PLAYER OF THE YEAR OF ARGENTINA

The 'Player of the Year of Argentina' is a yearly award organized by the Argentine Sports Journalists' Circle given to the best Argentine footballer, or to the best foreign footballer playing in the Argentine League. This award, known as the ''Olimpia de Plata al Mejor Futbolista'' ("Silver ''Olimpia'' to the best footballer"), is part of the Olimpia awards; the most important sports award in Argentina.
It is unclear when Argentine footballers playing outside Argentina and foreign ones playing in Argentina started being electable. Mario Kempes in 1978 was the first Argentinian to receive it while playing abroad, and Uruguayan Enzo Francescoli was the first foreign player to receive the award.

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Winners

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Winners

Year	Player	Nationality	Club
'1970'	Héctor Yazalde		Independiente (ARG)
'1971'	José Omar Pastoriza		Independiente (ARG)
'1972'	Ángel Bargas		Chacarita Juniors (ARG)
'1973'	Miguel Ángel Brindisi		Huracán (ARG)
'1974'	Miguel Ángel Raimondo		Independiente (ARG)
'1975'	Héctor Horacio Scotta		San Lorenzo de Almagro (ARG)
'1976'	Daniel Passarella		River Plate (ARG)
'1977'	Ubaldo Fillol		River Plate (ARG)
'1978'	Mario Kempes		Valencia CF (SPA)
'1979'	Diego Maradona		Argentinos Juniors (ARG)
'1980'	Diego Maradona		Argentinos Juniors (ARG)
'1981'	Diego Maradona		Boca Juniors (ARG)
'1982'	Hugo Orlando Gatti		Boca Juniors (ARG)
'1983'	Ricardo Bochini		Independiente (ARG)
'1984'	Alberto Márcico		Ferro Carril Oeste (ARG)
'1985'	Enzo Francescoli		River Plate (ARG)
'1986'	Diego Maradona		SSC Napoli (ITA)
'1987'	Néstor Fabbri		Racing Club (ARG)
'1988'	Rubén Paz		Racing Club (ARG)
'1989'	Carlos Alfaro Moreno		Independiente (ARG)
'1990'	Sergio Goycochea		Millonarios (COL) / Racing Club (ARG)
'1991'	Oscar Ruggeri		Vélez Sarsfield (ARG)
'1992'	Luis Islas		Independiente (ARG)
'1993'	Ramón Medina Bello		River Plate (ARG)
'1994'	Carlos Navarro Montoya		Boca Juniors (ARG)
'1995'	Enzo Francescoli		River Plate (ARG)
'1996'	José Luis Chilavert		Vélez Sarsfield (ARG)
'1997'	Marcelo Salas		River Plate (ARG)
'1998'	Gabriel Batistuta		Fiorentina (ITA)
'1999'	Javier Saviola		River Plate (ARG)
'2000'	Juan Román Riquelme		Boca Juniors (ARG)
'2001'	Juan Román Riquelme		Boca Juniors (ARG)
'2002'	Gabriel Milito		Independiente (ARG)
'2003'	Carlos Tévez		Boca Juniors (ARG)
'2004'	Carlos Tévez		Boca Juniors (ARG)
'2005'	Lionel Messi		Barcelona FC (SPA)

External links

★ Player of the Year of Argentina at RSSSF

★ Argentine Sports Journalists' Circle Website