Don Balón Award

From 1976 until 2010, the Spanish sports magazine _Don Balón_ conferred the **Don Balón Award** (_Premio Don Balón_) to the best Spanish player, the best foreign player, the best referee and the breakthrough player in La Liga. These awards ended after the closure of the magazine in 2011.

## Winners

|Season|Best Spanish player|Best foreign player|Best breakthrough player|Best coach|Best referee|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|Miguel Ángel (Real Madrid)|align="center"|Johan Neeskens (Barcelona)|rowspan="10" align="center"|–|align="center"|Miljan Miljanić (Real Madrid)|rowspan="10" align="center"|–|
|align="center"|Juanito (Burgos)|align="center"|Johan Cruyff (Barcelona)|align="center"|Luis Aragonés (Atlético Madrid)|||||
|align="center"|Migueli (Barcelona)|align="center"|Johan Cruyff (Barcelona)|align="center"|Luis Molowny (Real Madrid)|||||
|align="center"|Quini (Sporting Gijón)|align="center"|Uli Stielike (Real Madrid)|align="center"|Luis Molowny (Real Madrid)|||||
|align="center"|Rafael Gordillo (Real Betis)|align="center"|Uli Stielike (Real Madrid)|align="center"|Luis Molowny (Real Madrid)|||||
|align="center"|Urruti (Espanyol)|align="center"|Uli Stielike (Real Madrid)|align="center"|Alberto Ormaetxea (Real Sociedad)|||||
|align="center"|Miguel Tendillo (Valencia)|align="center"|Uli Stielike (Real Madrid)|align="center"|Alberto Ormaetxea (Real Sociedad)|||||
|align="center"|Juan Señor (Zaragoza)|align="center"|Juan Barbas (Zaragoza)|align="center"|Javier Clemente (Athletic Bilbao)|||||
|align="center"|Manuel Cervantes (Murcia)|align="center"|Juan Barbas (Zaragoza)|align="center"|Javier Clemente (Athletic Bilbao)|||||
|align="center"|Migueli (Barcelona)|align="center"|Bernd Schuster (Barcelona)|align="center"|Terry Venables (Barcelona)|||||
|align="center"|Míchel (Real Madrid)|align="center"|Jorge Valdano (Real Madrid)|align="center"|Juan Carlos (Valladolid)|align="center"|Luis Molowny (Real Madrid)|align="center"|Emilio Carlos Guruceta|
|align="center"|Andoni Zubizarreta (Barcelona)|align="center"|Hugo Sánchez (Real Madrid)|align="center"|Ernesto Valverde (Espanyol)|align="center"|Javier Clemente (Espanyol)|align="center"|Emilio Carlos Guruceta|
|align="center"|Juan Antonio Larrañaga (Real Sociedad)|align="center"|Alemão (Atlético Madrid)|align="center"|Sebastián Losada (Espanyol)|align="center"|Leo Beenhakker (Real Madrid)|align="center"|Emilio Soriano Aladrén|
|align="center"|Fernando (Valencia)|align="center"|Oscar Ruggeri (Logroñés)|align="center"|Luis Milla (Barcelona)|align="center"|John Toshack (Real Sociedad)|align="center"|Victoriano Sánchez Arminio|
|align="center"|Rafael Martín Vázquez (Real Madrid)|align="center"|Hugo Sánchez (Real Madrid)|align="center"|Pedro (Logroñés)|align="center"|John Toshack (Real Madrid)|align="center"|Emilio Soriano Aladrén|
|align="center"|Andoni Goikoetxea (Barcelona)|align="center"|Bernd Schuster (Atlético Madrid)|align="center"|Luis Enrique (Sporting Gijón)|align="center"|Johan Cruyff (Barcelona)|align="center"|Ildefonso Urízar Azpitarte|
|align="center"|Agustín Elduayen (Burgos)|align="center"|Michael Laudrup (Barcelona)|align="center"|Delfí Geli (Albacete)|align="center"|Johan Cruyff (Barcelona)|align="center"|Raúl García de Loza|
|align="center"|Fran (Deportivo La Coruña)|align="center"|Miroslav Đukić (Deportivo La Coruña)|align="center"|Julen Guerrero (Athletic Bilbao)|align="center"|Arsenio Iglesias (Deportivo La Coruña)|align="center"|Juan Andújar Oliver|
|align="center"|Julen Guerrero (Athletic Bilbao)|align="center"|Romário (Barcelona)|align="center"|Sergi Barjuán (Barcelona)|align="center"|Víctor Fernández (Zaragoza)|align="center"|Antonio López Nieto|
|align="center"|José Amavisca (Real Madrid)|align="center"|Iván Zamorano (Real Madrid)|align="center"|Raúl (Real Madrid)|align="center"|Arsenio Iglesias (Deportivo La Coruña)|align="center"|Arturo Daudén Ibáñez|
|align="center"|José Luis Caminero (Atlético Madrid)|align="center"|Predrag Mijatović (Valencia)|align="center"|Iván de la Peña (Barcelona)|align="center"|Radomir Antić (Atlético Madrid)|align="center"|Antonio López Nieto|
|align="center"|Raúl (Real Madrid)|align="center"|Ronaldo (Barcelona)|align="center"|Víctor (Valladolid)|align="center"|Vicente Cantatore (Valladolid)|align="center"|Manuel Mejuto González|
|align="center"|Alfonso (Real Betis)|align="center"|Rivaldo (Barcelona)|align="center"|Albert Celades (Barcelona)|align="center"|Javier Irureta (Celta Vigo)|align="center"|José María García-Aranda|
|align="center"|Raúl (Real Madrid)|align="center"|Luís Figo (Barcelona)|align="center"|Xavi (Barcelona)|align="center"|Héctor Cúper (Mallorca)|align="center"|Manuel Mejuto González|
|align="center"|Raúl (Real Madrid)|align="center"|Luís Figo (Barcelona)|align="center"|Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)|align="center"|Javier Irureta (Deportivo La Coruña)|align="center"|Antonio López Nieto|
|align="center"|Raúl (Real Madrid)|align="center"|Luís Figo (Real Madrid)|align="center"|Carles Puyol (Barcelona)|align="center"|Mané (Alavés)|align="center"|José María García-Aranda|
|align="center"|Raúl (Real Madrid)|align="center"|Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)|align="center"|Joaquín (Real Betis)|align="center"|Rafael Benítez (Valencia)|align="center"|Antonio López Nieto|
|align="center"|Xabi Alonso (Real Sociedad)|align="center"|Nihat Kahveci (Real Sociedad)|align="center"|Thiago Motta (Barcelona)|align="center"|Raynald Denoueix (Real Sociedad)|align="center"|Manuel Mejuto González|
|align="center"|Vicente (Valencia)|align="center"|Ronaldinho (Barcelona)|align="center"|Júlio Baptista (Sevilla)|align="center"|Javier Irureta (Deportivo La Coruña)|align="center"|César Muñiz Fernández|
|align="center"|Xavi (Barcelona)|align="center"|Juan Román Riquelme (Villarreal)|align="center"|Sergio Ramos (Sevilla)|align="center"|Frank Rijkaard (Barcelona)|align="center"|Alberto Undiano Mallenco|
|align="center"|David Villa (Valencia)|align="center"|Ronaldinho (Barcelona)|align="center"|Raúl Albiol (Valencia)|align="center"|Frank Rijkaard (Barcelona)|align="center"|Manuel Mejuto González|
|align="center"|Santi Cazorla (Recreativo)|align="center"|Lionel Messi (Barcelona)|align="center"|Alexis (Getafe)|align="center"|Juande Ramos (Sevilla)|align="center"|Alberto Undiano Mallenco|
|align="center"|Marcos Senna (Villarreal)|align="center"|Sergio Agüero (Atlético Madrid)|align="center"|Bojan (Barcelona)|align="center"|Gregorio Manzano (Mallorca)|align="center"|Manuel Mejuto González|
|align="center"|Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)|align="center"|Lionel Messi (Barcelona)|align="center"|Gerard Piqué (Barcelona)|align="center"|Pep Guardiola (Barcelona)|align="center"|Miguel Ángel Pérez Lasa|
|align="center"|Borja Valero (Mallorca)|align="center"|Lionel Messi (Barcelona)|align="center"|Javi Martínez (Athletic Bilbao)|align="center"|Pep Guardiola (Barcelona)|align="center"|Javier Turienzo Álvarez|

### By foreign player (multiple)

|style="width:150px;"|Player|style="width:50px;"|Titles|Seasons|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Uli Stielike|4|1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82|||
|Luís Figo|3|1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01|||
|Lionel Messi|2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10||||
|Johan Cruyff|2|1976–77, 1977–78|||
|Juan Barbas|1982–83, 1983–84||||
|Hugo Sánchez|1986–87, 1989–90||||
|Bernd Schuster|1984–85, 1990–91||||
|Ronaldinho|2003–04, 2005–06||||

### By Spanish player (multiple)

|style="width:150px;"|Player|style="width:50px;"|Titles|Seasons|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Raúl|5|1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02|||
|Migueli|2|1977–78, 1984–85|||

### By manager (multiple)

|style="width:200px;"|Manager|style="width:50px;"|Titles|Seasons|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Luis Molowny|4|1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1985–86|||
|Javier Clemente|3|1982–83, 1983–84, 1986–87|||
|Javier Irureta|1997–98, 1999–2000, 2003–04||||
|Alberto Ormaetxea|2|1980–81, 1981–82|||
|John Toshack|1988–89, 1989–90||||
|Johan Cruyff|1990–91, 1991–92||||
|Arsenio Iglesias|1992–93, 1994–95||||
|Frank Rijkaard|2004–05, 2005–06||||
|Pep Guardiola|2008–09, 2009–10||||

## Team of the Decade (2000s)

(_Published December 2010_)
|Goalkeeper|Defenders|Midfielders|Forwards|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|valign=top|Iker Casillas|valign=top|Carles Puyol Roberto Ayala Roberto Carlos|valign=top|Xavi Zinedine Zidane Ronaldinho|valign=top|Lionel Messi Samuel Eto'o Ronaldo Raúl|

## Player of the Decade (2000s)

(_Published December 2010_)
|Rank|Player|Votes|
| --- | --- | --- |
|**1**|**Zinedine Zidane**|**27.7%**|
|2|Lionel Messi|23.5%|
|3|Ronaldo|17.6%|
|4|Xavi|15%|
|5|Ronaldinho|9%|
|6|Iker Casillas|7.2%|

## Other websites

- Official web site
- Spanish football awards by Don Balón