Polish amputee Marcin Oleksy still cannot believe his scissor kick won the 2022 FIFA Puskas Award for the best goal on Monday, beating finalists Dimitri Payet and Richarlison to the prize. Oleksy’s spectacular overhead kick in amputee football was voted by fans and expert panellists above Richarlison’s acrobatic World Cup volley for Brazil against Serbia and Payet’s long-range strike for …
Amputee football star Marcin Oleksy won the 2022 FIFA Puskas Award for his astonishing scissor-kick goal. The accolade recognises the year’s most spectacular strike across men’s and women’s football, with Oleksy joining the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and Zlatan Ibrahimovic on the Puskas Award roll of honour. I was just so, so happy.” WATCH THE GOAL HERE: 2⃣0⃣2⃣2⃣ ⚽CO …
Lionel Messi won the 2022 FIFA Best Men’s Player award in a ceremony in Paris on Monday. Lionel Scaloni, coach of the World Cup-winning squad was named as the Best Men’s Coach while Emiliano Martinez won the award for Best Men’s Goalkeeper. Spanish midfielder Alexia Putellas won the FIFA Best women’s Player award for a second year in a row. …
