Hungarian teenager Daniel Zsori beat off competition from Lionel Messi and Juan Fernando Quintero to win the 2019 FIFA Puskas award.
Barcelona legend Messi has still surprisingly never landed honour of scoring the most 'beautiful goal' in the award's 11-year history despite seven nominations and this was only the second time he's reached the final three.
Messi, River Plate star Quintero and Hungarian youngster Daniel Zsori all received more public votes than the other seven initial nominees, which included Crystal Palace's Andros Townsend and LA Galaxy's Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Voting closed on September 1 and the remaining three goals went forward to a vote among FIFA Legends, who decided the winner.
Below you can watch the final three goals as well as the seven other initial contenders. The winner was announced on September 23 at The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony in Milan.
Puskas Awards: Winner and final contenders
WINNER: Daniel Zsori - Debrecen FC vs Ferencváros (16 February 2019)
Zsori was just 18 when making his league debut and ended it by scoring a stoppage-time winner with an overhead kick!
😲🏆 Daniel Zsori wins the Puskas award thanks to this incredible goal for Debrecen!
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC)
👏 Bare in mind he was 18, making his senior debut against the league's leaders and it came in stoppage time...
Lionel Messi - Real Betis vs FC Barcelona (17 March 2019)
Messi sealed the 51st hat-trick of his sensational career in trademark genius fashion, delicately producing a first-time chipped effort over Real Betis goalkeeper Pau Lopez and in off the crossbar. Few would have complained if he bagged his first Puskas Award with this goal.
The Puskas awards wouldn't be the same without a Lionel Messi nomination.
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC)
😍 The chip to end all chips...
Juan Fernando Quintero - River Plate vs Racing Club (10 February 2019)
Quite simply, one of the most precise, perfect free-kicks you'll ever see.
👌 Juan Fernando Quintero's Puskas contending goal in slow motion.
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC)
Perfection.
Puskas Awards: The other seven nominations
- Billie Simpson - Sion Swifts Ladies vs Cliftonville Ladies (9 August 2018)
🚀🏆 'That' Billie Simpson strike is a nominee for the Puskas award!
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC)
- Fabio Quagliarella - Sampdoria vs Napoli (2 September 2018)
🍷👌 Fabio Quagliarella did this at the age of 35 to get himself in the running for the Puskas award!
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC)
- Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Toronto FC vs LA Galaxy (September 15, 2018)
5⃣0⃣0⃣ goals for Zlatan Ibrahimovic 👏
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC)
👍 Spectacularly fitting!
- Andros Townsend - Manchester City vs Crystal Palace (22 December 2018)
🚀⚽️ Andros Townsend's screamer for won the Premier League Goal of the Season...
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC)
🏆...and now it's in the running for the prestigious Puskas award!
- Matheus Cunha - Bayer Leverkusen vs. RB Leipzig (6 April 2019)
😲 Leipzig's Matheus Cunha is in the running for the Puskas award thanks to this astonishing solo goal and finish...
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC)
- Amy Rodriguez - Utah Royals vs Sky Blue FC (16 June 2019)
👏 Amy Rodriguez's stunning Puskas award contender complete with some fancy graphics...
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC)
- Ajara Nchout - Cameroon vs New Zealand (20 June 2019)
🇨🇲🙌 Ajara Nchout lit up the Women's World Cup with this amazing individual goal for Cameroon!
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC)
🏆 Deservedly in the running for the Puskas award!
