By Honorary Reporter Monika Toth from Hungary

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Son Heung-min earned FIFA's Puskas Award in 2020 for the best goal of the year. (FIFA)

FIFA's Puskas Award is named after the late Ferenc Puskas, a Hungarian soccer star and coach who was considered to be one of the greatest players of all time and the sport's first international superstar. The honor goes to the world's best goal of the year.

Son Heung-min earns the Puskas Award for the best goal of the year.

Striker Son Heung-min of the English Premier League's (EPL) Tottenham Hotspur on Dec. 12 was named this year's winner. Considered one of the world's best wingers, he in 2019 became the first Asian to be nominated for the Ballon d'Or, a honor that goes to the world's top player.

Also the first Asian player to score 50 goals in the EPL, he beat out Giorgian De Arrascaeta of Brazil's Flamengo and Luis Alberto Suarez Diaz of Spain's Atletico Madrid to win the Puskas Award.

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