FIFA Puskás Award

Puskás, one of the top scorers of the 20th century

The FIFA Puskás Award [ˈpuʃkaːʃ] is an award established on 20 October 2009 by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), at the behest of former president Sepp Blatter, in order to award the player, male or female, judged to have scored the most aesthetically significant, or "most beautiful", goal of the year.

The award is in honor of Ferenc Puskás, the striker of Real Madrid at the late 1950s and the 1960s, and central member of the highly successful Hungarian side of the same era. Puskás is widely considered by many to be the most powerful and prolific forward European football produced in first division football, and scored a once world record of 84 goals in 85 internationals. He is one of the top scorers of the 20th century with 512 goals in 528 matches.

"It is important to preserve the memory of those footballing greats who have left their mark on our history. Ferenc Puskás was not only a player with immense talent who won many honours, but also a remarkable man. FIFA is therefore delighted to pay tribute to him by dedicating this award to his memory," said Blatter at the inauguration of the award in Budapest.

The time-frame for the first award was July 2008 to July 2009. The annual award was presented for the first time during the 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year Gala on 21 December in Switzerland, with the Portuguese player Cristiano Ronaldo being the first prize winner.

Criteria

• It should be a beautiful goal (subjective — the spread of goals should include long-range shots, team goals, overhead kicks, individual plays, etc.).
• It should be awarded "without distinction of championship, gender or nationality".^[1]
• It should not be the result of luck, mistakes or a deflection by another player.
• 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.

Winners and Nominees

Scores and results list the player's club goal tally first.

2009

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Score	Competition	Vote percentage
1st	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	Porto	1–0	2008–09 UEFA Champions League	17.68%
2nd	Andrés Iniesta	Barcelona	Chelsea	1–1	2008–09 UEFA Champions League	15.64%
3rd	Grafite	Wolfsburg	Bayern Munich	5–1	2008–09 Bundesliga	13.39%
4th	Eliran Atar	Bnei Yehuda	Maccabi Netanya	1–1	2008–09 Israeli Premier League	13.36%
5th	Fernando Torres	Liverpool	Blackburn Rovers	4–0	2008–09 Premier League	9.44%
6th	Nilmar	Internacional	Corinthians	1–0	2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A	8.71%
7th	Michael Essien	Chelsea	Barcelona	1–1	2008–09 UEFA Champions League	7.89%
8th	Luis Ángel Landín	Cruz Azul	Morelia	1–1	Liga MX Clausura 2009	7.30%
9th	Emmanuel Adebayor	Arsenal	Villarreal	1–1	2008–09 UEFA Champions League	4.04%
10th	Katlego Mphela	South Africa	Spain	3–2	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup	2.59%

2010

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Score	Competition	Vote percentage
1st	Hamit Altıntop	Turkey	Kazakhstan	2–0	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifier	40.55%
2nd	Linus Hallenius	Hammarby	Syrianska	2–0	2010 Superettan	13.23%
3rd	Matty Burrows	Glentoran	Portadown	1–0	2010–11 IFA Premiership	10.61%
Unranked	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	Netherlands	Uruguay	1–0	2010 FIFA World Cup	N/A
	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Valencia	3–0	2009–10 La Liga
	Samir Nasri	Arsenal	Porto	5–0	2009–10 UEFA Champions League
	Neymar	Santos	Santo André	2–1	2010 Campeonato Paulista
	Arjen Robben	Bayern Munich	Schalke 04	1–0	2009–10 DFB-Pokal
	Siphiwe Tshabalala	South Africa	Mexico	1–1	2010 FIFA World Cup
	Kumi Yokoyama	Japan	North Korea	2–1	2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

2011

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Score	Competition	Vote percentage
1st	Neymar	Santos	Flamengo	4–5	2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A	N/A
Unranked	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Arsenal	3–1	2010–11 UEFA Champions League
	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	Manchester City	2–1	2010–11 Premier League
	Benjamin De Ceulaer	Lokeren	Club Brugge	1–2	2011–12 Belgian Pro League
	Giovani dos Santos	Mexico	United States	4–2	2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup
	Julio Gómez	Mexico	Germany	3–2	2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup
	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Milan	Lecce	1–1	2010–11 Serie A
	Lisandro López	Arsenal de Sarandí	Olimpo	2–2	Argentine Primera División Apertura 2011
	Heather O'Reilly	United States	Colombia	3–0	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
	Dejan Stanković	Inter Milan	Schalke 04	2–5	2010–11 UEFA Champions League

2012

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Score	Competition	Vote percentage[2]
1st	Miroslav Stoch	Fenerbahçe	Gençlerbirliği	6–1	2011–12 Süper Lig	78%
2nd	Radamel Falcao	Atlético Madrid	América de Cali	2–1	Friendly	15%
3rd	Neymar	Santos	Internacional	3–1	2012 Copa Libertadores	7%
Unranked	Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu	Ghana	Guinea	1–1	2012 Africa Cup of Nations	N/A
	Hatem Ben Arfa	Newcastle United	Blackburn Rovers	2–1	2011–12 FA Cup
	Eric Hassli	Vancouver Whitecaps	Toronto FC	1–1	2012 Canadian Championship
	Olivia Jiménez	Mexico	Switzerland	2–0	2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
	Gastón Mealla	Nacional Potosí	The Strongest	2–2	2011–12 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
	Lionel Messi	Argentina	Brazil	4–3	Friendly
	Moussa Sow	Fenerbahçe	Galatasaray	2–2	2011–12 Süper Lig

2013

The following list includes the nominees for the 2013 award. Voting was possible through the FIFA.com website until 9 December 2013, after a second voting round was held between the top three goals from the first round. The award to the winning goal from the second round was presented on 13 January 2014.

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Score	Competition	Vote percentage[3]
1st	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Sweden	England	4–2	Friendly	48.7%
2nd	Nemanja Matić	Benfica	Porto	2–2	2012–13 Primeira Liga	30.8%
3rd	Neymar	Brazil	Japan	3–0	2013 FIFA Confederations Cup	20.5%
Unranked	Peter Ankersen	Esbjerg	Aarhus	5–1	2013–14 Superliga	N/A
	Lisa De Vanna	Sky Blue	Boston Breakers	5–1	2013 National Women's Soccer League
	Antonio Di Natale	Udinese	Chievo	3–1	2012–13 Serie A
	Panagiotis Kone	Bologna	Napoli	2–3	2012–13 Serie A
	Louisa Cadamuro	Lyon	Saint-Étienne	5–0	2012–13 Division 1 Féminine
	Daniel Ludueña	Pachuca	UANL	2–1	Liga MX Apertura 2013
	Juan Manuel Olivera	Náutico	Recife	2–0	2013 Copa Sudamericana

2014

The nominees for 2014 were announced on 12 November.^[4]

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Score	Competition	Vote percentage[5]
1st	James Rodríguez	Colombia	Uruguay	2–0	2014 FIFA World Cup	42%
2nd	Stephanie Roche	Peamount United	Wexford Youths	2–0	2013–14 Irish Women's National League	33%
3rd	Robin van Persie	Netherlands	Spain	5–1	2014 FIFA World Cup	11%
Unranked	Tim Cahill	Australia	Netherlands	2–3	2014 FIFA World Cup	N/A
	Diego Costa	Atlético Madrid	Getafe	7–0	2013–14 La Liga
	Marco Fabián	Cruz Azul	Puebla	1–0	Liga MX clausura 2014
	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Paris Saint-Germain	Bastia	4–0	2013–14 Ligue 1
	Pajtim Kasami	Fulham	Crystal Palace	4–1	2013–14 Premier League
	Camilo Sanvezzo	Vancouver Whitecaps	Portland Timbers	2–2	2013 MLS
	Hisato Satō	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kawasaki Frontale	2–1	2014 J. League Division 1

2015

FIFA announced the list of 10 nominees in 12 November 2015.^[6]

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Score	Competition	Vote percentage[7]
1st	Wendell Lira	Goianésia	Atlético Goianiense	2–1	2015 Campeonato Goiano	46.7%
2nd	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Athletic Bilbao	3–1	2014–15 Copa del Rey	33.3%
3rd	Alessandro Florenzi	Roma	Barcelona	1–1	2015–16 UEFA Champions League	7.1%
Unranked	David Ball	Fleetwood Town	Preston North End	2–2	2014–15 League One	N/A
	Chory Castro	Real Sociedad	Deportivo La Coruña	1–1	2014–15 La Liga
	Carli Lloyd	United States	Japan	5–2	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
	Philippe Mexès	Milan	Inter Milan	1–0	2015 International Champions Cup[note 1]
	Marcel Ndjeng	Paderborn	Bolton Wanderers	4–1	Friendly
	Esteban Ramírez	Herediano	Deportivo Saprissa	3–2	2014-15 FPD Invierno
	Carlos Tevez	Juventus	Parma	7–0	2014–15 Serie A

2016

FIFA announced the list of 10 nominees in 21 November 2016.^[8]

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Score	Competition	Vote percentage
TBA	Mohd Faiz Subri	Penang	Pahang	4–1	2016 Malaysia Super League	TBA
	Marlone	Corinthians	Cobresal	3–0	2016 Copa Libertadores
	Daniuska Rodríguez	Venezuela	Paraguay	1–0	2016 South American U-17 Women's Championship
Unranked	Mario Gaspar	Spain	England	1–0	Friendly	N/A
	Hlompho Kekana	South Africa	Cameroon	2–1	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
	Lionel Messi	Argentina	United States	2–0	Copa América Centenario
	Neymar	Barcelona	Villarreal	3–0	2015–16 La Liga
	Hal Robson-Kanu	Wales	Belgium	2–1	UEFA Euro 2016
	Saúl Ñíguez	Atlético Madrid	Bayern Munich	1–0	2015–16 UEFA Champions League
	Simon Skrabb	Åtvidabergs	Gefle	1–0	2015 Allsvenskan

Most Nominations Received

Player	Time
Lionel Messi[9]	5
Neymar[9]	5
Zlatan Ibrahimović	3

See also

• FIFA Ballon d'Or

Notes

1. A friendly tournament.

References

1. "Rules Of Allocation" (PDF). Retrieved 12 January 2015.
2. "FIFA Puskás Award 2012 – Results" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
3. "FIFA Puskás Award 2013 – Results" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
4. "FIFA Puskás Award: Ten best goals of the year announced". FIFA.com. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
5. "FIFA Puskás award 2014 – results" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
6. "FIFA Puskás Award 2015 Nominees". FIFA.com. 12 November 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
7. "FIFA Puskás award 2015 – results" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
8. "FIFA Puskás Award 2016 Nominees". FIFA.com. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
9. "FC Barcelona's Neymar Jr and Leo Messi, up for the 2016 Puskas Award | FC Barcelona". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 21 November 2016.

External links

• Official website
• Previous Editions Winners List