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Barcelona and Netherlands midfielder Lieke Martens wins UEFA Women’s Player award

By Dev Trehan

Thursday 24 August 2017 23:40, UK

Cristiano Ronaldo awarded "Best Men's Player in Europe" alongside " Best Womans player in Europe" Netherlands Lieke Martens
Image: Like Martens and Cristiano Ronaldo pose with their awrds

Netherlands international Lieke Martens has been crowned UEFA Women’s Player of the Year.

Martens was instrumental in the Netherlands Women's Euro 2017 triumph on home soil this summer. She scored three goals and supplied two assists as the Dutch won the first international title in their history.

Lieke Martens has produced a string of impressive performances for Netherlands at the Euros
Image: Martens was named Player of the Tournament at the Women's Euros

The 24-year-old Barcelona forward, who will play club football alongside England international Toni Duggan next season, beat off competition from Germany's Dzsenifer Marozsan and Denmark's Pernille Harder to land the award.

"This is so amazing," Martens said upon receiving the accolade at the Champions League group stage draw.

"This is a big honour. I am really proud but I couldn't have achieved this without my team-mates. I'm speechless."

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo won the men's award, beating Lionel Messi and Gianluigi Buffon to the prize.

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