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, a women's award was added for the first time. An award for players aged 20 and under was added in 2022.

Samba Gold
SportFootball
Awarded forBest Brazilian footballer in Europe
Presented bySambafoot
History
First award2008
Editions15
First winnerKaká (2008)
Most winsNeymar (6 titles)
Most recentNeymar (6th title)
Websitesambafoot.com
Kaká received 2008 Samba Gold in Milanello
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, 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, becoming 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 award for a second consecutive and record-extending fifth time.[18] Giovana Queiroz won the inaugural women's award.[19]
  • In 2022, Neymar won the award for a third consecutive and record-extending sixth time.[20] Debinha won the women's award,[21] while Endrick was voted winner of the inaugural under-20 award.[22]

Winners

Men's football

Source:[23]

Year First Club(s) Percent Second Club(s) Percent Third Club(s) Percent
2008 Kaká Italy Milan 25.03% Robinho Italy Milan
England Manchester City		 14.34% Luís Fabiano Spain Sevilla 13.65%
2009 Luís Fabiano Spain Sevilla 20.91% Júlio César Italy Internazionale 17.58% Kaká Spain Real Madrid 16.35%
2010 Maicon Italy Internazionale 12.60% Hernanes Brazil São Paulo
Italy Lazio		 10.76% Thiago Silva Italy Milan 9.56%
2011 Thiago Silva Italy Milan 16.33% Dani Alves Spain Barcelona 15.56% Hulk Portugal Porto 14.41%
2012 Thiago Silva Italy Milan
France Paris Saint-Germain		 17.70% Ramires England Chelsea 17.04% Willian Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 10.19%
2013 Thiago Silva France Paris Saint-Germain 24.19% Dante Germany Bayern Munich 14.63% Oscar England Chelsea 8.20%
2014 Neymar Spain Barcelona 29.20% Miranda Spain Atlético Madrid 16.39% Felipe Melo Turkey Galatasaray 16.01%
2015 Neymar Spain Barcelona 37.87% Douglas Costa Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Germany Bayern Munich		 13.00% Felipe Melo Turkey Galatasaray
Italy Internazionale		 9.39%
2016 Philippe Coutinho England Liverpool 32.13% Neymar Spain Barcelona 27.88% Casemiro Spain Real Madrid 13.35%
2017 Neymar Spain Barcelona
France Paris Saint-Germain		 27.71% Philippe Coutinho England Liverpool 16.64% Marcelo Spain Real Madrid 14.43%
2018 Roberto Firmino England Liverpool 21.79% Marcelo Spain Real Madrid 20.51% Neymar France Paris Saint-Germain 18.67%
2019 Alisson England Liverpool 35.54% Roberto Firmino England Liverpool 23.48% Thiago Silva France Paris Saint-Germain 10.46%
2020 Neymar France Paris Saint-Germain Bruno Guimarães France Lyon Casemiro Spain Real Madrid
2021 Neymar France Paris Saint-Germain 42.77% Vinícius Júnior Spain Real Madrid 14.45% Lucas Veríssimo Portugal Benfica 10.65%
2022 Neymar France Paris Saint-Germain 40.46% Lucas Paquetá France Lyon
England West Ham United		 14.55% Bruno Guimarães England Newcastle United 13.31%

Women's football
Year First Club(s) Percent Second Club(s) Percent Third Club(s) Percent
2021 Giovana Queiroz Spain Levante 31.13% Ludmila Spain Atlético Madrid 14.45% Gabi Nunes Spain Madrid CFF 8.81%
2022 Debinha United States North Carolina Courage 15.59% Giovana Queiroz England Arsenal 10.08% Geyse Spain Madrid CFF
Spain Barcelona

Under-20
Year First Club(s) Percent Second Club(s) Percent Third Club(s) Percent
2022 Endrick Brazil Palmeiras 28.39% Matheus França Brazil Flamengo 10.75% Vitor Roque Brazil Athletico Paranaense 10.13%

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. Seixas, Josué (8 February 2023). "Neymar is the winner of the 2022 Samba Gold Trophy; player wins the award for the 6th time". Sambafoot. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  21. Seixas, Josué (8 February 2023). "Debinha wins the Samba Gold Women's Trophy 2022; see partials". Sambafoot. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  22. Seixas, Josué (8 February 2023). "Endrick wins 2022 Samba Gold Sub-20 Trophy; see partials". Sambafoot. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  23. "Samba Gold". Sambafoot. Sambafoot. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
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