5 most beautiful FIFA Puskás Award-winning goals

Significance of the FIFA Puskás Award

The prestigious award was established in 2009, and is given to a player who scores the most beautiful goal of the season. The award is named after former legendary Real Madrid striker Ferenc Puskás.(about whose records you can read on the following link)

5 Ferenc Puskas records that seem almost impossible to break

Ferenc Puskás in his time scored amazing goals and is still widely regarded as one of the most powerful strikers ever. While every recipient of this award has scored a special and a tremendous goal, here are 5 Puskas Award-winning goals which are just so beautiful, that you can watch them on loop, all day.

---

#5 James Rodriguez's goal against Uruguay(2014)

The Colombian was the top scorer in the 2014 FIFA World Cup

Back in 2014, Colombia were performing really well in the FIFA World Cup. While the enitre team has to be given the credit, James Rodriguez surely played a big part. He scored amazing goals and crucial ones too.

But, this amazing goal of his which won the FIFA Puskás Award was against Uruguay in the World Cup. Here's a video of the goal:

It was an amazing shot which was caught perfectly by James' left foot after a headed pass that came in from his teammate was slotted into the net with perfection.

#4 Neymar's goal against Flamengo(2011)

Neymar's Goal was as fancy as his hairstyle

This goal from Neymar Jr. came in the days when he played for Santos. The opponent was Flamengo. His team were 2-0 up when he decided to further put the foot on the accelerator for his team and make the score 3-0.

Here is a video of the goal:

It was a brilliant goal. He first received the ball on the left wing and dribbled past two players. Then he passed the ball to his teammate in the centre and received it back and dribbled past everyone with his skills and chipped it home with a cheeky little dink past the keeper.

#3 Cristiano Ronaldo's goal against Porto(2009)

He was a goal scoring machine then, and still is now

This special goal came for Cristiano Ronaldo in the days when he played for Manchester United under the person whom he considers his footballing godfather - Sir Alex Ferguson. In those days he was still a golden boy.

This particular goal came in the 2009 edition of the UEFA Champions League against Porto. This goal made Cristiano Ronaldo the first-ever recipient of the Puskas Award. I won't say much about this goal. It was a long-range effort which ended up in the top left corner. See the goal with your own eyes and admire the beauty.

#2 Mohd Faiz Subri's goal against Pahang(2016)

An unknown player then, but surely, not anymore

You might not know much about this player. He plays in the Malaysian Super League for his team Penang. People didn't know much about this player until he scored this stunning goal which won the Puskas award against Pahang.

It was the first ever free-kick which was awarded the FIFA Puskas Award. The free kick might remind you of Roberto Carlos when you see it. It was an amazing free kick.

He kicked the ball with his instep and what made the goal so special was the technique he used. The ball dipped, swerved and curved into the goal. You'll know what is so special about the Free kick when you see it yourself.

#1 Zlatan Ibrahimovic's goal against England(2013)

Who else can it be?

The goal came during a friendly between Sweden and England. Sweden were first 2-0 down. But talk about "cometh the hour, cometh the man" the Swedish Captian Zlatan Ibrahimovic stepped up for his side and the captain inspired his team to make a brilliant comeback by scoring all 4 goals which mattered and the final score was 4-2.

The man showed his strength and ability and showed what advantage a black belt in Tae Kwon Do can offer. The goal came in injury time when his team were 3-2 up.

Clearance from a Swedish defender into the English box forced Joe Hart (the English keeper) to head the ball clear. As soon as Joe Hart headed the ball, Zlatan kicked it before the ball could even hit the ground.

He just connected with it, mid-air, to hit a spectacular bicycle kick and dazzled all the fans with an absolutely stunning goal. See the epic moment here.