South American Player of the Year 2002 (original) (raw)

By the Uruguayan newspaper El País. Only those playing in American leagues are eligible. Winner is called "Rey del futbol de América" (America's Football King).

Top 25

Jos� Saturnino CARDOZO 39 pts Paraguay Club Deportivo Toluca (Mex)
Sergio ORTEMAN 32 " Uruguay Olimpia (Par)
Alejandro LEMBO 30 " Uruguay Nacional (Uru)
Andr�s D�ALESSANDRO 29 " Argentina River Plate (Arg)
Ricardo Izecson Santos Leite "KAK�" 27 " Brazil Sao Paulo F.C. (Bra)
Gabriel MILITO 25 " Argentina Independiente (Arg)
Francisco ARCE 24 " Paraguay Palmeiras (Bra)
Sebasti�n SAJA 23 " Argentina San Lorenzo de Almagro (Arg)
Marcelo DELGADO 18 " Argentina Boca Juniors (Arg)
Robson de Souza "ROBINHO" 16 " Brazil Santos (Bra)
Freddy GRISALES 15 " Colombia Atl�tico Nacional (Col)
Julio C�sar C�CERES 14 " Paraguay Olimpia (Par)
Andr�s SILVERA 13 " Argentina Independiente (Arg)
DIEGO Ribas da Cunha 12 " Brazil Santos (Bra) MARCOS Roberto Silvera Reis 12 " Brazil Palmeiras (Bra)
Celso AYALA 11 " Paraguay River Plate (Arg)
Jose KLEBERSON Pereira 9 " Brazil Atletico Paranaense (Bra)
Sebasti�n ABREU 8 " Uruguay Cruz Azul (Mex)
Aparecido GILBERTO SILVA 7 " Brazil Cruzeiro (Bra)
Federico DOM�NGUEZ 6 " Argentina Independiente (Arg)
Julio C�sar ENCISO 6 " Paraguay Olimpia (Par) Federico INS�A 6 " Argentina Independiente (Arg)
Leandro ROMAGNOLI 6 " Argentina San Lorenzo de Almagro (Arg)
ATHIRSON Mazolli Oliveira 5 " Brazil Flamengo (Bra)
Daniel MONTENEGRO 5 " Argentina Independiente (Arg)
Ricardo Luis Pozzi "RICARDINHO" 5 " Brazil Corinthians (Bra) / Sao Paulo F.C. (Bra) ROM�RIO de Souza Faria 5 " Brazil Fluminense (Bra) Carlos T�VEZ 5 " Argentina Boca Juniors (Arg)

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Author: José Luis Pierrend (josepie@hotmail.com) Last updated: 9 Jan 2003