Colombia's Teofilo Gutierrez voted top footballer in Americas

Colombia's Teofilo Gutierrez was voted the best football player of 2014 in the Americas, according to a poll published Wednesday.

A survey of sports reporters in the region, carried out by Uruguay's El Pais daily, put Gutierrez, 29, in first place.

Gutierrez, who became only the second Colombian to win the award after Carlos Valderrama, garnered 102 votes to win the title of "King of the Americas", 63 votes more than Uruguay's Carlos Sanchez. Both play for Argentine club River Plate.

"Gutierrez was one of the most important players for coach Marcelo Gallardo, who led River to win this year's Copa Sudamericana and put up quite a fight for the title of the Argentine League, said El Pais.

Gutierrez was also "key in Colombia's national team lineup ... first as it qualified for the 2014 Brazil World Cup and later during the cup itself, where he scored a goal," the daily added.

Colombia's coach, the Argentine-born Jose Pekerman, was voted the year's best coach in the Americas, for the third year in a row.

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