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FIFA Puskás Award facts for kids

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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.

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  • Zlatan Ibrahimović-2

    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".

  • James Rodriguez

    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".

  • Arsenal Vs Burnley (24642895021) (cropped)

    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.

  • Zsóri Dániel

    Dániel Zsóri became the first Hungarian to win the award.

  • Lamela CSKA Tott 2016 (cropped)

    Erik Lamela was the second straight Tottenham Hotspur player to win the award.

  • Lionel Messi 2018

    Lionel Messi has been nominated a record 7 times, more than any other in the award's history.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Premio Puskás para niños

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