Goals of the Year 2025 Feature Showcases Season's Best Football Strikes
The Guardian's Goals of the Year 2025 feature curates the top goals from across clubs and national teams during the season, highlighting dazzling skills, acrobatics, and sublime strikes.
Scotland's 4-2 victory over Denmark stood out, with three contenders for goal of the year: Scott McTominay's bicycle kick opener, and long-range strikes from Kieran Tierney and Kenny McLean, the latter scored from inside his own half.
Among other spectacular goals, Santiago Montiel's overhead kick for Independiente against Independiente Rivadavia earned the prestigious Puskás Award.
Declan Rice contributed with the first of his two free-kicks in the Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid.
In women's football, Lizbeth Ovalle impressed with a scorpion kick for Tigres versus Guadalajara, winning FIFA's Marta Award.
Other notable strikes included Olivia Smith scoring for Arsenal against London City Lionesses, Micky van de Ven's dribble from his own half to score for Tottenham against FC Copenhagen, Pedro de la Vega's 30-yard volley for Seattle Sounders against Cruz Azul, Kyra Cooney-Cross lofting a 40-yard shot past a German goalkeeper, and Ally Sentnor's screamer scored on her first international start for the USA.
