The captain is recognised by Liga NOS peers

Sporting Clube de Portugal captain Sebastián Coates was presented with February's Liga NOS Defender Of The Month award on Wednesday, receiving the prize at the Academia Sporting.

The Uruguayan racked up 29.41% of the votes from coaches around the Portuguese league, ahead of teammate Pedro Porro (8.5%) and Pepe of FC Porto (7.84%)

“Thank you very much to everybody who voted for me to win this award. I also want to thank my teammates for their help. It is an honour for me to win Defender Of The Month. I hope to continue like this," said Coates.

Playing in a total of six domestic games in the month of February, Coates was his typical solid presence in defence and also scored two goals - both against Gil Vicente FC.