Trofeo EFE

Trofeo EFE is an annual football award given by the EFE news agency since the 1990–91 season to the best Latin-American player. Recipients are selected based on assessments from the agency's sports editors.

The inaugural winner was Rommel Fernández and the most recent recipient is Edinson Cavani. Iván Zamorano and Ronaldo Nazário have won the award twice. Fernando Redondo received a special distinction as the best player of the 1990s decade.

Lionel Messi has won the award a record five times, more than any other player in the history of Trofeo EFE.

Lionel Messi is the award's record winner with 5 wins, four of which won consecutively.

Winners

Season	Player	Club
1990–91	Rommel Fernández	Tenerife
1991–92	José Zalazar	Albacete
1992–93	Iván Zamorano	Real Madrid
1993–94	Romário	Barcelona
1994–95	Iván Zamorano	Real Madrid
1995–96	Diego Simeone	Atlético Madrid
1996–97	Ronaldo	Barcelona
1997–98	Roberto Carlos	Real Madrid
1998–99	Rivaldo	Barcelona
1999–2000	Martín Herrera	Deportivo Alavés
2000–01	Roberto Acuña	Real Zaragoza
2001–02	Javier Saviola	Barcelona
2002–03	Ronaldo	Real Madrid
2003–04	Ronaldinho	Barcelona
2004–05	Diego Forlán	Villarreal
2005–06	Pablo Aimar	Valencia
2006–07	Lionel Messi	Barcelona
2007–08	Sergio Agüero	Atlético Madrid
2008–09	Lionel Messi	Barcelona
2009–10	Lionel Messi	Barcelona
2010–11	Lionel Messi	Barcelona
2011–12	Lionel Messi	Barcelona
2012–13	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid
2013–14	Diego Costa	Atlético Madrid
2014–15	Luis Suárez	Barcelona
2015–16	Keylor Navas	Real Madrid
2016–17	Real Madrid C.F.	special edition
2017–18	Edinson Cavani	Paris Saint-Germain

Wins by player

Player	Wins
Lionel Messi	5
Iván Zamorano	2
Ronaldo	2

See also

• LFP Awards
• Don Balón
• Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano
• Trofeo Aldo Rovira
• FIFA World Player of the Year
• European Footballer of the Year
• European Golden Boot
• Onze Mondial European Footballer of the Year
• World Soccer Player of the Year

External links

• (in Spanish) Agencia EFE