FIFA Marta Award explained

The FIFA Marta Award pronounced as /pt/ is an award established in 2024 by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to be awarded to the female judged to have scored the most aesthetically significant, or "most beautiful", goal of the calendar year. The Marta award is announced yearly and is considered by voting.

The award is in honour of Marta, the forward and captain of the Brazil women's national team for over two decades from 2002 until 2024.

The time-frame for the first award was August 2023 to August 2024. The annual award is set to be presented for the first time during The Best FIFA Football Awards 2024 Gala in January 2025.

Winners and nominees

Scores and results list the player's club goal tally first.

2024

FIFA announced the list of 11 nominees on 28 November 2024.[1]

RankPlayerTeamOpponentScoreCompetitionVote percentage
TBA Delphine Cascarino Lyon Benfica2–12023–24 UEFA Women's Champions LeagueTBA
Marina Hegering VfL Wolfsburg SGS Essen2–12023–24 Frauen-Bundesliga
Sakina Karchaoui1–0UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying
Paulina Krumbiegel TSG Hoffenheim MSV Duisburg2–02023–24 Frauen-Bundesliga
Marta4–0International friendly
Nina Matejić1–02024 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Beth Mead Arsenal West Ham United2–02010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Giuseppina Moraca Lazio Bologna2–02023–24 Serie B
Asisat Oshoala Barcelona Benfica5–02023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League
Mayra Pelayo-Bernal2–02024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup
Trinity Rodman1–02024 Summer Olympics

Female FIFA Puskás Award nominees (2009–2024)

See main article: FIFA Puskás Award.

Before 2024, the award for the best goal was combined with that for men's football in the FIFA Puskás Award, with Heather O'Reilly becoming the first female nominee in 2011. No woman has won the award, with Stephanie Zambra (née Roche) achieving the best placement by a female player by ranking second in 2014 behind James Rodriguez.[2] Daniuska Rodríguez and Deyna Castellanos ranked third in 2016 and 2017 respectively. Caroline Weir is also the only female player to receive multiple nominations and one of only eight players to do so at the time of the Marta Award's inception.[3] [4]

YearRankPlayerTeamOpponentScoreCompetitionRef.
2011Unranked Heather O'Reilly1–02011 FIFA Women's World Cup[5]
2012Unranked Olivia Jiménez2–02012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup[6]
2013Unranked Louisa Cadamuro Lyon Saint-Étienne5–02012–13 Division 1 Féminine[7]
2013Unranked Lisa De Vanna Sky Blue Boston Breakers5–12013 National Women's Soccer League
2014scope=col style="background-color: silver" align="center"2nd Stephanie Roche Peamount United Wexford Youths2–02013–14 Women's National League[8]
2015Unranked Carli Lloyd4–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup[9]
2016scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" align="center"3rd Daniuska Rodríguez1–02016 South American U-17 Women's Championship[10]
2017scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" align="center"3rd Deyna Castellanos2–12016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup[11]
2019Unranked Amy Rodriguez Utah Royals FC Sky Blue FC1–02019 National Women's Soccer League[12]
2019Unranked Billie Simpson Cliftonville Ladies Sion Swifts Ladies1–22018 Women's Premiership
2019Unranked Ajara Nchout2–12019 FIFA Women's World Cup
2020Unranked Shirley Cruz3–12020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship[13]
2020Unranked Sophie Ingle Chelsea Arsenal3–02019–20 FA WSL
2020Unranked Caroline Weir Manchester City Manchester United1–02019–20 FA WSL
2021Unranked Sandra Owusu-Ansah Supreme Ladies Kumasi Sports Academy Ladies1–12020–21 Ghana Women's Premier League[14]
2021Unranked Daniela Sánchez Querétaro Atlético San Luis3–2Liga MX Femenil Guardianes 2021
2021Unranked Caroline Weir Manchester City Manchester United3–02020–21 FA WSL
2022Unranked Amandine Henry Lyon Barcelona1–02021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League[15]
2022Unranked Salma Paralluelo Villarreal Barcelona1–02021–22 Liga F
2022Unranked Alessia Russo3–0UEFA Women's Euro 2022
2023Unranked Linda Caicedo1–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup[16]
2023Unranked Bia Zaneratto3–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup
2023Unranked Sam Kerr1–12023 FIFA Women's World Cup

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: FIFA.com. Voting open for 2024 FIFA Marta Award. 28 November 2024. 29 November 2024.
  2. Web site: James Rodríguez wins beauty stakes but Stephanie Roche runs him close. 12 January 2015 . Guardian . 13 January 2015.
  3. Web site: The FIFA Puskás Award 2016 results . https://web.archive.org/web/20170109220458/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/ballon-dor/general/02/86/28/31/thefifapuskasaward2016results_neutral.pdf . dead . January 9, 2017 . FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . 9 January 2017 . 9 January 2017.
  4. Web site: Castellanos, Giroud and Masuluke are 2017 Puskás finalists. https://web.archive.org/web/20171010010453/http://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/news/y=2017/m=10/news=castellanos-giroud-and-masuluke-are-2017-puskas-finalists-2911843.html?intcmp=fifacom_hp_module_news. dead. 10 October 2017. FIFA.com. 9 October 2017. 9 October 2017.
  5. Web site: FIFA announces nominees for 2011 Puskas Award . PanARMENIAN.Net . 1 December 2024 . 19 November 2011.
  6. Web site: FIFA Puskás Award 2012 – Results . FIFA . 4 February 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130123223949/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/ballond%27or/pusk%C3%A1saward/01/98/15/11/fifapuskasaward2012results.pdf . 23 January 2013.
  7. Web site: FIFA Puskás Award 2013 – Results . FIFA . 11 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140114024109/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/ballond%27or/pusk%C3%A1saward/02/26/04/11/13_01_2014_puskas_results_neutral.pdf . 14 January 2014.
  8. Web site: FIFA Puskás Award: Ten best goals of the year announced. https://web.archive.org/web/20141113062604/http://www.fifa.com//ballon-dor/news/y=2014/m=11/news=fifa-puskas-award-ten-best-goals-of-the-year-announced-2473885.html. dead. 13 November 2014. 12 November 2014. FIFA.com. 13 November 2014.
  9. Web site: FIFA Puskás Award 2015 Nominees. https://web.archive.org/web/20140925231636/http://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/puskas-award/index.html. dead. 25 September 2014. 12 November 2015. FIFA.com. 14 November 2015.
  10. Web site: FIFA Puskás Award 2016 Nominees. https://web.archive.org/web/20161103091359/http://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/puskas-award/. dead. 3 November 2016. FIFA.com. 21 November 2016.
  11. Web site: FIFA Puskás Award 2017 Nominees. https://web.archive.org/web/20161103062858/http://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/puskas-award/index.html. dead. 3 November 2016. FIFA.com. 22 September 2018.
  12. Web site: FIFA Puskás Award 2019 Nominees. https://web.archive.org/web/20161103091359/http://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/puskas-award/. dead. 3 November 2016. FIFA.com. 19 August 2019.
  13. News: FIFA.com. Nominees for The Best FIFA Football Awards™ 2020 revealed. https://web.archive.org/web/20201125090441/https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/news/nominees-for-the-best-fifa-football-awardstm-2020-revealed. dead. 25 November 2020. 25 November 2020. 25 November 2020.
  14. Web site: FIFA Puskás Award: nominees in focus . Inside FIFA . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . 1 December 2024 . 1 December 2021.
  15. Web site: 12 January 2023 . The FIFA Puskás Award: Nominees in focus . 12 January 2023 . Fédération Internationale de Football Association.
  16. Web site: 22 September 2023. The FIFA Puskás Award: Nominees in focus. 22 September 2023. FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association.

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