Barcelona superstar Neymar has scooped the Samba Gold Award , which recognises the best Brazilian player in European football . The annual award by French organisation Sambafoot collects over 150,000 votes worldwide as well as opinions from respected journalists and former players . The 23-year-old edged out compatriots Miranda of Atletico Madrid and Galatasaray midfielder Felipe Melo after an impressive 2014 season at the Nou Camp . Neymar has scooped the Samba Gold Award , which recognises the best Brazilian player in European football . Neymar returned to Barcelona from international duty to pick up the Samba Gold Award . The Brazilian was involved in his country 's 1-0 friendly defeat of Chile at the Emirates on Sunday . 2008 Kaka . 2009 Luis Fabiano . 2010 Maicon . 2011 Thiago Silva . 2012 Thiago Silva . 2013 Thiago Silva . 2014 Neymar . Neymar has scored 26 goals in all competitions for Luis Enrique 's side to follow PSG defender Thiago Silva who has collected the award for the past three seasons . This was the seventh edition of an accolade that has been presented since 2008 with past winners including Kaka and Maicon . Meanwhile , Neymar has responded to Gary Medel 's accusation of 'theatrics ' by saying he does not know who the Chile midfielder is . The pair were involved in Brazil 's feisty 1-0 defeat of Chile in an international friendly on Sunday before the former Cardiff enforcer accused Neymar of play acting . ' I do n't know Medel , I do n't know who he is . If he says that it is theatre , from there I will say nothing else . Only that it was a tough match , ' he told Mediaset . Thiago Silva ( left ) had collected the last three Samba Gold Award while playing for PSG . Neymar claimed not to know who Gary Medel was after being stamped on by the Chilean at the Emirates .
Barcelona superstar recognised as best Brazil player in Europe . Neymar beat Miranda and Felipe Melo to win the Samba Gold Award . PSG defender Thiago Silva had won award for last three seasons .