Trofeo EFE is an annual football award given by the

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news agency since the 1990–91 season to the best Latin-American player in Spanish football. Recipients are selected based on assessments from the agency's sports editors. The inaugural winner was

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from Panama. Chilean

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and Brazilian

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have won the award twice. In 2000 Argentine Fernando Redondo received a special distinction as the best player of the 1990s decade. In the 2017–18 season, the award expanded beyond Spain, with Uruguayan Edinson Cavani becoming the first player outside the Spanish

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to win the award, doing so with French

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side Paris Saint-Germain. In the 2018–19 season, the award was not given, and in 2019–20 it was won by a woman for the first time ever, Colombian midfielder Leicy Santos. Argentine legend

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has won the award a record five times, more than any other player. 2015 UEFA Super Cup 64 crop

Winners

Wins by player

* Note: In 2013 the player was not eligible for the award as his birth country (Portugal) belongs to the continent of Europe, not Latin America.

References

External links

Agencia EFE
{{Trofeo EFE La Liga Spanish football trophies and awards

Winners

Wins by player

See also

References

External links