Barcelona forward Neymar has won his second consecutive Samba Gold award, handed annually to the best Brazilian player plying his trade in Europe. The Ballon d'Or contender easily beat Bayern Munich's Douglas Costa and Inter Milan's Felipe Melo in the voting.
Per Frederic Fausser of Sambafoot, Neymar grabbed 37.87 percent of the votes, almost three times as many as Costa (13 percent). Melo finished with 9.37 percent, in large part thanks to fans of former club Galatasaray. The fan vote was combined with those of a panel of journalists and former players.