The one-legged Polish footballer Marcin Oleksiy was among the top three contenders for the best goal of 2022 according to the International Football Federation (FIFA). This was reported on the official website of the organization.
The athlete scored in the match between the teams “Stal” and “Warta”. Oleksiy hit the opponents’ gate with a kick through himself. “I always wanted to score a beautiful goal. You could see how proud I was of him. I straightened up, puffed out my chest and was just very, very happy, ”he said.
In addition to the Pole, Tottenham and Brazil striker Richarlison also claims the Ferenc Puskas Prize for his goal against Serbia at the 2022 World Cup.
The third contender is midfielder Dimitri Payet, who plays for Marseille and the French national team. The midfielder scored from 20 meters to the Greek PAOK in the quarter-final match of the Conference League.
The winner of the Puskas Ferenc Prize will be named at the awards ceremony on February 27, 2023.
On December 23, FIFA named Richarlison the scorer of the 2022 Qatar World Cup Goal of the Year. In the voting, the Brazilian was ahead of teammate Neymar, French Kylian Mbappe, Argentine Enzo Fernandez, Cameroonian Vincent Abubacar, Luis Chavez of Mexico, Park Seung Ho of Korea, Cody Gakpo of the Netherlands, and Saudi Arabia’s Salem Al-Dosari.
