Alberto Costa was April’s best young player in the league | OneFootball

The Players’ Union named Aberto Costa the Best Young Player of the league in April. In the same period, Liga Portugal chose Diogo Costa as Best Goalkeeper, Jan Bednarek as Best Defender, Victor Froholdt as Best Midfielder and Francesco Farioli as Best Coach.

A starter in all four matches played in April, Alberto Costa scored against FC Famalicão (2-2) and provided two assists in the away games at Estoril (1-3) and Amadora (1-2), contributing to FC Porto’s run toward winning their 31st national title.

Chosen by the coaches and captains of the top flight for the Liga Portugal Team of the Year, the 22-year-old full-back also stood out as the defender with the most key passes in the latest edition of the league (nine).

In the monthly vote organized by the Players’ Union, Alberto Costa received 13.48% of the votes and finished ahead of Rodrigo Pinheiro (10.79%) and Gustavo Sá (10.73%), both from FC Famalicão.

The Primeira Liga Young Player of the Month is determined based on the average ratings awarded by the sports newspapers A Bola, O Jogo and Record during the voting period (final weighting of 60%), the choices of a Technical Committee appointed by the Union, made up of former players Anselmo, João Paulo, José Carlos, Manuel José, Rebelo and Tiago Pereira (final weighting of 20%), and the online vote held at www.sjogadores.pt (final weighting of 20%).

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