Sporting Lisbon youngster Tiago Ilori has been named best young player of the month of March by the Union of Professional Footballers (SJPF).<br /><br />The 20 - year - old Portugal youth - teamer started the season in the B Team but was quickly drafted into the main squad following a string of sterling displays.<br /><br />According to Union of Professional Footballers official website, <span style=""><a href="http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&amp;ei=KUVoUdGiF6XV0QWSlYCgDQ&amp;hl=en&amp;prev=/search%3Fq%3DSJPF%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D572&amp;rurl=translate.google.com.ng&amp;sl=pt&amp;u=http://www.sjpf.pt/&amp;usg=ALkJrhgBijlq867EnJHRjEF1WQFmQjsPvg">www.sjpf.pt</a></span>, Ilori got 25.1 percent of the votes cast.<br /><br />Amido Balde (Guimaraes), Tiago Rodrigues (Guimaraes) and Hannibal Chapel (Moreirense) were ranked second, third and fourth respectively.<br /><br />The finalists for the award were picked by Portugal's most respected journalists from A Bola, Record and O jogo.<br /><br />Photo Credit: ogol.com.br<span class="irc_iis" id="irc_hd"><a data-ved="0CAcQjB0wAA" href="http://www.google.com.ng/url?sa=i&amp;source=images&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;docid=Yj1WraFrAsGWOM&amp;tbnid=7gzkRqxiUAH3KM:&amp;ved=0CAcQjB0wAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ogol.com.br%2Ffoto.php%3Fid%3D62585&amp;ei=c0o3Ufa8B4fXPeXfgNgK&amp;psig=AFQjCNHcf2Ko32C_p6ifp_m78PPCvQBaHw&amp;ust=1362664435186833" class="irc_itl" id="irc_hol"><span id="irc_ho"></span></a><span id="irc_dim"></span></span><br /><br /><br />&nbsp;<br />