Jacynta Galabadaarachchi was honoured at the PFA Scotland Awards on Sunday night, picking up the inaugural Women’s Young Player of the Year Award.

Jacynta Galabadaarachchi looks set to become a big name — as well as a long one — having won the PFA Scotland women’s young player of the year award in her first full season since she joined Celtic from West Ham United.

Galabadaarachchi joined Celtic from Napoli back in February of last year, and she is certain that she made the right move in joining a club and league that is heading in the right direction.

“Fran Alonso the coach contacted my agent,” she said. “He actually played against me when I was at West Ham and he was with Lewes FC. It was a cup game and he said he was really interested. I liked the way Fran coaches and when I heard it was Celtic I was like: ‘yes of course.’

“This is the first year that there has been a professional league and you can tell the difference already. It is heading in the right direction. It just needs to keep going. Hopefully we will be treated equally like the men one day but it’s heading in the right direction.

“I don’t know what the secret is “I’ve got a great team around me and I could not have won this award without all the girls and all the staff members.”  I actually started off quite slowly this season but then I got into the rhythm of things.