The 2011 South American Footballer of the Year, given to the best football player in South America by Uruguayan newspaper El País through voting by journalists across the continent, was awarded to Neymar of Santos on December 31, 2011.^[1]

Neymar became the second Santos player to win the award.

Rank	Player	Nationality	Club	Points
1	Neymar	Brazil	Santos	130
2	Eduardo Vargas	Chile	Universidad de Chile	70
3	Paulo Henrique Ganso	Brazil	Santos	33
4	Egidio Arévalo Ríos	Uruguay	Club Tijuana	30
5	Rolando Schiavi	Argentina	Boca Juniors	25
6	Néicer Reasco	Ecuador	LDU Quito	24
	Clemente Rodríguez	Argentina	Boca Juniors	24
8	Jhonny Herrera	Chile	Universidad de Chile	23
	Juan Román Riquelme	Argentina	Boca Juniors	23
10	Hernán Barcos	Argentina	LDU Quito	16
	Marcos González	Chile	Universidad de Chile	16
12	Emiliano Papa	Argentina	Vélez Sársfield	15
	Dedé	Brazil	Vasco da Gama	15
14	Charles Aránguiz	Chile	Universidad de Chile	14
	Elano	Brazil	Santos	14
16	Matías Rodríguez	Argentina	Universidad de Chile	13
	Darío Verón	Paraguay	UNAM Pumas	13
18	Danilo	Brazil	Santos	12
	Oswaldo Vizcarrondo	Venezuela	Olimpo	12
	Ronaldinho	Brazil	Flamengo	12

General

• "Es único: lluvia de votos a Neymar" [The unique: rain of votes for Neymar] (in Spanish). El País. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2012.

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