‘The most beautiful goal’ … Son Heung-min, the first Korean to win the Puskas Award

Entry 2020.12.18 06:31

Son Heung-min (28, Tottenham) was the first Korean to win the Puskas Award given to the player who scored the most beautiful goal in a soccer game last year.

Son Heung-min won the Puskas Award at the ‘The Best FIFA Football Awards 2020’ held at the headquarters of the International Football Federation (FIFA) in Zurich, Switzerland, at dawn on the 18th (Korean time). On December 7 of last year, Son Heung-min scored a wonderful goal that will remain in EPL history in the 2019/20 season Premier League (EPL) Round 16 match against Burnley. Sohn Heung-min, who caught the ball near Tottenham’s penalty area in the 32nd minute of the first half, ran about 70 meters to beat the defenders and scored the goal with a perfect shot.

This goal was so famous that it was comparable to that of the late Diego Maradona in 1986. It is considered the best goal of last season and was honored with the goal of the year selected by the ‘London Football Awards’, the EPL goal of December and the goal of the year officially selected by the EPL Secretariat.

Heung-min Son’s goal, which competed with Giorian de Aras Caeta’s (Flamengo) overhead shot and Luis Suárez (Atlético de Madrid) back shot, is now hailed as the best goal in the world beyond England. .

The Fuskas Award is named after Hungarian forward Ferenc Fuskas (Real Madrid). The player who started in 2009 and scored the most beautiful goals is selected as the winner. This year, 50% of the fan votes and 50% of the expert votes were reflected to select the winners.

Several players have won since Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus, later Manchester United) became the first winner in 2009. Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), James Rodríguez (Everton), Olivier Girou (Chelsea) and Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) were the winners.

Son Heung-min became the first Korean player and the second Asian player to win the Puskas Award. In 2016, Malaysia’s Mohammed Paiz Subri scored a goal with a magic free kick and won the Puskas Award.