The Samba Gold Trophy is awarded to the best Brazilian player in Europe. In similar fashion to last year, Sambafoot called upon you the public, a dream team of eleven ex-players, as well as eleven world-renowned journalists and experts to participate in this years voting.
The group of experts and journalists included the likes of Tim Vickery (BBC), Eric Frosio (L’Equipe) and Walquir Mota (Canal +).
Check out which expert voted for who this year and don’t forget to cast your vote before the end of day – when voting closes.
PAULO CÉSAR VASCONCELOS – JOURNALIST – SPORTV – BRAZIL
Samba Gold – Alex (Fenerbahce)
Samba Silver – Hernánes (Lazio)
Samba Bronze – Diego Alves (Valencia)
TINO MARCOS – REPORTER – TV GLOBO – BRAZIL
Samba Gold – Thiago Silva (Milan)
Samba Silver – Hernánes (Lazio)
Samba Bronze – Daniel Alves (Lazio)
CARLOS ALBERTO PARREIRA – FORMER COACH – BRAZIL
Samba Gold – Daniel Alves (Barcelona)
Samba Silver – Hulk (Portugal)
Samba Bronze – Thiago Silva (Milan)
NEY FRANCO – COACH – BRAZIL
Samba Gold – Hernánes (Lazio)
Samba Silver – Daniel Alves (Barcelona)
Samba Bronze – Hulk (Porto)
WALQUIR MOTA – JOURNALIST – CANAL + – FRANCE
Samba Gold – Hulk (Porto)
Samba Silver – Thiago Silva (Milan)
Samba Bronze – David Luiz (Chelsea
MALDINI – JOURNALIST – AS – SPAIN
Samba Gold – Marcelo (Real Madrid)
Samba Silver – Daniel Alves (Barcelona)
Samba Bronze – Hulk (Porto)
TIM VICKERY – JOURNALIST – BBC – ENGLAND
Samba Gold – Thiago Silva (Milan)
Samba Silver – Ramires (Chelsea)
Samba Bronze – Hulk (Porto)
ALEXANDRE GOLDENBERG – REPORTER – TV 2 +2 – UKRAINE
Samba Gold – Daniel Alves (Barcelona)
Samba Silver – Hulk (Portugal)
Samba Bronze – Pato (Milan)
GERD WENZEL – JOURNALIST – ESPN – GERMANY
Samba Gold – Daniel Alves (Barcelona)
Samba Silver – Marcelo (Real Madrid)
Samba Bronze – Robinho (Milan)
ANDY BRASSELL – FREELANCE JOURNALIST – England
Samba Gold – Hulk (Porto)
Samba Silver – Thiago Silva (Milan)
Samba Bronze – Lucas Leiva (Liverpool)
ERIC FROSIO – JOURNALIST – L’TEAM – FRANCE
Samba Gold – Nenê (PSG)
Samba Silver – Hulk (Portugal)
Samba Bronze – Hernánes (Lazio)
Check out the Journalists and Experts’ Samba Gold leader board
| Player | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Daniel Alves (Barcelona) | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Hulk (Porto) | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Thiago Silva (AC Milan) | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Hernánes (Lazio) | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Marcelo (Real Madrid) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nenê (PSG) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex (Fenerbahce) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramires (Chelsea) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lucas Leiva (Liverpool) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Robinho (AC Milan) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pato (AC Milan) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| David Luiz (Chelsea) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Diego Alves (Valencia) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
