Announced candidates for the FIFA goal of the year award (VIDEO) © EuroFootball.com

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IFA has announced the top ten most beautiful goals of 2011, the winner of which will receive the prestigious Ferenc Puskas Award.

The most beautiful goal until December 5 will be selected by the readers of the portal "Fifa.com" and the magazine "France Football." The winner will be announced on January 9.

Interestingly, among the contenders are not only male football stars like "Man Utd" striker Wayne Rooney, who scored a goal with an acrobatic shot, "Barcelona" magician Lionel Messi, who tore apart the "Arsenal" defense, or "Milan" attacking leader Zlatan Ibrahimovic, but also US women's national team player Hearther O'Reilly.

During his career, Puskas played 84 matches for the Hungarian national team and scored 83 goals.