title: 2009 South American Footballer of the Year
text: # 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.
  
  Verón became the first player since Carlos Tevez in 2004 (and later in 2005) to repeat the award.
  
  ## Rankings
  
  | Rank | Player | Nationality | Club | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Juan Sebastián Verón | Argentina | Estudiantes | 109 |
  | 2 | Édison Méndez | Ecuador | LDU Quito | 64 |
  | 2 | Humberto Suazo | Chile | Monterrey | 64 |
  | 4 | Leandro Desábato | Argentina | Estudiantes | 52 |
  | 5 | Claudio Bieler | Argentina | LDU Quito | 48 |
  | 6 | Salvador Cabañas | Paraguay | América | 45 |
  | 6 | Nicolás Lodeiro | Uruguay | Nacional | 45 |
  | 8 | Nicolás Otamendi | Argentina | Vélez Sársfield | 43 |
  | 8 | 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 |
  | 12 | 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 |
  | 16 | 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 |
  