Which midfielder won the South American Footballer of the Year award?
2009 South American Footballer of the Year: The 2009 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 Juan Sebastián Verón of Estudiantes de La Plata on December 31, 2009. Juan Sebastián Verón:  A former midfielder, Verón's career started in Estudiantes, continued in Argentina's Boca Juniors, and included stints in several clubs in the Italian Serie A (where he won the "Scudetto" with Lazio and with Internazionale, and a UEFA Cup with Parma), and England's Manchester United and Chelsea.
Juan Sebastián Verón