This is a list of awards presented to players and teams that have distringuished themselves at the end of each Copa América final tournament.
Awards There are currently five post-tournament awards: the Golden Ball for most valuable player, first officially awarded in 1987; the Golden Boot for most prolific goal scorer; the Golden Glove for most outstanding goalkeeper, first awarded in 2011; the Team of the Tournament for best combined team of players at the tournament, first awarded in 2004; the Fair Play Award for the team with the best record of fair play, first awarded in 2011.
In addition, the Best Young Player award has been given out intermittently.
Golden Ball The current Golden Ball award was introduced in the 1987 Copa América. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation provides a list of the best players from the first edition in 1916, who are listed below as unofficial recipients.
Unofficial This is an unofficial list of the recipients of the best player award provided by the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
Year Hosts Winner 1916 Isabelino Gradín 1917 Héctor Scarone 1919 Arthur Friedenreich 1920 José Piendibene 1921 Américo Tesoriere 1922 Fortes 1923 José Nasazzi 1924 Pedro Petrone 1925 Manuel Seoane 1926 José Leandro Andrade 1927 Manuel Seoane 1929 Manuel Ferreira 1935 José Nasazzi 1937 Vicente de la Mata 1939 Teodoro Fernández 1941 Sergio Livingstone 1942 Obdulio Varela 1945 Domingos da Guia 1946 Adolfo Pedernera 1947 José Manuel Moreno 1949 Ademir de Menezes 1953 Heriberto Herrera 1955 Enrique Hormazábal 1956 Óscar Míguez 1957 Omar Sívori 1959 Pelé 1959 Alcides Silveira 1963 Ramiro Blacut 1967 Pedro Rocha 1975 Various Teófilo Cubillas 1979 Various Carlos Caszely 1983 Various Enzo Francescoli
Official Year Hosts WinnerRef. 1987 Carlos Valderrama 1989 Rubén Sosa 1991 Leonardo Rodríguez 1993 Sergio Goycochea 1995 Enzo Francescoli 1997 Ronaldo 1999 Rivaldo 2001 Amado Guevara 2004 Adriano 2007 Robinho 2011 Luis Suárez 2015 Lionel Messi 2016 Alexis Sánchez 2019 Dani Alves 2021 Lionel Messi 2024 James Rodríguez
Golden Boot The Golden Boot is assigned to the top scorer of each edition. Year Hosts Winner(s) Goals Ref. 1916 Isabelino Gradín 3 1917 Ángel Romano 4 1919 Arthur Friedenreich Neco 4 1920 José Pérez Ángel Romano 3 1921 Julio Libonatti 3 1922 Juan Francia 4 1923 Vicente Aguirre Pedro Petrone 3 1924 Pedro Petrone 4 1925 Manuel Seoane 6 1926 David Arellano 7 1927 Alfredo Carricaberry Segundo Luna Roberto Figueroa Pedro Petrone Héctor Scarone 3 1929 Aurelio González 5 1935 Herminio Masantonio 4 1937 Raúl Toro 7 1939 Teodoro Fernández 7 1941 Juan Marvezzi 5 1942 Herminio Masantonio José Manuel Moreno 7 1945 Norberto Méndez Heleno de Freitas 6 1946 José María Medina 7 1947 Nicolás Falero 8 1949 Jair 9 1953 Francisco Molina 7 1955 Rodolfo Micheli 8 1956 Enrique Hormazábal 4 1957 Humberto Maschio Javier Ambrois 9 1959 Pelé 8 1959 José Sanfilippo 6 1963 Carlos Alberto Raffo 6 1967 Luis Artime 5 1975 Various Leopoldo Luque Ernesto Díaz 4 1979 Various Jorge Peredo Eugenio Morel 4 1983 Various Jorge Burruchaga Roberto Dinamite Carlos Aguilera 3 1987 Arnoldo Iguarán 4 1989 Bebeto 6 1991 Gabriel Batistuta 6 1993 José Luis Dolgetta 4 1995 Gabriel Batistuta Luis García 4 1997 Luis Hernández 6 1999 Rivaldo Ronaldo 5 2001 Víctor Aristizábal 6 2004 Adriano 7 2007 Robinho 6 2011 Paolo Guerrero 5 2015 Eduardo Vargas Paolo Guerrero 4 2016 Eduardo Vargas 6 2019 Everton Soares Paolo Guerrero 3 2021 Lionel Messi Luis Díaz 4 2024 Lautaro Martínez 5
Golden Glove Year Hosts Winner Ref. 2011 Justo Villar 2015 Claudio Bravo 2016 Claudio Bravo 2019 Alisson 2021 Emiliano Martínez 2024 Emiliano Martínez
Team of the Tournament YearHostsGoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwardsManagerRef. 2004 Júlio César Javier Zanetti Roberto Ayala Juan Darío Rodríguez Lucho González Pável Pardo Renato Alex Carlos Tevez Adriano 2007 Doni Javier Zanetti Jonny Magallón Juan Jorge Fucile Júlio Baptista Javier Mascherano Juan Román Riquelme Robinho Nery Castillo Lionel Messi 2011 Renny Vega Luis Amaranto Perea Diego Lugano Paulo Da Silva Javier Mascherano Fredy Guarín Álvaro Pereira Carlos Lobatón Lionel Messi Luis Suárez Paolo Guerrero Óscar Tabárez (Uruguay) 2015 Claudio Bravo Jeison Murillo Gary Medel Nicolás Otamendi Christian Cueva Marcelo Díaz Javier Mascherano Arturo Vidal Eduardo Vargas Paolo Guerrero Lionel Messi Jorge Sampaoli (Chile) 2016 Claudio Bravo Mauricio Isla Nicolás Otamendi Gary Medel Jean Beausejour Javier Mascherano Arturo Vidal Charles Aránguiz Lionel Messi Eduardo Vargas Alexis Sánchez 2019 Alisson Dani Alves José María Giménez Thiago Silva Miguel Trauco Arthur Leandro Paredes Arturo Vidal James Rodríguez Paolo Guerrero Everton2021 Emiliano Martínez Mauricio Isla Cristian Romero Marquinhos Pervis Estupiñán Rodrigo De Paul Casemiro Yoshimar Yotún Lionel Messi Neymar Luis Díaz2024 Emiliano Martínez Piero Hincapié Davinson Sánchez Cristian Romero Alistair Johnston James Rodríguez Manuel Ugarte Rodrigo De Paul Raphinha Lautaro Martínez Lionel Messi
Fair Play Award Year Hosts Winner Ref. 2011 2015 2016 2019 2021 2024
Best Young Player This award has been given out only in the 2007, 2011, and 2015 editions. Year Hosts Winner 2007 Lionel Messi 2011 Sebastián Coates 2015 Jeison Murillo
See also FIFA World Cup awards UEFA European Championship awards Africa Cup of Nations awards AFC Asian Cup awards CONCACAF Gold Cup awards OFC Nations Cup awards
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