Midfielder João Mario of Benfica has been voted the Footballer of the Year in December and January of the Portuguese 1st Football League, the contest organization announced this Friday.
The 30-year-old Portugal international, who has scored 17 goals and provided nine assists in all competitions this season, was already named the best midfielder of the tournament in those months.
One of the undisputed “eleven” “embodied” scored a total of 28.89% of the votes of the coaches of the race, ahead of Fran Navarro (Gil Vicente), who scored 17.04%, as well as Oday Dabbaga (Aroca) and Galeno (FC Porto), both with 5.93%.
During the evaluation period, João Mario scored four goals in six matches.
In other awards, Benfica’s German coach Roger Schmidt was chosen as the best coach, Spaniard Gil Vicente Fran Navarro as the best striker, Benfica’s Spaniard Grimaldo as the best defender and FC Porto Diogo Costa goalkeeper as the best goalkeeper. .