Top 25 South American players in Premier League history

1. Sergio Agüero, Argentina (Man City) 

2. Luis Suárez, Uruguay (Liverpool) 

3. Carlos Tévez, Argentina (West Ham, Man United, Man City) 

4. Gilberto Silva, Brazil (Arsenal)

5. Alexis Sánchez, Chile (Arsenal, Man United) 

6. Roberto Firmino, Brazil (Liverpool) 

7. Fernandinho, Brazil (Man City) 

8. Alisson Becker, Brazil (Liverpool) 

9. David Luíz, Brazil (Chelsea, Arsenal) 

10. Javier Mascherano, Argentina (West Ham, Liverpool) 

11. Ederson, Brazil (Man City) 

12. Juninho Paulista, Brazil (Middlesbrough) 

13. Gustavo Poyet, Uruguay (Chelsea, Tottenham) 

14. Nolberto Solano, Peru (Newcastle, Aston Villa, West Ham, Leicester, Hull) 

15. Antonio Valencia, Ecuador (Wigan, Man United) 

16. Edu, Brazil (Arsenal) 

17. Lucas Leiva, Brazil (Liverpool) 

18. Ramires, Brazil (Chelsea) 

19. Willian, Brazil (Chelsea, Arsenal, Fulham) 

20. Robinho, Brazil (Man City) 

21. Hernán Crespo, Argentina (Chelsea) 

22. Diego Forlán, Uruguay (Man United) 

23. Tino Asprilla, Colombia (Newcastle) 

24. Juan Pablo Ángel, Colombia (Aston Villa) 

25. Juan Sebastián Verón, Argentina (Man United) 

South American cup titles 1960-2014.

8: Independiente, Boca Juniors [Arg]
5: Peñarol [Uru]
4: Estudiantes [Arg], São Paulo [Bra]
3: Olimpia [Par], Nacional [Uru], Santos, Cruzeiro, Internacional [Bra], River Plate [Arg]
2: San Lorenzo [Arg], Grêmio [Bra]
1: Palmeiras, Flamengo, Vasco da Gama, Corinthians, Atlético Mineiro [Bra], Atlético Nacional, Once Caldas [Col], Colo-Colo, Universidad de Chile [Chl], Racing, Argentinos Juniors, Vélez, Arsenal, Lanús [Arg], LDU Quito [Ecu], Cienciano [Per], Pachuca [Mex]

Per city:
17: Buenos Aires
9: Avellaneda
8: Montevideo
6: São Paulo 
5: Porto Alegre
4: La Plata
3: Asunción, Santos, Belo Horizonte
2: Santiago, Rio de Janeiro.

Matches between the South American giants, 1990-99.

Argentina : 5 8 4 20-19 = 52,94%
Brazil : 7 8 6 30-24 = 52,38%
Uruguay : 2 6 4 6-13 = 41,67%

Scored goals:
1,43 Brazil
1,18 Argentina
0,50 Uruguay

Conceded goals:
1,08 Uruguay
1,12 Argentina
1,14 Brazil

Altogether 25 matches with 56 goals (2,24 per match).

Matches between the South American giants, 1980-89.

Brazil : 7 5 3 15-9 = 63,33%
Uruguay : 5 2 6 9-9 = 46,15%
Argentina : 3 5 6 6-12 = 39,29%

Scored goals:
1,00 Brazil
0,69 Uruguay
0,43 Argentina

Conceded goals:
0,60 Brazil
0,69 Uruguay
0,86 Argentina

Altogether 21 matches with 30 goals (1,43 per match).

Matches between the South American giants, 1950-59.

Argentina : 10 6 5 37-23 = 61,90%
Brazil : 8 4 8 29-31 = 50,00%
Uruguay : 7 4 12 31-43 = 39,13%

Scored goals:
1,76 Argentina
1,45 Brazil
1,35 Uruguay

Conceded goals:
1,10 Argentina
1,55 Brazil
1,87 Uruguay

Altogether 28 matches with 96 goals (3,43 per match).

Matches between the South American giants, 1970-79.

Brazil : 11 4 1 30-16 = 87,50%
Argentina : 8 7 9 33-29 = 47,92%
Uruguay : 2 3 11 15-33 = 21,88%

Scored goals:
1,88 Brazil
1,38 Argentina
0,94 Uruguay

Conceded goals:
1,00 Brazil
1,21 Argentina
2,06 Uruguay

Altogether 28 matches with 78 goals (2,79 per match).

Matches between the South American giants, 1960-69.

Brazil : 9 5 7 41-31 = 54,76%
Argentina : 9 3 8 38-34 = 52,50%
Uruguay : 3 4 6 9-23 = 38,46%

Scored goals:
1,95 Brazil
1,90 Argentina
0,69 Uruguay

Conceded goals:
1,48 Brazil
1,70 Argentina
1,77 Uruguay

Altogether 27 matches with 88 goals (3,26 per match).

WC qualifiers top scorers - South America.

10 goals: Lionel Messi (Argentina), Luis Suárez (Uruguay)
9: Gonzalo Higuaín (Argentina), Radamel Falcao (Colombia)
6: Teófilo Gutiérrez (Colombia), Felipe Caicedo (Ecuador)
5:  Sergio Agüero (Argentina), Eduardo Vargas & Arturo Vidal (Chile), Jefferson Farfán (Peru), Salomón Rondón (Venezuela)
4: Marcelo Martins (Bolivia), Christian Benítez (Ecuador), Edinson Cavani (Uruguay)
3: Ángel di María & Ezequiel Lavezzi (Argentina), Carlos Saucedo (Bolivia), Matías Fernández & Alexis Sánchez (Chile), James Rodríguez (Colombia), Segundo Castillo & Jefferson Montero (Ecuador), Roque Santa Cruz (Paraguay), Paolo Guerrero & Claudio Pizarro (Peru), Juan Arango (Venezuela).

Copa Libertadores knock-out stage, 2000-2012.

Total points:
1. Brazil : 276
2. Argentina : 196
3. Mexico : 91
4. Colombia : 49
5. Paraguay : 46
6. Uruguay : 41
7. Ecuador : 31
8. Chile : 27
9. Venezuela : 8
10. Bolivia : 4
11. Peru : 3

Average points:
1. Argentina : 60,5%
2. Brazil : 54,8%
3. Mexico : 48,4%
4. Paraguay : 47,9%
5. Ecuador : 43,1%
6. Venezuela : 40,0%
7. Uruguay : 39,4%
8. Chile : 37,5%
9. Colombia : 37,1%
10. Bolivia : 33,3%
11. Peru : 15,0%

Combined:
1. Brazil, Argentina : 3
3. Mexico : 6
4. Paraguay : 9
5. Ecuador : 12
6. Colombia, Uruguay : 13
8. Venezuela : 15
9. Chile : 16
10. Bolivia : 20
11. Peru : 22

Copa Libertadores: all time topscorers.

54: Alberto Spencer (Peñarol, Barcelona Guayaquil)
37: Fernando Morena (Peñarol)
36: Pedro Rocha (Peñarol, São Paulo, Palmeiras)
31: Daniel Onega (River Plate)
30: Julio Morales (Nacional)
29: Antony de Ávila (América de Cali, Barcelona Guayaquil)
29: Juan Carlos Sarnari (River Plate, Universidad Católica, Universidad de Chile, Independiente Santa Fe)
29: Luizão (Vasco da Gama, Corinthians, Grêmio, São Paulo)
26: Juan Carlos Sánchez (Jorge Wilstermann, Blooming, San José)
26: Luis Artime (Independiente, Nacional)
25: Oswaldo Ramírez (Sport Boys, Universitario, Sporting Cristal)
25: Alberto "Beto" Acosta (San Lorenzo, Boca Juniors, Universidad Católica)
25: Palhinha (Cruzeiro, Corinthians, Atlético Mineiro)

Per nationality:
5: Argentina
3: Uruguay
2: Brazil
1: Ecuador, Colombia, Peru.

Topscorers per club:
7: Peñarol
6: São Paulo
4: Santos, River Plate, Palmeiras, Nacional, Cruzeiro
3: LDU Quito, Alianza Lima, Universitario Lima, Deportivo Cali, Flamengo, Estudiantes, Universidad Católica, Cerro Porteño, Corinthians
2: Boca Juniors, América (Mexico), Deportivo Quito, América Cali, Olimpia, Grêmio.

Memory Lane: goalscorers in South American WC qualifiers, 1970s.

1973
5: Rubén Ayala (Argentina)
3: Morena (Uruguay), Ortiz (Colombia)
2: Escobar, Insfrán & Arrúa (Paraguay), Brindisi (Argentina), Múñoz (Ecuador), Sotil (Peru)
1: Estupiñán (Ecuador), Espárrago, Cubilla & Milar (Uruguay), Morales (Bolivia), Bareiro & Osorio (Paraguay), Fornari & Guerini (Argentina), Ahumada, Crisosto, Farias & Valdez (Chile)

1977
5: Zico (Brazil)
4: Roberto Dinamite (Brazil), Oblitas (Peru)
3: Jiménez & Aguilar (Bolivia), Velásquez (Peru)
2: Jara (Paraguay), F. Marinho & Gil (Brazil), Pizzani & Pereyra (Uruguay), Cubillas (Peru), Figueroa (Chile)
1: Báez (Paraguay), Vilarete (Colombia), Rivellino, Toninho Cerezo & Marcelo (Brazil), Flores & Iriarte (Venezuela), Oliveira (Uruguay), Mezza & Aragonés (Bolivia), Paz (Ecuador), Muñante, Luces, Sotil & Rojas (Peru), Gamboa, Ahumada & Castro (Chile)

South American league titles.

Argentina:
34: River Plate -photo-
30: Boca Juniors
16: Independiente, Racing
13: San Lorenzo
10: Alumni
8: Vélez Sársfield
6: Estudiantes
5: Huracán, Newell's Old Boys, Lomas Athletic
4: Rosario Central
3: Belgrano Athletic, Argentinos Juniors

Brazil:
8: Palmeiras, Santos
6: São Paulo
5: Corinthians, Flamengo
4: Vasco da Gama
3: Fluminense, Internacional
2: Bahia, Botafogo, Cruzeiro, Grêmio

Uruguay:
37: Peñarol -photo-
33: Nacional
4: Defensor Sporting
3: Danubio
1: Bella Vista, Central Español, Progreso

Colombia:
13: Millonarios, América de Cali
11: Atlético Nacional
8: Deportivo Cali
7: Junior Barranquilla, Santa Fe
5: Independiente Medellín
4: Once Caldas

Chile:
29: Colo-Colo
16: Universidad de Chile
10: Universidad Católica
8: Cobreloa
6: Unión Española
4: Audax Italiano, Magallanes, Everton
3: Santiago Wanderers

Paraguay:
39: Olimpia
29: Cerro Porteño
15: Libertad
10: Guaraní
8: Nacional
2: Sol de América, Sportivo Luqueño

Peru:
25: Universitario
22: Alianza Lima
15: Sporting Cristal
6: Sport Boys
4: Deportivo Municipal
3: Universidad San Martín

Ecuador:
13: Barcelona -photo-, El Nacional
10: Emelec, LDU Quito
5: Deportivo Quito
1: Deportivo Cuenca, Olmedo, Everest

Bolivia:
17: Bolívar
9: The Strongest
5: Jorge Wilstermann, Blooming
4: Oriente Petrolero
2: San José

Venezuela:
11: Caracas FC
7: Deportivo Táchira, Unión
6: Dos Caminos
5: Deportivo Italia, Portuguesa
4: Centro Atlético, Deportivo Galicia, Deportivo Portugués, Marítimo.

Copa Libertadores topscorers last ten seasons.

2012
8: Matías Alustiza (Deportivo Quito), Neymar (-picture- , Santos)
7: Dorlan Pabón (Atlético Nacional)
6: Junior Fernándes (Universidad de Chile), Leandro Damião (Internacional), 
5: Emerson (Corinthians), Emanuel Herrera (Unión Española), Javier Orozco (Cruz Azul).

2011
7: Roberto Nanni (Cerro Porteño), Wallyson (Cruzeiro)
6: Neymar (Santos), Lucas Pratto (Universidad Católica)
5: Maximiliano Moralez (Vélez Sársfield), Juan Manuel Olivera (Peñarol), Wason Rentería (Once Caldas)


2010
8: Thiago Ribeiro (Cruzeiro)
7: José Carlos Fernández (Alianza Lima), Kléber (Cruzeiro)
6: Giuliano (Internacional), Luis Tejada (Juan Aurich)
5: Omar Bravo (Guadalajara), Rodolfo Gamarra (Libertad), Mario Regueiro (Nacional), James Rodríguez (Banfield), Washington (São Paulo)


2009
8: Mauro Boselli (Estudiantes)
7: Jorge Núñez (Nacional), Rodrigo Teixeira (Deportivo Cuenca)
6: Keirrison (Palmeiras), Souza (Grêmio)
5: Borges (São Paulo), Darío Figueroa (Caracas), Rodrigo Palacio & Martín Palermo (Boca Juniors), Wellington Paulista (Cruzeiro)


2008
8: Salvador Cabañas (América), Marcelo Moreno Martins (Cruzeiro)
7: Sebastián Abreu (River Plate), Bruno Marioni (Atlas), Thiago Neves (Fluminense), Martín Palermo (Boca Juniors)
6: Adriano (São Paulo), Kléber Pereira & Mauricio Molina (Santos), Washington (Fluminense)


2007
10: Salvador Cabañas (América)
8: Blas Pérez (Cúcuta Deportivo), Juan Román Riquelme (Boca Juniors)
7: Zé Roberto (Santos)
5: Renato (Flamengo), Humberto Suazo (Colo-Colo)


2006
5: Aloísio (São Paulo), Félix Borja (El Nacional), José Luis Calderón (Estudiantes), Patricio Urrutia & Agustín Delgado (LDU Quito), Sebastián Ereros (Vélez Sársfield), Daniel Montenegro & Ernesto Farías (River Plate), Fernandão (Internacional), Washington & Marcinho (Palmeiras), Nilmar (Corinthians), Mariano Pavone (Estudiantes), Jorge Quinteros (Universidad Católica).


2005
9: Santiago Salcedo (Cerro Porteño)
6: Martín Arzuaga (Junior Barranquilla), Daniel Bilos (Banfield), Omar Bravo (Guadalajara), Ernesto Farías (River Plate), Lima (Atlético Paranaense), Andrés Guglielminpietro & Martín Palermo (Boca Juniors), Ricardinho & Robinho (Santos)
5: Rogério Ceni (goalkeeper!, São Paulo), Deivid (Santos), Luizão (São Paulo), Francisco Palencia (Guadalajara), Rodrigão (Santo André)


2004
8: Luís Fabiano (São Paulo)
6: Fernando Cavenaghi (River Plate)
5: Basílio (Santos), Cuauhtémoc Blanco (América), Carlos Bueno (Peñarol), Arnulfo Valentierra (Once Caldas)


2003
9: Marcelo Delgado (Boca Juniors), Ricardo Oliveira (Santos)
8: Julián Vásquez (América de Cali)
6: Carlos Tévez & Guillermo Barros Schelotto (Boca Juniors), Liédson (Corinthians), Hernán Rodrigo López (Olimpia), Róbson (Paysandú), Luis Rueda (Racing Club).

Player ratings Corinthians 2, Boca Juniors 0 [Copa Libertadores final]

1-0 53' Emerson, 2-0 71' Emerson. Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Col). Att:  40.186 (Estádio Pacaembu, São Paulo; 2500 away fans).
Corinthians: Cássio 6,75 - Alessandro 7,50, Chicão 7,00, Leandro Castán 7,25, Fábio Santos 7,25 - Ralf 8,00, Paulinho 8,00, Danilo 7,75, Alex 7,50 (87' Douglas) - Jorge Henrique 7,25 (90' Wallace), Emerson 8,75 (90' Liédson). - coach: Tite. = average: 7,55.
Boca Juniors: Agustín Orión 5,75 (32' Sebastián Sosa 5,75) - Franco Sosa 5,50, Rolando Schiavi 5,00, Matías Caruzzo 5,25, Clemente Rodríguez 5,25 - Pablo Ledesma 6,00 (65' Darío Cvitanich), Leandro Somoza 5,50, Walter Erviti 5,50 - Juan Román Riquelme 5,00 - Pablo Mouche 5,75 (81' Lucas Viatri), Santiago Silva 5,25. - coach:  Julio César Falcioni. = average: 5,46.


Aggregate: Corinthians (3-1) win their first title in the competition.



Atuações de Corinthians x Boca.
Notas Corinthians-Boca.

WC qualifiers: Argentina 1, Bolivia 1.

0-1 56' Marcelo Martins Moreno, 1-1 59' Ezequiel Lavezzi. Att: 35.000 (Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires).
Argentina: Sergio Romero 6,00 - Pablo Zabaleta 6,25, Martín Demichelis 4,25, Nicolás Burdisso 6,25, Clemente Rodríguez 6,25 - Fernando Gago 6,25, Javier Mascherano 5,75 (81' José Sosa), Ricardo Álvarez 5,25 (58' Ezequiel Lavezzi 7,00) - Lionel Messi 6,00, Gonzalo Higuaín 5,75, Javier Pastore 6,00. = average: 5,92.
Bolivia: Carlos Arias 6,75 - Cristian Vargas 6,75, Luis Méndez 6,25, Ronald Rivero 7,00, Luis Gutiérrez 6,25 - Edivaldo Rojas 6,25 (53' Ronald Segovia 6,25), Jaime Robles 6,75, Walter Flores 6,50, Rudy Cardozo 6,75, Pablo Escobar 6,00 (85' José Chávez) - Marcelo Martins Moreno 7,00 (76' Augusto Andaveris). = average: 6,54.