FIFA Puskás Award

The FIFA Puskás Award  is an association football award that is organized by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The award was created in 2009, in order to award the male or female judged to have scored the most aesthetically significant, or "most beautiful", goal of a year. The Puskás award is announced yearly and is decided by voting.

The award is named after former Real Madrid striker Ferenc Puskás. Puskás played during the 1950s and 1960s, and was part of the Hungarian "golden team".

The voting was done by fans of the sport until 2018 on FIFA's official website. This was changed after a controversy with the 2018 edition of the award, and is now decided by pundits selected by FIFA.

Award criteria
It should be an "absolutely beautiful goal" (subjective, but decided by voting and judgement from experts  — the spread of goals should include long-range shots, team goals, rabona, overhead kicks, individual plays, scorpion kicks, etc.).
 It should be awarded "without distinction of championship, gender or nationality".
 It should not be the result of luck, mistakes, deflection by another player or the player in an offside position.
 It should support fair play, i.e. the player should not have behaved badly in the game or have been charged with doping, for example.
  The player cannot be nominated with two different goals.

Winners

YearRankPlayerTeam Scored ForTeam Scored AgainstVote Percentage20091st Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United Porto17.68%2nd Andrés Iniesta Barcelona Chelsea15.64%3rd Grafite VfL Wolfsburg Bayern Munich13.39%20101st Hamit Altıntop 40.55%2nd Linus Hallenius Hammarby IF Syrianska FC13.23%3rd Giovanni van Bronckhorst10.61%20111st Neymar Santos Flamengo N/A2nd Lionel Messi Barcelona Arsenal3rd Wayne Rooney Manchester United Manchester City20121st Miroslav Stoch Fenerbahçe Gençlerbirliği 78%2nd Radamel Falcao Atlético Madrid América de Cali 15%3rd Neymar Santos Internacional 7%20131st Zlatan Ibrahimović 48.7%2nd Nemanja Matić Benfica Porto 30.8%3rd Neymar 20.5%20141st James Rodríguez 42%2nd Stephanie Roche Peamount United Wexford Youths 33%3rd Robin van Persie 11%20151st Wendell Lira Goianésia Atlético Goianiense 46.7%2nd Lionel Messi Barcelona Athletic Bilbao 33.3%3rd Alessandro Florenzi Roma Barcelona 7.1%20161st Mohd Faiz Subri Penang Pahang 59.46%2nd Marlone Corinthians Cobresal 22.86%3rd Daniuska Rodríguez 10.01%20171st Olivier Giroud Arsenal Crystal Palace 36.17%2nd Oscarine Masuluke Baroka Orlando Pirates 27.48%3rd Deyna Castellanos 20.47%20181st Mohamed Salah Liverpool Everton 38%2nd Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid Juventus 22%3rd Giorgian de Arrascaeta Cruzeiro América Mineiro 17%20191st Dániel Zsóri Debrecen Ferencváros N/A2nd Lionel Messi Barcelona Real Betis3rd Juan Fernando Quintero River Plate Racing Club20201st Son Heung-min Tottenham Hotspur Burnley N/A2nd Giorgian de Arrascaeta Flamengo Ceará3rd Luis Suárez Barcelona Mallorca20211st Erik Lamela Tottenham Hotspur Arsenal N/A2nd Mehdi Taremi Porto Chelsea3rd Patrik Schick20221st Marcin Oleksy Warta Poznań Stal Rzeszów N/A2nd Dimitri Payet Marseille PAOK3rd Richarlison20231st Guilherme Madruga Botafogo-SP Novorizontino N/A2nd Nuno Santos Sporting CP Boavista3rd Julio Enciso Brighton & Hove Albion Manchester City20241st Alejandro Garnacho Manchester United Everton N/A2nd Yassine Benzia3rd Denis Omedi Kitara KCCA20251st Santiago Montiel Independiente Independiente Rivadavia N/A2nd Declan Rice Arsenal Real Madrid3rd Lamine Yamal Barcelona Espanyol20261st    TBD2nd3rd

 Awards won by nationality 
CountryWinsYears2011, 2015, 20232021, 202420092010201220132014201620172018201920202022

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