2009 FIFA Puskás Award

The 2009 FIFA Puskás Award was the first FIFA Puskás Award. It was awarded on December 21, 2009, during the 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year Gala in Switzerland. Real Madrid player Cristiano Ronaldo was the winner of the award, for a goal he scored while he was playing at Manchester United.

Cristiano Ronaldo, the winner of the 2009 FIFA Puskás Award.

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Score	Competition	Vote percentage
1st	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	Porto	1–0	2008–09 UEFA Champions League	17.68%
2nd	Andrés Iniesta	Barcelona	Chelsea	1–1	2008–09 UEFA Champions League	15.64%
3rd	Grafite	VfL Wolfsburg	Bayern Munich	5–1	2008–09 Bundesliga	13.39%
4th	Eliran Atar	Bnei Yehuda	Maccabi Netanya	1–1	2008–09 Israeli Premier League	13.36%
5th	Fernando Torres	Liverpool	Blackburn Rovers	4–0	2008–09 Premier League	9.44%
6th	Nilmar	Internacional	Corinthians	1–0	2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A	8.71%
7th	Michael Essien	Chelsea	Barcelona	1–0	2008–09 UEFA Champions League	7.89%
8th	Luis Ángel Landín	Cruz Azul	Morelia	1–1	Liga MX Clausura 2009	7.30%
9th	Emmanuel Adebayor	Arsenal	Villarreal	1–1	2008–09 UEFA Champions League	4.04%
10th	Katlego Mphela	South Africa	Spain	2–2	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup	2.59%