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Copa América awards
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This is a list of awards presented to players and teams that have distringuished themselves at the end of each Copa América final tournament.
Awards
There are currently five post-tournament awards:
- the Golden Ball for most valuable player, first awarded in 1987;[1][2]
- the Golden Boot for most prolific goal scorer;[3][2]
- the Golden Glove for most outstanding goalkeeper, first awarded in 2011;[2]
- the Team of the Tournament for best combined team of players at the tournament, first awarded in 2004;
- the Fair Play Award for the team with the best record of fair play, first awarded in 2011.
In addition, the Best Young Player award has been given out intermittently.[2]
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Golden Ball
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The current Golden Ball award was introduced in the 1987 Copa América.[1][2] The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation provides a list of the best players from the first edition in 1916, who are listed below as unofficial recipients.[4]
Unofficial
This is an unofficial list of the recipients of the best player award provided by the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.[4]
Official
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Golden Boot
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The Golden Boot is assigned to the top scorer of each edition.[3]
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Golden Glove
Team of the Tournament
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Fair Play Award
Best Young Player
This award has been given out only in the 2007, 2011, and 2015 editions.[2]
See also
Footnotes
- Lionel Messi rejected the award.[10]
References
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