Provide the highlights for the following article:\n    PARIS, France -- AC NAME_1's Brazilian midfielder NAME_2 has been named European player of the year, lifting France Football's NAME_3 d'Or award. NAME_2 has already claimed all of the game's major prizes. His success comes two years after his fellow countryman, Barcelona's Ronaldinho, claimed the award . The 25-year-old NAME_2 was a major factor in AC NAME_1's triumphant Champions League campaign. The runner-up was Manchester United's Portuguese winger NAME_4 with Barcelona's Argentinian midfielder NAME_5 finishing third. \"This is very special for me - it culminates an astonishing year for me,\" NAME_2 said. \"It's the top prize around and the only way to win something like this is to play for a team like AC NAME_1. It's great to be part of a team that wins.\" At 25 years old, he has already won all the game's major prizes, individually and collectively. He was part of Brazil's 2002 World Cup winning squad, although he was limited to just 19 minutes as a substitute against Costa Rica. He was top scorer in last season's Champions League, helping NAME_1 to avenge their loss to Liverpool in the 2005 final. He won the Italian domestic title in his first season at NAME_1 having joined from Brazilians Sao Paulo for$ 8.5 million, a sum that NAME_1 president NAME_6 then described as peanuts. E-mail to a friend .\n    ", "article": "PARIS, France -- AC NAME_1's Brazilian midfielder NAME_2 has been named European player of the year, lifting France Football's NAME_3 d'Or award. NAME_2 has already claimed all of the game's major prizes. His success comes two years after his fellow countryman, Barcelona's Ronaldinho, claimed the award . The 25-year-old NAME_2 was a major factor in AC NAME_1's triumphant Champions League campaign. The runner-up was Manchester United's Portuguese winger NAME_4 with Barcelona's Argentinian midfielder NAME_5 finishing third. \"This is very special for me - it culminates an astonishing year for me,\" NAME_2 said. \"It's the top prize around and the only way to win something like this is to play for a team like AC NAME_1. It's great to be part of a team that wins.\" At 25 years old, he has already won all the game's major prizes, individually and collectively. He was part of Brazil's 2002 World Cup winning squad, although he was limited to just 19 minutes as a substitute against Costa Rica. He was top scorer in last season's Champions League, helping NAME_1 to avenge their loss to Liverpool in the 2005 final. He won the Italia