2009 South American Footballer of the Year

The 2009 South American Footballer of the Year, given to the best football player in South America by Uruguayan newspaper El País through voting by journalists across the continent, was awarded to Juan Sebastián Verón of Estudiantes de La Plata on December 31, 2009.^[1]

Verón became the first player since Carlos Tevez in 2004 (and later in 2005) to repeat the award.

Rank	Player	Nationality	Club	Points
1	Juan Sebastián Verón	Argentina	Estudiantes	109
2	Édison Méndez	Ecuador	LDU Quito[1]	64
	Humberto Suazo	Chile	Monterrey	64
4	Leandro Desábato	Argentina	Estudiantes	52
5	Claudio Bieler	Argentina	LDU Quito	48
6	Salvador Cabañas	Paraguay	América	45
	Nicolás Lodeiro	Uruguay	Nacional	45
8	Nicolás Otamendi	Argentina	Vélez Sársfield	43
	Miguel Pinto	Chile	Universidad de Chile	43
10	Néicer Reasco	Ecuador	LDU Quito	42
11	Gary Medel	Chile	Universidad Católica Boca Juniors	40
12	Mauro Boselli	Argentina	Estudiantes	35
	Guillermo Ochoa	Mexico	América	35
14	Enrique Vera	Paraguay	América LDU Quito	28
15	Darío Conca	Argentina	Fluminense	25
16	Aldo Bobadilla	Paraguay	Independiente Medellín	20
	Santiago Silva	Uruguay	Vélez Sársfield	20
18	Claudio Morel Rodríguez	Paraguay	Boca Juniors	19
19	Rolando Schiavi	Argentina	Estudiantes Newell's Old Boys	18
20	Adriano	Brazil	Flamengo	17

1.^ Édison Méndez played for Dutch club PSV during the first half of 2009.