Puskás Award

Olivier GIROUD
 FRANCE

Olivier Giroud’s superb ‘scorpion kick’ was voted by fans around the globe as the best goal of 2016-17, succeeding Mohd Faiz Subri as this year’s FIFA Puskás Award winner. His brilliantly improvised finish, scored against Crystal Palace in the English Premier League on 1 January 2017, completed a swift counter attack by Arsenal. Alexis Sanchez curled in a cross from outside the penalty area on the left wing for the Frenchman, whose audacious, acrobatic effort crashed in off the crossbar before bulging the inside of the Palace net.

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The Finalists

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Deyna CASTELLANOS
 VENEZUELA

Masuluke OSCARINE
 SOUTH AFRICA

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The other candidates

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Kevin-Prince Boateng
 GHANA

Alejandro CAMARGO
 ARGENTINA

Moussa DEMBELE
 FRANCE

Aviles Hurtado
 COLOMBIA

Mario MANDZUKIC
 CROATIA

Nemanja MATIC
 SERBIA

Jordi MBOULA
 SPAIN