Apparently in 2007, “ABC Color” also stared a poll (Reader's Choice) for their readers to choose the player of the year.
Year Player 1997 Carlos GAMARRA 1998 Carlos GAMARRA 1999 Roque SANTA CRUZ 2000 José Saturnino CARDOZO 2001 Roberto ACUÑA 2002 José Saturnino CARDOZO 2003 José Saturnino CARDOZO 2004 Justo VILLAR 2005 Julio DOS SANTOS 2006 Oscar CARDOZO 2007 Nelson HAEDO VALDEZ 2008 Claudio MOREL RODRIGUEZ
Year Player 2007 Nelson HAEDO VALDEZ 2008 Salvador CABAÑAS
Name Club Points
1. Justo Villar Newell's Old Boys 331
2. César Ramírez Cerro Porteño 236
3. Nelson Haedo Werder Bremen 214
4. Darío Verón Pumas UNAM 174
5. Julio Dos Santos Cerro Porteño 104
6. José Saturnino Cardozo Toluca 99
7. Salvador Cabañas Jaguares Chiapas 74
8. Nelson Cuevas River Plate 71
9. Fredy Bareiro Libertad 62
10. Juan Daniel Cáceres Estudiantes La Plata 61
11. Aureliano Torres Guaraní 60
12. Juan Samudio Libertad 56
13. Aldo Bobadilla Cerro Porteño 52
14. Diego Barreto Cerro Porteño 40
15. Carlos Gamarra Internazionale (Milano) 36
16. Diego Gavilán Internacional PA 32
17. Edgar Barreto NEC (Nijmegen) 27
18. Carlos H. Paredes Reggina 24
19. Julio Manzur Guaraní 21
20. Pedro Sarabia Cerro Porteño 16
21. Guido Alvarenga Sport Colombia 15
22. Jorge Núñez Arsenal (ARG) 14
Mauro Monges Nacional 14
24. Delio Toledo Zaragoza 7
Pablo Escobar San José (Oruro, BOL) 7
26. Arnaldo Espínola Universidad de Chile 5
27. Diego Figueredo Valladolid 3
Paulo Da Silva Toluca 3
29. Fabio Escobar Nacional 2
Jorge Brítez Olimpia 2
31. Julio Ortellado Tacuary 1
With thanks to Ramón Mejía (mastermerlinscave@yahoo.com) for additional data about Reader's Choice Award
Prepared and maintained by José Luis Pierrend and Frank Ballesteros for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
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