Copa America Golden Ball Winners List (1916 – 2020)
Previously Known as The South American Football Championship now CONMEBOL Copa America is the main men’s football tournament from CONMEBOL. This tournament is the third most-watched competition. Being the oldest international football competition it determines the champions of South America. This Tournament consists of 12 teams among them 10 CONMEBOL teams and two additional teams from other confederations participate.
In each edition of the tournament, best player of the tournament is determined. Here we’ve made a list of Golden Ball winners of Copa America. Check it out:
| Year | Host | Golden Ball Winners |
| 1916 | Argentina | Isabelino Gradín (Uruguay) |
| 1917 | Uruguay | Héctor Scarone (Uruguay) |
| 1919 | Brazil | Arthur Friedenreich (Brazil) |
| 1920 | Chile | José Piendibene (Uruguay) |
| 1921 | Argentina | Américo Tesoriere (Argentina) |
| 1922 | Brazil | Agostinho Fortes Filho (Brazil) |
| 1923 | Uruguay | José Nasazzi (Uruguay) |
| 1924 | Uruguay | Pedro Petrone (Uruguay) |
| 1925 | Argentina | Manuel Seoane (Argentina) |
| 1926 | Chile | José Leandro Andrade (Uruguay) |
| 1927 | Peru | Manuel Seoane (Argentina) |
| 1929 | Argentina | Manuel Ferreira (Argentina) |
| 1935 | Peru | José Nasazzi (Uruguay) |
| 1937 | Argentina | Vicente de la Mata (Argentina) |
| 1939 | Peru | Teodoro Fernández (Peru) |
| 1941 | Chile | Sergio Livingstone (Chile) |
| 1942 | Uruguay | Obdulio Varela (Uruguay) |
| 1945 | Chile | Domingos da Guia (Brazil) |
| 1946 | Argentina | Adolfo Pedernera (Argentina) |
| 1947 | Ecuador | José Manuel Moreno (Argentina) |
| 1949 | Brazil | Ademir (Brazil) |
| 1953 | Peru | Heriberto Herrera (Paraguay) |
| 1955 | Chile | Enrique Hormazábal (Chile) |
| 1956 | Uruguay | Óscar Míguez (Uruguay) |
| 1957 | Peru | Omar Sívori (Argentina) |
| 1959 | Argentina | Pelé (Brazil) |
| 1959 | Ecuador | Alcides Silveira (Uruguay) |
| 1963 | Bolivia | Ramiro Blacut (Bolivia) |
| 1967 | Uruguay | Pedro Rocha (Uruguay) |
| 1975 | Various | Teófilo Cubillas (Peru) |
| 1979 | Various | Carlos Caszely (Chile) |
| 1983 | Various | Enzo Francescoli (Uruguay) |
| 1987 | Argentina | Carlos Valderrama (Colombia) |
| 1989 | Brazil | Rubén Sosa (Uruguay) |
| 1991 | Chile | Leonardo Rodríguez (Argentina) |
| 1993 | Ecuador | Sergio Goycochea (Argentina) |
| 1995 | Uruguay | Enzo Francescoli (Uruguay) |
| 1997 | Bolivia | Ronaldo (Brazil) |
| 1999 | Paraguay | Rivaldo (Brazil |
| 2001 | Colombia | Amado Guevara (Honduras) |
| 2004 | Peru | Adriano (Brazil) |
| 2007 | Venezuela | Robinho (Brazil) |
| 2011 | Argentina | Luis Suárez (Uruguay) |
| 2015 | Chile | Lionel Messi (Argentina) |
| 2016 | United States | Alexis Sánchez (Chile) |
| 2019 | Brazil | Dani Alves (Brazil) |
| 2020 | Brazil |
Lionel Messi (Argentina) |
Last 3 Golden Ball winner
Dani Alves – 2019
Born in Juazeiro, Brazil, Daniel Alves da Silva is a Brazil national team player who plays as an attacking midfielder. Being considered as one of the greatest right-backs of all time he also became the third most expensive defender of all time. Alves was afterward named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament and achieved the 40th title of his career in the 2019 edition if the Copa America.
Alexis Sánchez – 2016
Born on 19 December 1988,
Lionel Messi – 2015
Making his debut in 2005, Lionel Andrés Messi is considered as the best player in the world and is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Born and raised in central Argentina, he made 142 international appearances and scored 71 goals. He was selected to receive the Most Valuable Player award but he rejected the honor.
