Bola de Ouro Winners

Bola de Ouro (Placar Magazine)

 The Bola de Ouro (Golden Ball) is an award offered by Placar magazine to the
best player of the Brazilian Championship since 1973. The award is given based
on scores given by Placar journalists during each match of the competition.
 The best one for each field position win the Bola de Prata (Silver Ball), and
the player with the best score win the Bola de Ouro.

Year	Winner (Team)
1971	DIRCEU LOPES (Cruzeiro)*
1972	El�as FIGUEROA (Internacional)*

1973	August�n CEJAS (Santos) e At�lio ANCHETA (Gr�mio)
1974	ZICO (Flamengo)
1975	WALDIR PEREZ (S�o Paulo)
1976	El�as FIGUEROA (Internacional)
1977	Toninho CEREZO (Atl�tico Mineiro)
1978	Paulo Roberto FALC�O (Internacional)
1979	Paulo Roberto FALC�O (Internacional)
1980	Toninho CEREZO (Atl�tico Mineiro)
1981	PAULO ISIDORO (Atl�tico Mineiro)
1982	ZICO (Flamengo)
1983	ROBERTO COSTA (Atl�tico Paranaense)
1984	ROBERTO COSTA (Vasco da Gama)
1985	MARINHO (Bangu)
1986	CARECA (S�o Paulo)
1987	RENATO GA�CHO (Flamengo)**
1988	Cl�udio Andr� TAFFAREL (Internacional)
1989	RICARDO ROCHA (S�o Paulo)
1990	C�SAR SAMPAIO (Santos)
1991	MAURO SILVA (Bragantino)
1992	J�NIOR (Flamengo) 
1993	C�SAR SAMPAIO (Palmeiras)
1994	M�rcio AMOROSO (Guarani)
1995	GIOVANNI (Santos)
1996	DJALMINHA (Palmeiras)
1997	EDMUNDO (Vasco da Gama)
1998	ED�LSON (Corinthians)
1999	MARCELINHO CARIOCA (Corinthians)
2000	ROM�RIO (Vasco da Gama)***
2001	ALEX MINEIRO (Atl�tico Paranaense)
2002	KAK� (S�o Paulo)

* These players were the best scored in 1971 and 1972, but they were not awarded because
the Bola de Ouro award started only in 1973.
** In 1987, only players of Copa Uni�o were awarded.
*** In 2000, only players of the Blue Module of Copa Jo�o Havelange were awarded.

Players with most wins

 2   Toninho CEREZO
     C�SAR SAMPAIO
     Paulo Roberto FALC�O
     ROBERTO COSTA
     ZICO

Clubwise list of winners

 4   Flamengo
     Internacional
     S�o Paulo
 3   Atl�tico Mineiro
     Santos
     Vasco da Gama
 2   Atl�tico Paranaense
     Corinthians
     Palmeiras
 1   Bangu
     Bragantino
     Gr�mio
     Guarani

Foreign Winners

1973 - August�n CEJAS (Argentina)
1973 - At�lio ANCHETA (Uruguay)
1976 - El�as FIGUEROA (Chile)

Keeping the Trophy

Only two players had won the Bola de Ouro in consecutive years:
1978/79 - Paulo Roberto FALC�O (Internacional)
1983/84 - ROBERTO COSTA (Atl�tico-PR & Vasco da Gama)

And only two clubs had won Bola de Ouro in two consecutive years:
1978/79 - INTERNACIONAL (Falc�o)
1998/99 - CORINTHIANS (Marcelinho Carioca; Ed�lson)

Youngest and Oldest Winners

Junior was the oldest winner of Bola de Prata. He was 38 in 1992.

The youngest winners were M�rcio Amoroso (who was 20y5m13d at the
finish of 1994 championship) and Kak� (who was 20y7m23d at the
finish of 2002 championship).

Statewise list of winners

13   S�o Paulo (SP)
 9   Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
 5   Rio Grande do Sul (RS)
 2   Minas Gerais (MG)
     Paran� (PR)

Most number os consecutive awards by state

4   S�o Paulo: 1993 (C�sar Sampaio, Palmeiras)
               1994 (Amoroso, Guarani)
               1995 (Giovanni, Santos)
               1996 (Djalminha, Palmeiras)
3   S�o Paulo: 1989 (Ricardo Rocha, S�o Paulo)
               1990 (C�sar Sampaio, Santos)
               1991 (Mauro Silva, Bragantino)

Awards by field position

15   Midfielders
 8   Strikers
 5   Goalkeepers
 3   Defenders

Bola de Prata

Bola de Prata -- Trivia

About this document

Thanks to Placar

Prepared and maintained by Paulo Torres and Fernando Matta for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation and RSSSF Brazil

Author: Paulo Torres (paulotf@uai.com.br)
Last updated: 02 Feb 2003