Copa América awards

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 awarded in 1987;^[1][2]
• the Golden Boot for most prolific goal scorer;^[3][2]
• the Golden Glove for most outstanding goalkeeper, first awarded in 2011;^[2]
• 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.^[2]

Golden Ball

The current Golden Ball award was introduced in the 1987 Copa América.^[1][2] 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.^[4]

Unofficial

This is an unofficial list of the recipients of the best player award provided by the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.^[4]

Year	Hosts	Winner
1916	Argentina	Isabelino Gradín
1917	Argentina	Héctor Scarone
1919	Brazil	Arthur Friedenreich
1920	Chile	José Piendibene
1921	Argentina	Américo Tesoriere
1922	Brazil	Fortes
1923	Uruguay	José Nasazzi
1924	Uruguay	Pedro Petrone
1925	Argentina	Manuel Seoane
1926	Chile	José Leandro Andrade
1927	Peru	Manuel Seoane
1929	Argentina	Manuel Ferreira
1935	Peru	José Nasazzi
1937	Argentina	Vicente de la Mata
1939	Peru	Teodoro Fernández
1941	Chile	Sergio Livingstone
1942	Uruguay	Obdulio Varela
1945	Chile	Domingos da Guia
1946	Argentina	Adolfo Pedernera
1947	Ecuador	José Manuel Moreno
1949	Brazil	Ademir de Menezes
1953	Peru	Heriberto Herrera
1955	Chile	Enrique Hormazábal
1956	Uruguay	Óscar Míguez
1957	Peru	Omar Sívori
1959	Argentina	Pelé
1959	Ecuador	Alcides Silveira
1963	Bolivia	Ramiro Blacut
1967	Uruguay	Pedro Rocha
1975	Various	Teófilo Cubillas
1979	Various	Carlos Caszely
1983	Various	Enzo Francescoli

Official

Year	Hosts	Winner	Ref.
1987	Argentina	Carlos Valderrama	[5]
1989	Brazil	Rubén Sosa	[6]
1991	Chile	Leonardo Rodríguez	[7]
1993	Ecuador	Sergio Goycochea	[1]
1995	Uruguay	Enzo Francescoli	[1]
1997	Bolivia	Ronaldo	[1]
1999	Paraguay	Rivaldo	[1]
2001	Colombia	Amado Guevara	[8]
2004	Peru	Adriano	[1]
2007	Venezuela	Robinho	[1]
2011	Argentina	Luis Suárez	[9]
2015	Chile	Lionel Messi[a]	[10]
2016	United States	Alexis Sánchez	[11]
2019	Brazil	Dani Alves	[12]
2021	Brazil	Lionel Messi	[13][14]
2024	United States	James Rodríguez	[15]

Golden Boot

The Golden Boot is assigned to the top scorer of each edition.^[3]

Year	Hosts	Winner(s)	Goals	Ref.
1916	Argentina	Isabelino Gradín	3	[4]
1917	Uruguay	Ángel Romano	4
1919	Brazil	Arthur Friedenreich Neco	4
1920	Chile	José Pérez Ángel Romano	3
1921	Argentina	Julio Libonatti	3
1922	Brazil	Juan Francia	4
1923	Uruguay	Vicente Aguirre Pedro Petrone	3
1924	Uruguay	Pedro Petrone	4
1925	Argentina	Manuel Seoane	6
1926	Chile	David Arellano	7
1927	Peru	Alfredo Carricaberry Segundo Luna Roberto Figueroa Pedro Petrone Héctor Scarone	3
1929	Argentina	Aurelio González	5
1935	Peru	Herminio Masantonio	4
1937	Argentina	Raúl Toro	7
1939	Peru	Teodoro Fernández	7
1941	Chile	Juan Marvezzi	5
1942	Uruguay	Herminio Masantonio José Manuel Moreno	7
1945	Chile	Norberto Méndez Heleno de Freitas	6
1946	Argentina	José María Medina	7
1947	Ecuador	Nicolás Falero	8
1949	Brazil	Jair	9
1953	Peru	Francisco Molina	7
1955	Chile	Rodolfo Micheli	8
1956	Uruguay	Enrique Hormazábal	4
1957	Peru	Humberto Maschio Javier Ambrois	9
1959	Argentina	Pelé	8
1959	Ecuador	José Sanfilippo	6
1963	Bolivia	Carlos Alberto Raffo	6
1967	Uruguay	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	Argentina	Arnoldo Iguarán	4
1989	Brazil	Bebeto	6
1991	Chile	Gabriel Batistuta	6	[1]
1993	Ecuador	José Luis Dolgetta	4	[4]
1995	Uruguay	Gabriel Batistuta Luis García	4	[4]
1997	Bolivia	Luis Hernández	6	[16]
1999	Paraguay	Rivaldo Ronaldo	5	[4]
2001	Colombia	Víctor Aristizábal	6	[17]
2004	Peru	Adriano	7	[18]
2007	Venezuela	Robinho	6	[1]
2011	Argentina	Paolo Guerrero	5	[16]
2015	Chile	Eduardo Vargas Paolo Guerrero	4	[16]
2016	United States	Eduardo Vargas	6	[16]
2019	Brazil	Everton Soares Paolo Guerrero	3	[16]
2021	Brazil	Lionel Messi Luis Díaz	4	[19]
2024	United States	Lautaro Martínez	5	[15]

Golden Glove

Year	Hosts	Winner	Ref.
2011	Argentina	Justo Villar	[20]
2015	Chile	Claudio Bravo	[2]
2016	United States	Claudio Bravo	[21]
2019	Brazil	Alisson	[22]
2021	Brazil	Emiliano Martínez	[14]
2024	United States	Emiliano Martínez	[15]

Team of the Tournament

Year	Hosts	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Manager	Ref.
2004	Peru	Júlio César	Javier Zanetti Roberto Ayala Juan Darío Rodríguez	Lucho González Pável Pardo Renato Alex	Carlos Tevez Adriano	—	[23]
2007	Venezuela	Doni	Javier Zanetti Jonny Magallón Juan Jorge Fucile	Júlio Baptista Javier Mascherano Juan Román Riquelme	Robinho Nery Castillo Lionel Messi	—	[24]
2011	Argentina	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)	[25]
2015	Chile	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)	[26]
2016	United States	Claudio Bravo	Mauricio Isla Nicolás Otamendi Gary Medel Jean Beausejour	Javier Mascherano Arturo Vidal Charles Aránguiz	Lionel Messi Eduardo Vargas Alexis Sánchez	—	[27]
2019	Brazil	Alisson	Dani Alves José María Giménez Thiago Silva Miguel Trauco	Arthur Leandro Paredes Arturo Vidal	James Rodríguez Paolo Guerrero Everton	—	[28]
2021	Brazil	Emiliano Martínez	Mauricio Isla Cristian Romero Marquinhos Pervis Estupiñán	Rodrigo De Paul Casemiro Yoshimar Yotún	Lionel Messi Neymar Luis Díaz	—	[29]
2024	United States	Emiliano Martínez	Piero Hincapié Davinson Sánchez Cristian Romero Alistair Johnston	James Rodríguez Manuel Ugarte Rodrigo De Paul	Raphinha Lautaro Martínez Lionel Messi	—	[30]

Fair Play Award

Year	Hosts	Winner	Ref.
2011	Argentina	Uruguay	[31]
2015	Chile	Peru	[32]
2016	United States	Argentina	[27]
2019	Brazil	Brazil	[33]
2021	Brazil	Brazil	[14]
2024	United States	Colombia	[15]

Best Young Player

This award has been given out only in the 2007, 2011, and 2015 editions.^[2]

Year	Hosts	Winner
2007	Venezuela	Lionel Messi
2011	Argentina	Sebastián Coates
2015	Chile	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

Footnotes

1. Lionel Messi rejected the award.^[10]

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