At the end of each year, it is undoubtedly FIFA's busiest day, because they not only have to choose a super prize such as the World Footballer of the Year, but also notarize the announcement of the Ballon d'Or awards of the French football magazine, and even choose a very ornamental goal from the tens of thousands of beautiful goals in the year to select the Puskas Prize.
In fact, although it is not comparable to the Ballon d'Or and the World Footballer of the Year, if a player can receive the Puskas Prize in his lifetime, it is undoubtedly a great honor for this player.
Because the Puskas Prize not only represents a supreme honor, but also allows some unknown young players to complete a feat of fame with one goal.
There are two questions here, why doesn't the Goal of the Year Award have another name, such as "2020 Goal Award", but is named after Puskas? And what kind of legend is this Puskas?
Here, let's first talk about when the Puskas Prize was established.
The Puskas Prize is an award announced by FIFA President Blatter on 20 October 2009 to reward the footballer who scored the most beautiful goal of the year, and since the name "Goal of the Year Award" is really uninthrobed, Blatter simply named it after the legendary Hungarian striker Puskas to commemorate the Hungarian striker's contribution to modern football.
In fact, just naming the award for Goalmaker of the Year is not enough to show the greatness of Puskas.
Puskas was born in the "Antiquity" of 1927, and it is no exaggeration to say that Puskas was the god of spheres in the 50s.
Puskas's most iconic masterpiece is the classic of 85 games and 84 goals, although most people have forgotten Puskas' appearance now, but these 85 games and 84 goals are still talked about by the world.
According to recorded data, Puskas has scored far more goals efficiently throughout his career than anyone else in modern football, even Messi at his peak.
Puskas La Liga stats:
1958-59 La Liga Real Madrid 24 games, 21 goals and 14 assists
1959–60 La Liga Real Madrid 25 goals and 13 assists in 24 games
1960-61 La Liga Real Madrid 28 goals and 14 assists in 28 games
1961-62 La Liga Real Madrid 23 games, 20 goals and 8 assists
1962–63 La Liga Real Madrid 30 games, 26 goals and 16 assists
1963-64 La Liga Real Madrid 21 goals and 10 assists in 25 games
1964–65 La Liga Real Madrid 18 games, 11 goals and 7 assists
1965–66 La Liga Real Madrid 4 goals and 2 assists in 8 games
La Liga total: 156 goals and 84 assists in 180 games
According to the datasheet, even Messi, at his peak, had a goal-scoring efficiency of only 1.28, lower than the Hungarian shenfeng's 1.33.
What's more, the Hungarian king's assist efficiency is also staggering, with an assist efficiency of 0.47 almost to the point where there is one assist for every two games.
In addition, in addition to being a talent in scoring goals, Puskas is also very skilled in shooting, especially the powerful shots outside the box occupy a lot of weight in the entire career of the Hungarian striker.
According to the black-and-white video at the time, Ronaldo's long-range shot outside the box at his peak was very similar to Puskas's wonderful long-range shot that year, especially the non-stop shot was commonplace.
It is worth mentioning that because Puskas is not as tall as a traditional Hungarian, puskas at 1 meter 71 is equally good at passing ability, and criminal goals like Messi and Salah also fill the entire career of the Hungarian god.
In addition to the flamboyant style, Puskas is also a big scene, and in the 1960 Champions League final, Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7-3, which was the only big four joy so far that Puskas staged the Champions League final. Two years later, in 1962, also in the Champions League final, although Real Madrid lost 3-5 to Portuguese Super League giants Benfica, Puskas still scored a hat-trick in that match.
According to statistics, Puskas played 41 games in the Champions League, contributing 36 goals and 16 assists.
Throughout his career, Puskas played 709 games and scored 700 goals, with a goal efficiency of a staggering 0.98, it is no exaggeration to say that the Hungarian shenfeng is a goal machine.
Puskas died of illness on 17 November 2006 at the age of 79, and in 2009 FIFA named the award for the annual best goal in honor of the great Hungarian footballer " Puskas " .