Paraguayan Footballer of the Year
The Paraguayan Footballer of the Year is an award given to the best Paraguayan professional football player every year. The award began officially in 1997 and it is presented by Paraguayan newspaper Diario ABC Color. Players that participate in this award can play in any professional football club in the world (they don't necessarily have to be Paraguayan football clubs) and have to be either Paraguayan-born or Paraguayan-naturalised players.
Winners
| Year | Footballer | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Carlos Gamarra |  Benfica |
| 1998 | Carlos Gamarra |  Corinthians |
| 1999 | Roque Santa Cruz |  Olimpia Bayern Munich |
| 2000 | José Cardozo |  Toluca |
| 2001 | Roberto Acuña |  Real Zaragoza |
| 2002 | José Cardozo | Toluca |
| 2003 | José Cardozo | Toluca |
| 2004 | Justo Villar |  Newell's Old Boys |
| 2005 | Julio dos Santos | Cerro Porteño |
| 2006 | Óscar Cardozo | Nacional Newell's Old Boys |
| 2007 | Salvador Cabañas | América |
| 2008 | Claudio Morel Rodríguez | Boca Juniors |
| 2009 | Óscar Cardozo | Benfica |
| 2010 | Lucas Barrios | Borussia Dortmund |
| 2011 | Pablo Zeballos | Olimpia |
| 2012 | Pablo Aguilar | Sportivo Luqueño Tijuana |
| 2013 | Ángel Romero | Cerro Porteño |
| 2014 | Fernando Fernández | Guaraní |
| 2015 | Derlis Gonzalez[1] |  Dynamo Kiev |
- Note: the 1999 winner, Roque Santa Cruz, appears both as a Club Olimpia and Bayern Munich player because he played the first half of 1999 in Olimpia of Asunción before eventually being transferred to Bayern Munich in the second half of 1999. The same applies for the 2006 winner.
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