Germany's Celia Sasic named UEFA Best Women’s Player in Europe
Thursday 27 August 2015 18:29, UK
Recently-retired Germany forward Celia Sasic has won the coveted UEFA Best Women’s Player in Europe award.
Sasic beat off competition from former FFC Frankfurt and Germany team-mate Dzsenifer Marozsan and Lyon midfielder Amandine Henry to land the award, which was voted for by a panel of 18 journalists.
Sasic scored the opener as Frankfurt beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 in last season's UEFA Women's Champions League final.
The 27-year-old ended last season as the top scorer in the competition and also topped the goalscoring charts in the German Bundesliga last term.
Capped 111 times by her country, Sasic called time on her career after the 2015 Women's World Cup, where she scored six goals.
"It's amazing [to win this award]," Sasic said after being presented with the trophy at the Champions League draw on Thursday.
"But I also want to say that this is a trophy for my team-mates from the national team and from FFC Frankfurt. I have the best job, I am a striker but my team-mates are the ones who give me good balls, so it's for them too."
Sasic is only the third recipient of the award, following in the footsteps of Nadine Angerer who won it in 2013 and Nadine Kessler who scooped the award last year.
