Don Balón Award
From 1976 until 2010, the Spanish sports magazine Don Balón conferred the Don Balón Award to the best Spanish player, the best foreign player, the best referee and the breakthrough player in La Liga. These awards ceased to exist after the closure of the magazine in 2011.
Winners
By foreign player (multiple)
By Spanish player (multiple)
By manager (multiple)
Team of the Decade (2000s)
Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
Iker Casillas | Carles Puyol Paolo Maldini Roberto Carlos | Xavi Zinedine Zidane Ronaldinho | Lionel Messi Samuel Eto'o Ronaldo Raúl |
Player of the Decade (2000s)
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% |