Trofeo EFE is an annual football award given by the EFE news agency since the 1990–91 season to the best Latin-American player in Spanish football. Recipients are selected based on assessments from the agency's sports editors.[1]

The inaugural winner was Rommel Fernández from Panama. Chilean Iván Zamorano and Brazilian Ronaldo Nazário have won the award twice. In 2000 Argentine Fernando Redondo received a special distinction as the best player of the 1990s decade. In the 2017–18 season, the award expanded beyond Spain, with Uruguayan Edinson Cavani becoming the first player outside the Spanish La Liga to win the award, doing so with French Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain.[2] In the 2018–19 season, the award was not given, and in 2019–20 it was won by a woman for the first time ever, Colombian midfielder Leicy Santos.[3]

Argentine legend Lionel Messi has won the award a record five times, more than any other player.[4]

Lionel Messi is the award's record holder with five wins, four of which came consecutively.
Lionel Messi is the award's record holder with five wins, four of which came consecutively.

Winners

Season Player Club
Panama Rommel Fernández
Uruguay José Zalazar
Chile Iván Zamorano
Brazil Romário
Chile Iván Zamorano
Argentina Diego Simeone
Brazil Ronaldo
Brazil Roberto Carlos
Brazil Rivaldo
Argentina Martín Herrera
Paraguay Roberto Acuña
Argentina Javier Saviola
Brazil Ronaldo
Brazil Ronaldinho
Uruguay Diego Forlán
Argentina Pablo Aimar
Argentina Lionel Messi
Argentina Sergio Agüero
Argentina Lionel Messi
Argentina Lionel Messi
Argentina Lionel Messi
Argentina Lionel Messi[5]
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo[6]
Brazil Diego Costa
Uruguay Luis Suárez[1]
Costa Rica Keylor Navas[7]
Spain Real Madrid[8]
Special edition
Uruguay Edinson Cavani[9]
2018–19
 Not awarded
–
Brazil Casemiro (Men)

Colombia Leicy Santos (Women)
Uruguay Luis Suárez[10]
Brazil Vinícius Júnior[11]

    Wins by player

    Player Wins
    Argentina Lionel Messi 5
    Chile Iván Zamorano 2
    Brazil Ronaldo 2
    Uruguay Luis Suárez 2
    • Note: In 2013 the player was not eligible for the award as his birth country (Portugal) belongs to the continent of Europe, not Latin America.

    See also

    References

    1. 1 2 "Barca's Suarez wins EFE Trophy for best Latin player of 2015". EFE. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
    2. ↑ "Cavani se lleva el trofeo al jugador latino más valioso". BeSoccer (in Spanish). 30 January 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
    3. ↑ "Leicy Santos recibe el Trofeo EFE como jugadora latinoamericana más valiosa" (in Spanish). EFE. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
    4. ↑ "Messi recibe el Trofeo EFE como mejor futbolista latinoamericano de la Liga BBVA". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 14 May 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
    5. ↑ "Messi recibe el Trofeo EFE como mejor futbolista latinoamericano de la Liga BBVA". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 October 2016.
    6. ↑ "Ronaldo, ganador del Trofeo EFE" (in Spanish). Marca. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
    7. ↑ "Keylor Navas gana el Trofeo EFE al Jugador Iberoamericano de 2016".
    8. ↑ "El Real Madrid recibirá este viernes Trofeo EFE a mejor club iberoamericano".
    9. ↑ "Cavani recibirá en París el Trofeo EFE al jugador latino más valioso".
    10. ↑ "Luis Suárez recibe el Trofeo EFE; "un premio al esfuerzo y al trabajo"". www.efe.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-02-13.
    11. ↑ "El brasileño Vinicius recibe el XXXIII Trofeo EFE al mejor jugador Iberoamericano". www.efe.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-12.
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