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2024 Samba Gold Award

The Brazilian fans chose it and Samba Gold 2024 has the best Brazilian player in the world: Vinicius Jr. The player was the most voted by the public and won the award for the second time in a row. The Samba Gold award has been awarded since 2008 to the best Brazilian player in the world. It’s a way of valuing Brazilianness and our players who take our Brazilian style to the four corners of the football planet. Finalists are chosen based on the athlete’s statistics, achievements and impact throughout the year.

Men

2024 Winner
Men

Winners' podium Samba Gold Award

2024 Edition

2
Pedro
1
Vinícius Júnior

Winner - 2024 Samba Gold

3
Rodrygo

Vini Jr.

2024 Winner

Vinicius Junior is the winner of the Samba Gold 2024 award. Winning his second consecutive trophy, the Real Madrid star is enshrined in the traditional award for the best Brazilians in international football, whose trophy was created in 2008.

For the second year in a row, the striker, raised at Flamengo, left his compatriots behind. In 2024, the young man finished ahead of striker Neymar, from Al Hilal, and defender Marquinhos, from PSG, who were, respectively, in second and third place.

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This time, however, it was striker Pedro who was in second place. The Flamengo player finished the vote ahead of Rodrygo, Vinicius Junior’s teammate at Real Madrid.

The year 2024 was full of collective trophies for Vinicius Junior, who helped Real Madrid win the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup, La Liga and the Spanish Super Cup. This was the first season in which Vinicius started as the main star of the most winning club in world football.

However, off the field, Vinicius Junior continues to stand out globally for his stance against racism. Furthermore, the player was considered unfair for not having won the Ballon d’Or. After a year of prominence and important titles, being decisive, the player came in second place for the award, given by France Football magazine, in partnership with UEFA, losing to Spanish midfielder Rodri, from Manchester City.

Previouseditions

See who has won the Samba Gold Award in the men’s category since 2008.

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Other categories Samba Gold Award

In addition to the best Brazilian player in the world, Samba Gold also awarded the best Brazilian women player and the best under-20 player. Check out the other winners!

Women

Tamires wins the fourth trophy in the women’s category

Under-20

Wesley Gassova wins the award for best under-20 player in Brazilian football