Balón de Oro (Mexico)

Balón de Oro, also referred to as Mexican Golden Ball (Spanish: Balón de Oro del fútbol mexicano), is an annual Mexican awards ceremony by the Mexican Federation of Association Football to the best association football players, head coaches, and referees of the Liga MX each season. Until 1997, it was an annual award, afterwards the prize was rewarded at the end of the football season. Since 1996/97 the single championship was split into two single-round tournaments, giving birth to the current Apertura and Clausura arrangement, and Balón de Oro is followed them. In 2001/02 no awards were handed out as the officials forgot about organising an election.[1] The ceremony entered a 4-year hiatus following the 2012 Clausura until the 2015–16 Liga MX season.

This article is about the Mexican award. For the France Football award, see Ballon d'Or (1956–2009). For the current World Player of the Year award, see FIFA Ballon d'Or.
Balón de Oro
Awarded forBest footballers of Liga MX
Country Mexico
Presented byMexican Football Federation
History
First award1975
Most recentMexico Henry Martín (2022–23)

The Mexican Best Footballer (Spanish: Balón de Oro al mejor jugador, that literally translates to Golden Ball to the Best Football Player) is a half-yearly award given by the Mexican Federation of Association Football as one of the Balón de Oro Awards.

Winners
Season Player Club Notes
1974–75 Ecuador Ítalo Estupiñán Toluca
1975–76 Mexico Rafael Chávez León
1976–77 Brazil Cabinho (1) UNAM
1977–78 Brazil Cabinho (2) UNAM
1978–79 Mexico Hugo Sánchez UNAM
1979–80 Argentina Miguel Marín Cruz Azul
1980–81 Brazil Cabinho (3) Atlante
1981–82 Peru Gerónimo Barbadillo UANL
1982–83 Mexico Cristóbal Ortega América
1983–84 Argentina Héctor Zelada América
1984–85 Mexico Manuel Negrete UNAM
1985–86 no awards
1986–87 Mexico Benjamín Galindo Guadalajara
1987–88 Brazil Antônio Carlos Santos América
1988–89 Argentina Patricio Hernández Cruz Azul
1989–90 Chile Jorge Aravena Puebla
1990–91 Mexico Luis García (1) UNAM
1991–92 Mexico Luis García (2) UNAM
1992–93 Chile Ivo Basay Necaxa
1993–94 Brazil Osmar Donizette UAG
1994–95 Mexico Carlos Hermosillo Cruz Azul
1995–96 Ecuador Álex Aguinaga Necaxa
1996–97 Mexico Alberto Coyote Guadalajara [1]
Winter 1997 Chile Fabián Estay (1) Toluca [1]
Summer 1998 Chile Fabián Estay (2) Toluca [1]
Winter 1998 Mexico Cuauhtémoc Blanco (1) América [1]
Summer 1999 Chile Fabián Estay (3) Toluca [1]
Winter 1999 Mexico Jesús Olalde UNAM [1]
Summer 2000 Mexico Víctor Ruiz Toluca [1]
Winter 2000 Mexico Jared Borgetti (1) Santos Laguna [1]
Summer 2001 Mexico Jared Borgetti (2) Santos Laguna [1]
Winter 2001 no awards
Summer 2002 no awards [1]
Apertura 2002 Paraguay José Cardozo Toluca [1]
Clausura 2003 Argentina Guillermo Franco Monterrey [1]
2003–04 Mexico Oswaldo Sánchez (1) Guadalajara
2004–05 Mexico Cuauhtémoc Blanco (2) América
Apertura 2005 Mexico Oswaldo Sánchez (2) Guadalajara
Clausura 2006 Argentina Walter Gaitán UANL
Apertura 2006 Uruguay Vicente Sánchez Toluca [2]
Clausura 2007 Mexico Cuauhtémoc Blanco (3) América [2]
Apertura 2007 Argentina Daniel Ludueña Santos Laguna [3]
Clausura 2008 Ecuador Christian Benítez Santos Laguna [3]
Apertura 2008 Mexico Sinha (1) Toluca [4]
Clausura 2009 Argentina Christian Giménez Pachuca [4]
Apertura 2009 Chile Humberto Suazo (1) Monterrey [5][6]
Bicentenario 2010 Mexico Sinha (2) Toluca [7]
Apertura 2010 Chile Humberto Suazo (2) Monterrey [8]
Clausura 2011 Argentina Lucas Lobos (1) UANL [9]
Apertura 2011 Argentina Lucas Lobos (2) UANL [10]
Clausura 2012 Mexico Oribe Peralta Santos Laguna [11][12]
2015–16 France André-Pierre Gignac UANL [13]
2016–17 Peru Raúl Ruidíaz Morelia [14]
2017–18 Argentina Rubens Sambueza Toluca [15]
2018–19 Argentina Guido Rodríguez América [16]
2019–20 No awards
2020–21 Uruguay Jonathan Rodríguez Cruz Azul [17]
2021–22 Colombia Camilo Vargas Atlas [18]
Mexico Henry Martín América [19]

References
  1. "Mexican League Awards". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  2. "Estrellas de oro" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. August 6, 2007. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  3. "Humberto Suazo fue premiado como goleador del Clausura mexicano" (in Spanish). Cooperativa. July 29, 2008. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  4. "El Diablo arrasó en los Balones de Oro 2008-2009" (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo. July 27, 2009. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  5. Álvarez Reiset, Sergio (January 17, 2010). "Balones de Oro del A2009... Monterrey y Cruz Azul Arrasan; Suazo el Mejor Jugador" (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  6. Landeros, Rodolfo (January 18, 2010). "Monterrey y Cruz Azul arrasan en el Balón de Oro" (in Spanish). Televisa Deportes. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  7. Guzmán, Sergio (August 30, 2010). "Toluca arrasó en el Balón de Oro del BC2010 y Sinha fue el Mejor Jugador" (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  8. Guzmán, Sergio (January 17, 2011). "El Campeón se impuso en lo mejor del Apertura 2010" (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  9. Guzmán, Sergio (August 29, 2011). "Pumas se impuso en el Balón de Oro 2011" (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  10. "Tigres arrasa en el Balón del Oro" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. January 16, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  11. Quiñones, Alberto (September 3, 2012). "Lista de Ganadores al Balon de Oro del Torneo Clausura 2012 en el Futbol Mexicano" (in Spanish). Deporte Latino. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  12. "Ganadores de la gala 'Balón de oro'" (in Spanish). Fox Deportes. September 4, 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-12-30. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  13. "Se Llevó a Cabo la Entrega del Balón de Oro 2016" (in Spanish). LIGA MX. July 9, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  14. "Se Llevó a Cabo el Balón de Oro de la Temporada 2016-2017" (in Spanish). LIGA MX. July 16, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  15. "Rubens Sambueza se lleva el Balón de Oro a mejor jugador del año de la Liga MX" (in Spanish). Marca. July 14, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
  16. "America's Rodriguez wins Liga MX Balon de Oro". ESPN. July 13, 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  17. "'Cabecita de Oro': Jonathan Rodríguez acaparó reflectores en Balón de Oro con tres galardones" (in Spanish). ESPN. July 17, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
  18. "Balón de Oro Liga MX 2022: Camilo Vargas portero y jugador de la liga" (in Spanish). Fox Sports. June 26, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  19. "Liga MX: Henry Martín y América arrasan en el Balón de Oro" (in Spanish). ESPN. June 25, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
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