Lamine Yamal was, yesterday, nominated for the FIFA Puskas Award as the best men´s goal of last season, with Brazil great Marta shortlisted for the FIFA Marta Award, the women’s award named after her, reports AP.

Yamal´s goal was scored against Espanyol in May – a trademark curling left-foot shot after running across the defense from the right flank.

Marta got the ball in the centre circle then sprinted and dribbled past two defenders, rounded the goalkeeper and scored into an empty net playing for Orlando Pride against Kansas City Current.

FIFA picked 11 nominees for each award which is voted for in equal blocs by fans online and a group of former international players.

The deadline for voting is Dec. 3. It is unclear if FIFA will present the award two days later at the men´s World Cup tournament draw being held in the presence of U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington D.C.

Nominees for the men´s award include Arsenal´s Declan Rice for his free kick against Real Madrid in the Champions League quarterfinals and Lucas Ribeiro running solo from the centre spot to score for Mamelodi Sundowns against Borussia Dortmund at the Club World Cup.

Ally Sentnor´s swerving shot for the United States against Colombia at the SheBelieves Cup is nominated for the Marta Award. So is Vivianne Miedema´s floated shot for the Netherlands against Wales at the Women´s European Championship.

Chelsea’s Alejandro Garnacho, then-of Manchester United, won the 2024 Puskás Award for his spectacular overhead kick against Everton in the Premier League, while other notable Premier League winners of the past include Mohamed Salah, Son Heung-Min and Olivier Giroud.

The timeframe covered for the award ranges from August 11, 2024 to August 2, 2025.

Alessandro Deiola of Caligari, Lucas Ribeiro of Mamelodi Sundowns and Kévin Rodrigues for Kasımpaşa are also nominated alongside Seattle Sounders forward Pedro de la Vega.

“To score my first free kick in a game is a special one. And then when I got the second one. I just had the confidence. I’m speechless, really,” Rice told Amazon Prime after the Real Madrid game in April.

“When you score a goal, it’s the best feeling in the world. It didn’t make sense from that angle to cross the ball.

It would have to be a delicate pass.

“And when I saw the wall, it didn’t make sense to cross. You know what, I’m happy I took it because it was magic.”