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Best goal in women's football: Brazil legend pips Barcelona alum Oshoala to Fifa Marta Award 2024

Barcelona alum Asisat Oshoala narrowly missed out on the prestigious FIFA Marta Award, which honours the best goal in women's football.

The award ceremony, held on Tuesday evening in Doha, saw Brazilian football legend Marta take home the accolade named after her, following a fierce competition.

Oshoala was nominated for her stunning bicycle kick goal for Barcelona against Benfica in the Champions League in November 2023.

The goal showcased her extraordinary skill and athleticism, earning her a well-deserved spot among the nominees.

However, the Nigerian forward fell just short of the title, receiving 20 votes compared to Marta's impressive 22 points.

Marta captured the award with a spectacular goal scored during an international friendly against Jamaica in June 2024.

Her strike was a masterclass in precision, taken from a tight angle between defenders at the edge of the box.

This moment of brilliance was further highlighted by the impressive run she made to create space for the shot, solidifying her status as one of the game's all-time greats.

The other players nominated for the award were Beth Mead, Delphine Cascarino, Marina Hegering, Sakina Karchaoui, Paulina Krumbiegel, Nina Matejic, Giuseppina Moraca, Mayra Pelayo, and Trinity Rodman.

Inaugural Marta Award won by the legend herself

Brazil great claims the crown for the best goal in women's football and lifts the award named after her.

🔴Marta makes more history with best goal honour

🔴Stunning effort against Jamaica in June recognised

🔴Brazil legend pipped Asisat Oshoala and Sakina Karchaoui to the prize

The first-ever FIFA Marta Award, introduced to recognise the best goal in women's football, has been won by the icon after whom the honour was named.

The 38-year-old Brazil legend, named the leading women’s player by FIFA on a record six occasions, earned the votes of fans and experts with a stunning solo effort in June of this year.

Two weeks before the curtain came down on her extraordinary international career after the Paris Olympics, she scored the final two of her 119 international goals and both were fabulous strikes; one a dipping free-kick and this a blast from a tight angle, between defenders, at the top of the box. That was after she’d left another opponent in her wake in a surging run to find the space for the shot; all hallmarks of one of the greats of the game.

Marta’s magnificent effort was nominated alongside ten others and edged out goals by Asisat Oshoala and Sakina Karchaoui , who finished with 20 and 16 scoring points respectively to the Brazilian's 22.

The FIFA Marta Award recognises the most spectacular goal in women’s football across the qualification period for the prize, which was between 21 August 2023 and 10 August 2024.

How the FIFA Marta Award winner was determined

From an initial 11-goal shortlist, the two voting groups – fans and a panel of FIFA Legends – voted for their first, second and third choices for the prize.

Points were given to nominees depending on where they were placed (five points for first, three for second and one for third).

Selections from the two voting groups each counted for 50 per cent of the total vote, irrespective of the number of voters from each group.

The Marta Award was presented to the individual with the most points.

The voting procedure for the Marta Award was supervised by independent observers.

Garnacho’s golazo wins Puskás Award

Manchester United and Argentina forward rewarded for his stunning strike against Everton in the English Premier League.

🔴Alejandro Garnacho’s overhead kick against Everton honoured

🔴Manchester United man edged out Yassine Benzia and Denis Omedi

🔴Garnacho recently spoke to FIFA about his poll-topping strike


The FIFA Puskás Award 2024 has been awarded to Alejandro Garnacho for his spectacular overhead kick against Everton in November 2023.

Garnacho drew gasps inside Everton’s Goodison Park stadium when he opened the scoring for Manchester United in astonishing style in the English Premier League showdown. Diogo Dalot’s lofted cross was slightly behind the Argentinian, but he launched himself into mid-air and sent a stunning overhead kick rocketing into Jordan Pickford’s goal.

“I had tried this technique so many times in training,” Garnacho told FIFA recently. “I thought, ‘This is the time to do it, to see what happens.' And I scored, so it was perfect!”

“After the goal, my team-mates had their hands on their heads. They were like, ‘How did you do this?”

The rising Argentina star’s stunning effort was nominated alongside ten other goals, and topped the poll among both fans and expert panellists, scoring a total of 26 points. Yassine Benzia finished second on 22 points, with Denis Omedi third on 16.

The FIFA Puskás Award recognises the most spectacular goal in men’s football across the qualification period for the prize, which was between 21 August 2023 and 10 August 2024. The award is named in honour of legendary Hungarian forward Ferenc Puskás, who was famed for his stunning collection of individual strikes.

How the FIFA Puskás Award winner was determined

From an initial 11-goal shortlist, the two voting groups – fans and a panel of FIFA Legends – voted for their first, second and third choices for the prize.

Points were given to nominees depending on where they were placed (five points for first, three for second and one for third).

Selections from the two voting groups each counted for 50 per cent of the total vote, irrespective of the number of voters from each group.

The Puskás Award was presented to the individual with the most points.

The voting procedure for the Puskás Award was supervised by independent observers.

Sonnobax15:

Marta has always been a good baller..

But make she try retire abeg . That banny has been on the field even before most of us here started ejaculating the white fluid

southsouthking:
Martha, a true female legend.