Created in 2009 in honour of Ferenc Puskas, captain and star of the Hungarian national team during the 1950s, the FIFA Puskas Award is presented to the player, from either the men’s or women’s game, judged to have scored the best goal of the year. Cristiano Ronaldo won the inaugural Puskas Award thanks to a goal scored with Manchester United against FC Porto in the UEFA Champions League during the 2008/09 football season.
The final decision will be down to you, the users of FIFA.com, with your votes counting towards selecting a winner from ten videos as chosen by the FIFA Football Committee. In making their decision, the FIFA Football Committee applied the following criteria:
1) aesthetics (a subjective criterion – long-range shots, team moves, acrobatic goals etc)
2) the importance of the match (an objective criterion – in descending order: national teams, continental tournaments, domestic first divisions)
3) the absence of luck or an opposition mistake as a factor making the goal possible
4) fair play: the player must not have conducted himself poorly during the game or, for example, have been found guilty of doping
5) the date: goals scored between January 2010 and 18 October 2010
All that remains now is for you to vote for your favourite goal and contribute to choosing the recipient of the 2010 FIFA Puskas Award. The winner will be unveiled at the FIFA Ballon d’Or gala on 10 January 2011, where he or she will receive the FIFA Puskas Award trophy, with their name engraved upon it.
