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VIDEO. Two goals from the 2022 World Cup. All the nominees for the Puskas Award have been announced
FIFA has announced the nominees for the Puskas Award, which is given to the player who scores the best goal in the world every year. This year, 11 football players and female football players entered the candidacy.
The list includes goals not only from men’s football, but also from women’s football – three candidates at once. Also on the list, among the cut players, Polish championship football player Marcin Oleksy scored with a kick from himself.
You can vote for the best goal on the official FIFA website.
Candidates:
- Dimitri Payet (Marseille – PAOK)
- Alessia Russo (England – Sweden)
- Amandine Henry (Barcelona – Lyon)
- Kylian Mbappe (Argentina – France)
- Salma Paralluello (Barcelona – Villarreal)
- Marcin Oleksy (Warta Poznan – Stal Rzeszow)
- Richarlison (Brazil – Serbia)
- Theo Hernandez (Milan – Atalanta)
- Alu Kuol (Iraq U23 – Australia U23)
- Francisco Gonzalez Mtilly (Rosario Central – Cordoba Central)
- Mario Balotelli (Adana Demirspor – Göztepe)
All 11 nominees for the 2022 Puskas award – who deserves to win? 🤔🏆
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Source: Sport UA
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