Mohd Faiz Subri award received FIFA Puskás Award
Penang
After cutting short his stay with Terengganu FA, Faiz signed a contract with Penang FA along with his Terengganu FA teammate Mazlizam Mohamad. He helped Penang FA  earn second place in the 2015 Malaysia Premier League, and the team was consequently promoted to the 2016 Malaysia Super League.
On 16 February 2016, Faiz scored an incredible free kick in a 4–1 win over Pahang FA at the City Stadium in George Town. Videos of his free kick soon went viral on social media, and he was nominated by the Football Association of Malaysia for the FIFA Puskás Award later that year.
In 2017, Faiz was awarded the FIFA Puskás Award for that free kick goal, becoming the first-ever Asian to have won the international award for the best goal of the year.FIFA Puskás Award 2016
On 16 February 2016, during the 2016 Malaysia Super League match between Penang and Pahang at the City Stadium in George Town, Penang, Faiz scored an incredible free kick which subsequently went viral on social media for its 'physics-defying flight'. The free kick he took was described as 'a swerve so wicked that the goalkeeper... stood no chance'.The free kick goal he scored was nominated for the FIFA Puskás Award later that year by the Football Association of Malaysia. The nomination was accepted by FIFA, and Faiz subsequently made it all the way to FIFA's top 3 shortlist for the Puskás Award, beating the likes of professional stars such as Lionel Messi and Neymar.
On 9 January 2017, Faiz was awarded the FIFA Puskás Award during The Best FIFA Football Awards in Zurich, Switzerland. He garnered nearly 60% of the online votes, while Brazilian Marlone and Venezuelan Daniuska Rodriguez came in second and third places respectively. He is also the first Asian footballer to win the FIFA Puskás Award. Faiz Subri becomes the eighth player to collect this award after Cristiano Ronaldo (2009), Hamit Altintop (2010), Neymar (2011), Miroslav Stoch (2012), Zlatan Ibrahimović (2013), James Rodríguez (2014) and Wendell Lira (2015).
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