Dibu Martínez empty-handed at The Bests, Donnarumma wins top keeper | OneFootball

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·16 December 2025

Dibu Martínez empty-handed at The Bests, Donnarumma wins top keeper

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The Best 2025 awards presented by FIFA are being held in Doha, Qatar, with the presence of some of the top football figures worldwide. Among the twelve categories, there are eleven Argentinians nominated. Santiago Montiel, from Independiente, was the first to celebrate after receiving the Puskás Award for the best goal for his bicycle kick against Independiente Rivadavia. Find out all the details below.

Santiago Montiel, the first Argentinian to celebrate: won the Puskás for his bicycle kick with Independiente

The tremendous goal by Santiago Montiel for Independiente against Independiente Rivadavia in the round of 16 of the Torneo Apertura was the winner of the 2025 Puskás Award for best goal. The striker for El Rojo beat another Argentinian, Pedro De La Vega, and became the third from our country to win the award, after Alejandro Garnacho and Erik Lamela.


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  • Alerrando – Vitória/Brazil
  • Alessandro Deiola – Cagliari/Italy
  • Pedro de la Vega – Seattle Sounders/Argentina
  • Santiago MontielIndependiente/Argentina
  • Amr Nasser – Pharco/Egypt
  • Carlos Orrantía – Atlas/Mexico
  • Lucas Ribeiro – Mamelodi Sundowns/Brazil
  • Declan Rice – Arsenal/England
  • Rizky Ridho – Persija Jakarta/Indonesia
  • Kevin Rodrigues – Kasimpaşa/Portugal
  • Lamine YamalBarcelona/Spain

Donnarumma beat Dibu for the FIFA The Best Goalkeeper Award

Shortly before noon, FIFA presented the The Best award for best goalkeeper of the year to Gianluigi Donnarumma for his work with Paris Saint-Germain, where he won the Champions League, Ligue 1, and the Italian Cup, as well as with Italy. He is currently playing for Manchester City. Emiliano Martínez, from Aston Villa and the Argentina National Team, was among the nominees.

The Best FIFA Men's Player Nominees

Luis Enrique won The Best FIFA Coach Award

The Spaniard Luis Enrique led Paris Saint-Germain to a dream season, winning their first Champions League, Ligue 1, and the French Cup, which is why he won The Best award over Enzo Maresca, from Chelsea, and Hansi Flick, from Barcelona.

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