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Balón de Oro (Mexico)

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Balón de Oro, also referred to as Mexican Golden Ball (Spanish: Balón de Oro del fútbol mexicano), is an annual awards ceremony held by the Mexican Federation of Association Football to recognize outstanding association football players, head coaches, and referees of the Liga MX each season. Since 1997, the ceremony has been held at the end of the football season. Since the 1996–1997 season, the league championship has been split into two single-round tournaments, giving rise to the current Apertura and Clausura arrangement, and Balón de Oro followed them. In 2001–2002, no awards were handed out as the officials forgot to organize an election.[1] The ceremony entered a 4-year hiatus following the 2012 Clausura until the 2015–16 Liga MX season.

Awarded forBest footballers of Liga MX
Country Mexico
Presented byMexican Football Federation
First award1975
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Balón de Oro
Awarded forBest footballers of Liga MX
Country Mexico
Presented byMexican Football Federation
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First award1975
Most recentItaly João Pedro (2025–26)
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1974–75 Ecuador Ítalo Estupiñán Toluca
1975–76 Mexico Rafael Chávez León
1976–77 Brazil Cabinho (1) UNAM
1977–78 Brazil Cabinho (2) UNAM
1978–79 Mexico Hugo Sánchez UNAM
1979–80 Argentina Miguel Marín Cruz Azul
1980–81 Brazil Cabinho (3) Atlante
1981–82 Peru Gerónimo Barbadillo UANL
1982–83 Mexico Cristóbal Ortega América
1983–84 Argentina Héctor Zelada América
1984–85 Mexico Manuel Negrete UNAM
1985–86 no awards
1986–87 Mexico Benjamín Galindo Guadalajara
1987–88 Brazil Antônio Carlos Santos América
1988–89 Argentina Patricio Hernández Cruz Azul
1989–90 Chile Jorge Aravena Puebla
1990–91 Mexico Luis García (1) UNAM
1991–92 Mexico Luis García (2) UNAM
1992–93 Chile Ivo Basay Necaxa
1993–94 Brazil Osmar Donizette UAG
1994–95 Mexico Carlos Hermosillo Cruz Azul
1995–96 Ecuador Álex Aguinaga Necaxa
1996–97 Mexico Alberto Coyote Guadalajara [1]
Winter 1997 Chile Fabián Estay (1) Toluca [1]
Summer 1998 Chile Fabián Estay (2) Toluca [1]
Winter 1998 Mexico Cuauhtémoc Blanco (1) América [1]
Summer 1999 Chile Fabián Estay (3) Toluca [1]
Winter 1999 Mexico Jesús Olalde UNAM [1]
Summer 2000 Mexico Víctor Ruiz Toluca [1]
Winter 2000 Mexico Jared Borgetti (1) Santos Laguna [1]
Summer 2001 Mexico Jared Borgetti (2) Santos Laguna [1]
Winter 2001 no awards
Summer 2002 no awards [1]
Apertura 2002 Paraguay José Cardozo Toluca [1]
Clausura 2003 Argentina Guillermo Franco Monterrey [1]
2003–04 Mexico Oswaldo Sánchez (1) Guadalajara
2004–05 Mexico Cuauhtémoc Blanco (2) América
Apertura 2005 Mexico Oswaldo Sánchez (2) Guadalajara
Clausura 2006 Argentina Walter Gaitán UANL
Apertura 2006 Uruguay Vicente Sánchez Toluca [2]
Clausura 2007 Mexico Cuauhtémoc Blanco (3) América [2]
Apertura 2007 Argentina Daniel Ludueña Santos Laguna [3]
Clausura 2008 Ecuador Christian Benítez Santos Laguna [3]
Apertura 2008 Mexico Sinha (1) Toluca [4]
Clausura 2009 Argentina Christian Giménez Pachuca [4]
Apertura 2009 Chile Humberto Suazo (1) Monterrey [5][6]
Bicentenario 2010 Mexico Sinha (2) Toluca [7]
Apertura 2010 Chile Humberto Suazo (2) Monterrey [8]
Clausura 2011 Argentina Lucas Lobos (1) UANL [9]
Apertura 2011 Argentina Lucas Lobos (2) UANL [10]
Clausura 2012 Mexico Oribe Peralta Santos Laguna [11][12]
2015–16 France André-Pierre Gignac UANL [13]
2016–17 Peru Raúl Ruidíaz Morelia [14]
2017–18 Argentina Rubens Sambueza Toluca [15]
2018–19 Argentina Guido Rodríguez América [16]
2019–20 No awards
2020–21 Uruguay Jonathan Rodríguez Cruz Azul [17]
2021–22 Colombia Camilo Vargas Atlas [18]
2022–23 Mexico Henry Martín América [19]
2023–24 Argentina Juan Brunetta Santos Laguna–UANL [20]
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