Second top scorer in the Champions League, with 136 goals, only beaten by the Dane Mathias Gidsel, 'Kiko' Costa receives the award for best young player two years after his brother Martim Costa was awarded.

In addition to helping Sporting reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Francisco Costa was also crucial in Portugal's unprecedented fifth place in the European Championship, in which he was elected the best young player and the best right-back.

The Frenchwoman Sarah Bouktit (Metz) and the Danish goalkeeper Emil Nielsen (FC Barcelona) were chosen as the best players of the season, with the also Frenchwoman Lylou Borg (Metz) being the best young player.