Sporting player shines again, wins league's best young player award | OneFootball

Carolina Santiago’s breakthrough period has gained another standout chapter. The forward for Sporting’s women’s football team won the Liga BPI Best Young Player award for the second consecutive season, an honour given by the Players’ Union.

In the league, the green-and-white player scored eight goals and provided one assist in 18 matches, proving decisive at several moments throughout the season. In the vote organised by the Players’ Union, which combines the choices of the competition’s coaches (60%) with the public online vote (40%), Carolina Santiago received 23.55% of the votes, finishing ahead of Erica Meg of Valadares Gaia and Carolina Tristão of Benfica.

In addition to her performances in Liga BPI, the young attacker also made her mark in European competitions. Carolina Santiago made her debut in the UEFA Women’s Champions League (playoff) and the UEFA Women’s Europa Cup, scoring one goal against Roma and two goals in the second European competition.

Her progress also led Francisco Neto to call her up to the National Team for the first time, in October 2025. Since then, Carolina Santiago has already earned seven caps, with three goals and one assist in the qualification phase for the 2027 World Cup.

. , behind Benfica, Carolina Santiago was one of the most prominent figures.

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