The Club Brugge midfielder Hans Vanaken has won this year’s Golden Boot award for the best male footballer playing in the Belgian league. The award for best female Belgian footballer went to Inter Milan’s Tessa Wullaert.
With 619 points Hans Vanaken (photo bellow) finished well ahead of the former Union Saint-Gilloise midfielder Cameron Puertas that finished second with 422. This year’s Golden Boot is the third of Hans Vanaken’s career so far.
Club Brugge also took several other awards at the ceremony that was held in the West Flemish coastal resort of Middelkerke on Tuesday evening. With three Golden Boots Hans Vanaken is now on a par with the late Wilfried Van Moer and the Club Brugge legend Jan Ceulemans.
A 5th Golden Boot for Tessa Wullaert
The Inter Milan and Belgian national women’s team midfielder Tessa Tessa Wullaert wrote history on Tuesday evening when she took the 5th Golden Boot of her career so far.
With 200 points, the 31-year-old Inter Milan and Belgian national women’s team player took also double the number of points won by her teammate Marie Detruyer that came second on 102 points.