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FIFA Puskas Award: Watch every 2023 nominee

There will be some fierce competition for the award given to the year’s best goal

FIFA has released a list of 11 goals nominated for the 2023 Puskás Award.

The award was established in 2009 to honor the best goal of the year, and this year there are nominees from all over the globe.

This year, the award’s qualifying period spanned from the end of the men’s World Cup last December until the end of the women’s World Cup on August 20.

MLS is represented through FC Cincinnati’s Álvaro Barreal, whose stunning volley against Pittsburgh in the U.S. Open Cup earned him a place on the shortlist.

Three goals from the women’s World Cup were nominated, including Sam Kerr’s solo effort against England in the semifinal.

The winner will be announced at The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony, with a date for the event yet to be announced.

Here are the 11 nominees for this year’s Puskás Award.

Messi and Putellas win 2022 FIFA Best awards

More silverware for the Argentina and Spain stars

Lionel Messi has been named the 2022 Best FIFA Men’s Player, while Alexia Putellas has won the Best FIFA Women’s Player.

Messi beat out fellow finalists Kylian Mbappé and Karim Benzema, while Putellas won the award over Alex Morgan and Beth Mead. It was the second straight year that the Barcelona and Spain midfielder won the award.

For Messi, it was the second time he’s won Best FIFA Men’s Player after also winning in 2019. The award was formerly known as the FIFA World Player of the Year, and was then the FIFA Ballon d’Or from 2010 to 2015.

In 2016, France Football regained control of the Ballon d’Or, which Messi has won a record seven times.

Messi was expected to win the prize after leading Argentina to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, winning the Golden Ball as the tournament’s best player.

Putellas led Barcelona to a domestic treble in 2021-22, before tearing her ACL on the eve of Spain’s Euro 2022 campaign.

The Best FIFA Men’s Player, Best FIFA Men’s Coach and Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper were awarded for performances between August 8, 2021 and December 18, 2022.

For the same awards on the women’s side, the period was August 7, 2021 to July 31, 2022.

2022 FIFA Best winners

The Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper: Mary Earps, Manchester United and England

The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper: Emiliano Martínez, Aston Villa and Argentina

The Best FIFA Women’s Coach: Sarina Wiegman, England

The Best FIFA Men’s Coach: Lionel Scaloni, Argentina

FIFA Puskás Award: Marcin Oleksy, Warta Poznań

FIFA FIFPRO Men’s World 11: Thibaut Courtois, Achraf Hakimi, João Cancelo, Virgil van Dijk, Kevin De Bruyne, Luka Modrić, Casemiro, Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé, Karim Benzema

FIFA FIFPRO Women’s World 11: Christiane Endler, Lucy Bronze, Mapi León, Leah Williamson, Wendie Renard, Alexia Putellas, Keira Walsh, Lena Oberdorf, Alex Morgan, Sam Kerr, Beth Mead

Best FIFA Men’s Player: Lionel Messi

Best FIFA Women’s Player: Alexia Putellas

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