Argentina - Player of the Decade


Premios Konex - Konex Awards

Since 1980 and every 10 years the Fundación Konex (Konex Foundation) offers their awards in sport actitivities in Argentina.
In 1980, the sportmen received awards for their life-time accomplishments.
In 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020, the accomplishments to receive awards represented the last ten year of activity.

Several sports are chosen to be awarded, football is one of them.
Diploma al Mérito (Certificate of Merit): The jury selects by voting five footballers who have the most outstanding careers.
Mención Especial (Special Mention): The jury gives special mentions to those who have enough merit to be awarded, but the activity is not among those chosen.
Konex de Platino (Platinum Konex): A new vote chooses among the five footballers to award him the Platinum Konex.
Konex de Brillante (Diamond Konex): Among the 20 athletes who won the Platinum Konex, the jury selects the athlete of the decade.
Konex de Honor (Konex of Honor): The jury chooses as "Konex of Honor" a deceased figure of outstanding relief.

Konex of Honor 2000 Adolfo Alfredo Pedernera Assalini
Diamond Konex 1990 Diego Armando Maradona 2020 Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini
Platinum Konex 1980 José Manuel Moreno Fernández 1990 Diego Armando Maradona 2000 Enzo Francescoli Uriarte Gabriel Omar Batistuta 2010 Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini Los Murciélagos - National Team of Paralimpic IBSA Football 2020 Juan Román Riquelme Leonardo Daniel Ponzio Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini
Special Mention 1980 César Luis Menotti 1978 AFA National Team 1990 Carlos Salvador Bilardo Digiano 1986 AFA National Team 2000 1995 U-20 AFA National Team 1997 U-20 AFA National Team 2020 Fundación Pupi / Javier Adelmar Zanetti NB: Fundación Por Un Piberío Integrado PUPI works for the protection of the rights of children and adolescents.
Certificate of Merit 1980 Adolfo Alfredo Pedernera Assalini Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé Antonio Sastre Diego Armando Maradona José Manuel Moreno Fernández 1990 Daniel Alberto Passarella Diego Armando Maradona Hugo Orlando Gatti Norberto Osvaldo Alonso Ricardo Enrique Bochini 2000 Domestic football Enzo Francescoli Uriarte José Luis Félix Chilavert González Leonardo Rubén Astrada Marcelo Daniel Gallardo Oscar Alfredo Ruggeri Football abroad Abel Eduardo Balbo Diego Pablo Simeone Fernando Carlos Redondo Neri Gabriel Omar Batistuta Juan Sebastián Verón 2010 Football Carlos Alberto Tévez Javier Adelmar Zanetti Juan Sebastián Verón Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini Martín Palermo Paralimpic Los Murciélagos - National Team of Paralimpic IBSA Football 2020 Domestic football Diego Alberto Milito José Gustavo Sand Juan Román Riquelme Leonardo Daniel Ponzio Maximiliano Rubén Rodríguez Football abroad Ángel Fabián Di María Gonzalo Gerardo Higuaín Javier Alejandro Mascherano Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini Sergio Leonel Agüero del Castillo

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