EFE Trophy

EFE is a Spanish news agency created in 1939 by Ramón Serrano Súñer and Manuel Aznar Zubigaray while the former was Spain's minister of the press and propaganda.

Employees in Spain are represented by several labor unions. EFE has about 40 employees in the United States who voted on Sept. 29, 2005, to be represented by the News Media Guild. Workers ratified a first labor contract in Dec. 2006, marking the first time the company had ever reached such an agreement outside Spain.

Ibero-America is formed by all Spanish-speaking countries in America in addition to Brazil which is Portuguese-speaking, but excludes the French speaking countries Haiti, French Guyana, Martinique and Guadeloupe.

Trofeo EFE Best Iberoamerican Soccer Player of the Spanish League

• 1998-1999 Fernando Redondo (Argentina)
• 1999-2000 Martín Herrera (Argentina)
• 2000-2001 Roberto Acuña (Paraguay)
• 2001-2002 Javier Saviola (Argentina)
• 2002-2003 Ronaldo (Brazil)
• 2003-2004 Ronaldinho (Brazil)
• 2004-2005 Diego Forlán (Uruguay)
• 2005-2006 Pablo Aimar (Argentina)
• 2006-2007 Lionel Messi (Argentina)