FIFA Puskas Award nominations confirmed but fans think goal vs Arsenal should have been included

The nominations for the 2023 FIFA Puskas Award have been revealed but fans think one goal was harshly overlooked.

Since 2009, the FIFA Puskas Award has been awarded to the player who has scored the best goal of the calendar year.

Over the years, players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Mohamed Salah and Son Heung Min have all won the prestigious award.

In 2022, the award was won by Polish amputee footballer Marcin Oleksy.

Ahead of the 2023 edition, the nominees were announced on Friday morning.

The nominees are:

lvaro Barreal

FC Cincinnati v Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 06/06/2023

Linda Caicedo

Germany v Colombia | 30/07/2023

Julio Enciso

Brighton v Manchester City | 24/05/2023

Seong-jin Kang

Jordan U-20 v Korea Republic U-20 | 05/03/2023

Sam Kerr

Australia v England | 16/08/2023

Getty

Brian Lozano

Atlas FC v CF América | 26/02/2023

Guilherme Madruga

Novorizontino v Botafogo FC-SP | 27/06/2023

Iván Morante

UD Ibiza v Burgos | 25/03/2023

Nuno Santos

Sporting v Boavista | 12/03/2023

Askhat Tagybergen

Kazakhstan v Denmark | 26/03/2023

Beatriz Zaneratto

Brazil v Panama | 24/07/2023

However, fans felt that Sporting Lisbon midfielder Pedro Goncalves’ goal against Arsenal should have been nominated for the award.

The Portuguese scored a stunning effort from 40+ yards as he lobbed over Gunners goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale during the Europa League clash.

Getty

One fan said: “Pedro Gonçalves goal against arsenal???????? What a joke.”

Another commented: “Pedro Gonçalves robbed.”

A third fan added: “Where is Pedro Gonçalves goal against Arsenal????”

The voting for the 2023 Puskas Award will commence on Thursday 21 September and close at midnight CET on Tuesday 10 October.

SPORTbible are on WhatsApp! We've launched a dedicated news channel to send you the latest news, features and plenty more directly on WhatsApp and all you need to do to sign up is click through to our one-way broadcast channel here for 'SPORTbible News' to appear in the 'Updates' tab on your WhatsApp.