com, all About Brazilian Football". www.sambafoot.com.
  11. "Neymar wins his first Samba Gold – Sambafoot.com, all About Brazilian Football". www.sambafoot.com.
  12. "Neymar wins the Samba Gold for the second consecutive year ! – Sambafoot.com, all About Brazilian Football". www.sambafoot.com.
  13. Stillman, Tim (31 December 2016). "Philippe Coutinho wins the Samba Gold 2016". Sambafoot. Sambafoot. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  14. Fausser, Frédéric (1 January 2018). "Neymar wins the 2017 Samba Gold". Sambafoot. Sambafoot. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  15. Fausser, Frédéric (3 January 2019). "Roberto Firmino wins the 2018 Samba Gold". Sambafoot. Sambafoot. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  16. Fausser, Frédéric (2 January 2020). "Alisson wins the 2019 Samba d'Or Award". Sambafoot. Sambafoot. Retrieved 2 January 2020.


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