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Balón de Oro

Awarded for	Best footballers of Liga MX
Country	Mexico
Presented by	Mexican Football Federation
History
First award	1975
Most recent	Juan Brunetta (2023–24)

Balón de Oro, also referred to as Mexican Golden Ball (Spanish: Balón de Oro del fútbol mexicano), is an annual awards ceremony held by the Mexican Federation of Association Football to recognize outstanding association football players, head coaches, and referees of the Liga MX each season. Since 1997, the ceremony has been held at the end of the football season. Since the 1996–1997 season, the league championship has been split into two single-round tournaments, giving rise to the current Apertura and Clausura arrangement, and Balón de Oro followed them. In 2001–2002, no awards were handed out as the officials forgot to organize an election. The ceremony entered a 4-year hiatus following the 2012 Clausura until the 2015–16 Liga MX season.

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

Winners

Season	Player	Club	Notes
1974–75	Ítalo Estupiñán	Toluca
1975–76	Rafael Chávez	León
1976–77	Cabinho (1)	UNAM
1977–78	Cabinho (2)	UNAM
1978–79	Hugo Sánchez	UNAM
1979–80	Miguel Marín	Cruz Azul
1980–81	Cabinho (3)	Atlante
1981–82	Gerónimo Barbadillo	UANL
1982–83	Cristóbal Ortega	América
1983–84	Héctor Zelada	América
1984–85	Manuel Negrete	UNAM
1985–86	no awards
1986–87	Benjamín Galindo	Guadalajara
1987–88	Antônio Carlos Santos	América
1988–89	Patricio Hernández	Cruz Azul
1989–90	Jorge Aravena	Puebla
1990–91	Luis García (1)	UNAM
1991–92	Luis García (2)	UNAM
1992–93	Ivo Basay	Necaxa
1993–94	Osmar Donizette	UAG
1994–95	Carlos Hermosillo	Cruz Azul
1995–96	Álex Aguinaga	Necaxa
1996–97	Alberto Coyote	Guadalajara
Winter 1997	Fabián Estay (1)	Toluca
Summer 1998	Fabián Estay (2)	Toluca
Winter 1998	Cuauhtémoc Blanco (1)	América
Summer 1999	Fabián Estay (3)	Toluca
Winter 1999	Jesús Olalde	UNAM
Summer 2000	Víctor Ruiz	Toluca
Winter 2000	Jared Borgetti (1)	Santos Laguna
Summer 2001	Jared Borgetti (2)	Santos Laguna
Winter 2001	no awards
Summer 2002	no awards
Apertura 2002	José Cardozo	Toluca
Clausura 2003	Guillermo Franco	Monterrey
2003–04	Oswaldo Sánchez (1)	Guadalajara
2004–05	Cuauhtémoc Blanco (2)	América
Apertura 2005	Oswaldo Sánchez (2)	Guadalajara
Clausura 2006	Walter Gaitán	UANL
Apertura 2006	Vicente Sánchez	Toluca
Clausura 2007	Cuauhtémoc Blanco (3)	América
Apertura 2007	Daniel Ludueña	Santos Laguna
Clausura 2008	Christian Benítez	Santos Laguna
Apertura 2008	Sinha (1)	Toluca
Clausura 2009	Christian Giménez	Pachuca
Apertura 2009	Humberto Suazo (1)	Monterrey
Bicentenario 2010	Sinha (2)	Toluca
Apertura 2010	Humberto Suazo (2)	Monterrey
Clausura 2011	Lucas Lobos (1)	UANL
Apertura 2011	Lucas Lobos (2)	UANL
Clausura 2012	Oribe Peralta	Santos Laguna
2015–16	André-Pierre Gignac	UANL
2016–17	Raúl Ruidíaz	Morelia
2017–18	Rubens Sambueza	Toluca
2018–19	Guido Rodríguez	América
2019–20	No awards
2020–21	Jonathan Rodríguez	Cruz Azul
2021–22	Camilo Vargas	Atlas
2022–23	Henry Martín	América
2023–24	Juan Brunetta	Santos Laguna–UANL

By player Player Total Year(s) Cabinho 3 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81 Fabián Estay Winter 1997, Verano 1998, Verano 1999 Cuauhtémoc Blanco Winter 1998, 2004–05, Clausura 2007 Luis García 2 1990–91, 1991–92 Jared Borgetti Winter 2000, Verano 2001 Oswaldo Sánchez 2003–04, Apertura 2005 Sinha Apertura 2008, Bicentenario 2010 Humberto Suazo Apertura 2009, Apertura 2010 Lucas Lobos Clausura 2011, Apertura 2011 Ítalo Estupiñán 1 1974–75 Rafael Chávez 1975–76 Hugo Sánchez 1978–79 Miguel Marín 1979–80 Gerónimo Barbadillo 1981–82 Cristóbal Ortega 1982–83 Héctor Zelada 1983–84 Manuel Negrete 1984–85 Benjamín Galindo 1986–87 Antônio Carlos Santos 1987–88 Patricio Hernández 1988–89 Jorge Aravena 1989–90 Ivo Basay 1992–93 Osmar Donizete 1993–94 Carlos Hermosillo 1994–95 Álex Aguinaga 1995–96 Alberto Coyote 1996–97 Jesús Olalde Winter 1999 Víctor Ruiz Summer 2000 José Cardozo Apertura 2002 Guillermo Franco Clausura 2003 Walter Gaitán Clausura 2006 Vicente Sánchez Apertura 2006 Daniel Ludueña Apertura 2007 Christian Benítez Clausura 2008 Christian Giménez Clausura 2009 Oribe Peralta Clausura 2012 André-Pierre Gignac 2015–16 Raúl Ruidíaz 2016–17 Rubens Sambueza 2017–18 Guido Rodríguez 2018–19 Jonathan Rodríguez 2020–21 Camilo Vargas 2021–22 Henry Martín 2022–23 Juan Brunetta 2023–24

By country Nationality Total Player(s)  Mexico 22 16  Argentina 12 11  Chile 7 4  Brazil 5 3  Ecuador 3 3  Peru 2 2  Uruguay  Colombia 1 1  France  Paraguay By club Club Total Player(s) Toluca 10 7 América 8 6 UNAM 7 5 Santos Laguna 6 5 UANL 5 Cruz Azul 4 4 Guadalajara 3 Monterrey 3 2 Necaxa 2 2 León 1 1 Atlante Atlas Morelia Pachuca Puebla UAG

References

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4. ^ "El Diablo arrasó en los Balones de Oro 2008-2009" (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo. July 27, 2009. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
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