Sporting target named Portuguese league’s best player for August | OneFootball

Clayton, the Rio Ave striker who was linked with Sporting, has been named as the Forward of the Month for the Liga Portugal Betclic, for August, during which he scored five goals in three matches. The Brazilian collected 46.03% of the main coaches' preferences in the competition.

In this way, the forward outperformed the competition from Guilherme Schettine (Moreirense), who gathered 18.25% of the votes, and Pablo (Gil Vicente), who added up 9.52%. The Rio Ave forward scored twice in the draws against Arouca (3-3) and Braga (2-2) and scored a goal in the draw with Nacional (1-1), a record that gives him the status of top scorer in the Liga Portugal Betclic.

Furthermore, he was also the choice of Rio Ave fans when it came to electing the best player of the month of August: "Last season, I also won this award and I managed to have a very good season. This award gives me the desire to continue working and focusing on my goals to have another very good season," said the forward, in statements to the media from Vila do Conde.

The player expressed happiness for the moment he is going through: "All individual awards are the result of collective work, the help of my colleagues in creating opportunities to score. This is fundamental to achieve these numbers. I thank the fans for voting for me and for all the support they have given in the games, away and at home. I invite them to come back to seek our first victory in the championship," he added.

This season, with the Rio Ave jersey, Clayton - valued at 5 million euros - has five goals and one assist in just three games played, after being the fourth top scorer in the National Championship (14) in 2024/25, a list headed by Viktor Gyokeres (39).

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