Watch: The stunning overhead kick that won Fifa's Puskas Award for best goal of 2023

Brazilian second-division player Guilherme Madruga received the Puskas Award for the best goal scored worldwide in 2023, after his stunning overhead bicycle kick was voted for by fans around the world.

Madruga, who scored in Botafogo’s win over Novorizontino in Brasiliero Serie B back in June, beat competition from Brighton’s Julio Enciso and Sporting’s Nuno Santos.

With his back to goal and surrounded by defenders, the midfielder’s outrageous overhead from outside the area dipped under the bar and in.

“After the game I watched the video of the goal again and only then did I realise what I’d done,” Madruga said.

Here are the other Puskas contenders, starting with the Brighton forward’s stunner against Manchester City:

Nuno Santos’ audacious effort against Boavista for Sporting was also a contender

Was Madruga a deserved winner? Or did Enciso deserve to take the crown?

Meanwhile, England goalkeeper Mary Earps’ award-filled 18-month spell continued as she was named as the Fifa Best women’s goalkeeper, on a strong night for the Lionesses overall.

After their run to last summer’s Women’s World Cup final, seven England players were named in the women’s world XI, which was a record high number of representatives from one nation in a men’s or women’s World XI. Just two Spain players, Olga Carmona and Aitana Bonmati, were included despite La Roja lifting the world title in Sydney last summer.

England head coach Sarina Wiegman was named as the best women’s coach for a record fourth time, with Chelsea manager Emma Hayes a finalist in that category.

“Last year I won the [goalkeepers] award but didn’t get in team of the year, this year I thought it might be the other way around,” Earps said, speaking on stage, a month after also being named as the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

“Thank you to all my coaches for England and United. I am just blown away. I talk a lot about how it wasn’t the easiest journey here, I took the scenic route. But looking back now, it all makes sense. It made me so much more prepared for the challenges I face today, and not to take a day for granted.

“If you are struggling, keep going. It is never too late to be who you are.

“2023 showed we can change the world if we speak out against injustice, so let’s keep doing that.”

After guiding his team to the treble last season, Manchester City head coach Pep Guardiola was unsurprisingly awarded the men’s coach prize, while six of his Champions League-winning squad - Kyle Walker, John Stones, Ruben Dias, Bernardo Silva, Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland - were included included in the men’s world XI. England’s Jude Bellingham also made the XI.

Guardiola’s 92-year-old father was amongst those in the audience for the event, which was hosted at London’s Hammersmith Apollo Theatre.

Argentina’s Lionel Messi won the men’s best player trophy ahead of Haaland and Kylian Mbappe, despite the date range that counted for this voting period coming after the end of the Qatar World Cup.

The women’s player award went to Spain’s Aitana Bonmati, adding to her success in the Ballon d’Or award. She helped Barcelona win the Women’s Champions League as well as being a star of the Spain side that beat England in August’s World Cup final in Sydney.

Tributes were also paid to the late Sir Bobby Charlton, Mario Zagallo and Franz Beckenbauer, while Brazil women’s legend Marta was recognised for her lifetime achievements.

The Fifa Best awards in full

Best men’s player: Lionel Messi
Best women’s player: Aitana Bonmatí
Best men’s coach: Pep Guardiola
Best women’s coach: Sarina Wiegman
Best men’s goalkeeper: Ederson
Best women’s goalkeeper: Mary Earps
Fifa Fair Play award: Brazil’s men’s team for wearing an all-black kit to support Vinicius Junior after he was racially abused
Puskas award for the best goal: Guilherme Madruga (Botafogo-SP)
Special presentation: Marta
Men’s world XI (3-3-4): Thibaut Courtois; Kyle Walker, John Stones, Ruben Dias; Bernardo Silva, Kevin De Bruyne, Jude Bellingham; Lionel Messi, Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior
Women’s world XI (3-3-4): Mary Earps; Lucy Bronze, Alex Greenwood, Olga Carmona; Aitana Bonmati, Keira Walsh, Ella Toone; Alex Morgan, Sam Kerr Alessia Russo, Lauren James