Amputee wins Puskas award for best goal of 2022
Posted on AllSides February 28th, 2023
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Puskas nominee Marcin Oleksy talks about his nomination for FIFA's Puskas award, alongside the likes of Kylian Mbappe and Richarlison. (1:44) Amputee footballer Marcin Oleksy saw off competition from Tottenham Hotspur's Richarlison and Marseille's Dimitri Payet to win the FIFA Puskas Award for best goal on Monday. Oleksy, 36, scored a stunning overhead kick for Warta Poznan in November against Stal Rzeszow, planting one of his crutches into the ground while turning mid-air to fire into the net. His goal trumped Richarlison's acrobatic volley for Brazil against Serbia and Payet's...