The 2024 Copa America came to a conclusion this past weekend with Argentina winning the trophy for a second consecutive time. The individual awards were also handed out as part of the presentation ceremony.
Below, you’ll find all the individual awards winners from the Copa America 2024 presentation ceremony.
Copa America 2024 individual award winners revealed
Golden Boot (Top scorer): Lautaro Martinez (Argentina)
Lautaro Martinez lost his starting spot during the 2022 World Cup.
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Two years later, while primarily coming off the bench, he scored the winning goal in the Copa América final and finished as the tournament's leading goal scorer (5) 👏 pic.twitter.com/oCopAZZkWp
Lautaro Martinez scored the winning goal in the final after coming off the bench to make it five goals in the tournament. The Inter Milan captain finished as the top scorer of the competition and picked up the Golden Boot Award before lifting the trophy with the rest of the team.
Best Player: James Rodriguez (Colombia)
James Rodríguez wins Best Player of the Tournament of Copa América.
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He finished with an all-time tournament record 6 assists 👏 pic.twitter.com/BzYg80y8Dk
James Rodriguez was perhaps the biggest revelation of this year’s Copa America. The former Real Madrid playmaker was back to his best, scoring one goal and providing six assists as his side made it to the finals. However, in spite of the Sao Paulo midfielder pulling the strings in the final, they just weren’t able to get the ball over the line.
Nevertheless, Rodriguez was deservingly named the player of the tournament in spite of the defeat in the final.
Golden Glove (Best Goalkeeper): Emiliano Martinez (Argentina)
• Copa America 2021 Goalkeeper of the Tournament.
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• World Cup 2022 Goalkeeper of the Tournament.
• Copa America 2024 Goalkeeper of the Tournament.
Emiliano Martínez, historical goalkeeper. pic.twitter.com/IhsUviPubT
After Lionel Messi, Emiliano Martinez is without a doubt Argentina’s most important player. The Aston Villa goalkeeper won them the 2022 World Cup on penalties, and also played a crucial part in helping the team keep a clean sheet in the final as they won the trophy for a second consecutive time.
Fair Play Award: Colombia
How many times have Argentina won Copa America?
16 times, more than any other team
