page_title: 2012 South American Footballer of the Year
hierarchical_section_title: 2012 South American Footballer of the Year
caption_attribution_description: Português: NEYMAR em 2012
context_page_description: The 2012 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, 2012.
  Neymar became the first player since Juan Sebastián Verón in 2008 to repeat the award.
context_section_description: The 2012 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, 2012.
  Neymar became the first player since Juan Sebastián Verón in 2008 (and later in 2009) to repeat the award.
caption: Neymar is the South American Footballer of the Year for 2012.
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