2022 South American Footballer of the Year

The 2022 South American Footballer of the Year award (Spanish: Rey del Fútbol de América), given to the best football player in South America by Uruguayan newspaper El País through voting by journalists across the continent, was awarded to Brazilian striker Pedro of Flamengo on March 15, 2023.^[1] Pedro finished only four votes ahead of Uruguayan midfielder and Flamengo teammate Giorgian de Arrascaeta.

The award is part of the paper's "El Mejor de América" (The Best of America) awards, which also presents the awards for South American Women's Player of the Year (Reina de América), South American Coach of the Year (Entrenador del año en Sudamérica) and the Best XI (Equipo Ideal), composed of the best eleven players at their positions. Lionel Scaloni was named Coach of the Year after leading Argentina to victory at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

At eighteen years of age, Colombian forward Linda Caicedo was named Women's Football Player of the Year.^[2]

Rank	Player	Nationality	Club	Votes
1	Pedro	Brazil	Flamengo	68
2	Giorgian De Arrascaeta	Uruguay	Flamengo	64
3	Julián Álvarez	Argentina	River Plate[a]	34
4	Gabriel Barbosa	Brazil	Flamengo	13
5	Enzo Fernández	Argentina	River Plate	12
6	Luis Suárez	Uruguay	Nacional[b]	3
	Germán Cano	Argentina	Fluminense
	Éverton Ribeiro	Brazil	Flamengo
9	Gustavo Gómez	Paraguay	Palmeiras	2
	Raphael Veiga	Brazil	Palmeiras
	Lautaro Díaz	Argentina	Independiente del Valle[c]
12	Dudu	Brazil	Palmeiras	1
	Víctor Figueroa	Argentina	Aucas
	Franco Armani	Argentina	River Plate
	Alex Roldán	El Salvador	Seattle Sounders FC
	Camilo Vargas	Colombia	Atlas
	Carlos Vela	Mexico	LAFC
	Cristian Pellerano	Argentina[d]	Independiente del Valle
	Gustavo Scarpa	Brazil	Palmeiras
	Junior Sornoza	Ecuador	Independiente del Valle
	Pablo Lavandeira	Uruguay	Alianza Lima
	Jhon Durán	Colombia	Chicago Fire
	Agustín Auzmendi	Argentina	Olancho[e]

1. ^ Julián Álvarez played part of 2022 with Manchester City (England).
2. ^ Luis Suárez played part of 2022 with Atlético Madrid (Spain).
3. ^ Lautaro Díaz played part of 2022 with Villa Dálmine (Argentina).
4. ^ Cristian Pellerano is a Mexican naturalized citizen.
5. ^ Agustín Auzmendi played part of 2022 with Jaguares de Córdoba (Colombia).

Rank	Player	Nationality	Club	Votes
1	Linda Caicedo	Colombia	Deportivo Cali	76
2	Bia Zaneratto	Brazil	Palmeiras	21
3	Yamila Rodríguez	Argentina	Boca Juniors	20
4	Ary Borges	Brazil	Palmeiras	7
	Duda Sampaio	Brazil	Internacional

Rank	Player	Nationality	Club / National team	Votes
1	Lionel Scaloni	Argentina	Argentina national team	107
2	Abel Ferreira	Portugal	Palmeiras	35
3	Dorival Júnior	Brazil	Flamengo[a]	28
4	Martín Anselmi	Argentina	Independiente del Valle[b]	20
5	Luiz Felipe Scolari	Brazil	Athletico Paranaense	8

1. ^ Dorival Júnior spent part of 2022 as manager of Ceará (Brazil).
2. ^ Martín Anselmi spent part of 2022 as manager of Unión La Calera (Chile).

Weverton

David Luiz

Gómez

T. Heleno

Scarpa

Faravelli

É. Ribeiro

De Arrascaeta

Gabriel

Álvarez

Pedro

2022 South American Best Team

Position	Player	Nationality	Club
GK	Weverton	Brazil	Palmeiras
LB	Thiago Heleno	Brazil	Athletico Paranaense
CB	David Luiz	Brazil	Flamengo
RB	Gustavo Gómez	Paraguay	Palmeiras
MF	Giorgian de Arrascaeta	Uruguay	Flamengo
MF	Lorenzo Faravelli	Argentina	Independiente del Valle
MF	Gustavo Scarpa	Brazil	Palmeiras
MF	Éverton Ribeiro	Brazil	Flamengo
FW	Julián Álvarez	Argentina	River Plate[a]
FW	Pedro	Brazil	Flamengo
FW	Gabriel Barbosa	Brazil	Flamengo

1. ^ Julián Álvarez played part of 2022 with Manchester City (England).

Nation	Best player	Best manager	Best team
Argentina	Julián Álvarez (River Plate)	Fernando Gago (Racing Club)	Racing Club
Bolivia	Chico (Bolívar)	Antônio Carlos Zago (Bolívar)	Bolívar
Brazil	Gustavo Scarpa (Palmeiras)	Abel Ferreira (Palmeiras)	Palmeiras
Chile	Juan Martín Lucero (Colo-Colo)	Gustavo Quinteros[a] (Colo-Colo)	Colo-Colo
Colombia	Leonardo Castro (Deportivo Pereira)	Alejandro Restrepo (Deportivo Pereira)	Deportivo Pereira
Costa Rica	Celso Borges (Alajuelense)	Jeaustin Campos (Saprissa)	Cartaginés
Ecuador	Ricardo Adé (Aucas)	César Farías (Aucas)	Aucas
United States	Carlos Vela (Los Angeles FC)	Steve Cherundolo (Los Angeles FC)	Los Angeles FC
Honduras	Michaell Chirinos (Olimpia)	Pedro Troglio (Olimpia)	Olimpia
Mexico	Nicolás Ibáñez (Pachuca)	Guillermo Almada (Pachuca)	Pachuca
Paraguay	Derlis González (Club Olimpia)	Julio César Cáceres (Club Olimpia)	Club Olimpia
Peru	Hernán Barcos (Alianza Lima)	Guillermo Salas (Alianza Lima)	Alianza Lima
Uruguay	Felipe Carballo (Nacional)	Pablo Repetto (Nacional)	Nacional
Venezuela	Yerson Chacón (Deportivo Táchira)	José María Morr (Metropolitanos)	Metropolitanos

1. ^ Gustavo Quinteros has Bolivian dual-citizenship.