FIFA Puskás Award

The FIFA Puskás Award is an award that is organized by FIFA. It is awarded to the player who scored the best goal in each year. The award was first awarded in 2009.The winner of the

FIFA Puskas Award is selected through voting process.

FIFA Puskás Award Media

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  Cristiano Ronaldo is the first recipient of the award for this long range goal from 40 yards out. Former Dutch international Ruud Gullit called it a "perfect strike", while former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson said "I would have to go a long way back in the memory bank to find another one like that!"

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  Zlatan Ibrahimović's 35-yard overhead kick with his back to goal won him praise from players and pundits, with the BBC describing it as a goal that "combined unfathomable imagination and expert technique".

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  James Rodríguez's volley was described as "one of the greatest goals the World Cup has ever seen" by Uruguayan manager Óscar Tabárez, who also called Rodríguez "the best player in the World Cup".

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  Olivier Giroud's backheeled "scorpion kick" volley was described by then-Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger as one of the five best in his Arsenal reign.

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  Lionel Messi has been nominated a record 7 times, more than any other in the award's history, but has never won the award.