JAKARTA Rizky Ridho did not expect his goal to be scored remotely against Arema FC to enter the 2025 FIFA Puskas Award nominee.
The spectacular goal for the defender and captain of Persija Jakarta took place on March 9, 2025 in the 2024/2025 Liga 1 continued match at the Chandrabhaga Stadium, Bekasi, West Java.
Previously, the goal was chosen to be the best in Liga 1 2024/2025. FIFA then included this goal in the list of nominees for the 2025 Puskas Award on Friday, November 14, 2025.
"Alhamdulillah, I am grateful to be able to enter the Nomine Puskas Award. Honestly, I never imagined that goal would be so far," said Rizky Ridho in Persija's official statement.
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The Puskas Award is a prestigious FIFA award for the best goals in various world events. Rizky is also Indonesia's first player in history to enter the award nominee.
Rizky Ridho scored his spectacular goal from a counter-attack. He initially held the ball inside his own penalty box before releasing a pass to Ryo Matsumura who was waiting in the empty space.
Ryo then sent a long through ball to the midfield line, right into Ridho's running path. The 23-year-old did not control the ball and immediately fired home after seeing goalkeeper Arema far from the goal mouth.
"The goal was born because of teamwork, not just individual actions. Hopefully this can be a motivation for all of us to continue to fight better," said Ridho.
Ridho's goal will compete with 10 other goals, such as Declan Rice's (Arsenal) goal against Real Madrid and Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) against Espanyol.
The other nominees are Alerrandro Souza (Vitoria vs Cruizeiro), Alessandro Deiola (Cagliari vs Venezia), Pedro De La Vega (Cruz Azul vs Seatle Sounders), Santiago Montiel (Independiente vs Independiente Rivadevia), and Amr Nasser (Al Ahly vs Pharco).
Then, Carlos Orrantia (Queretaro vs Atlas), Lucas Ribeiro (Mamelodi Sundowns vs Borussia Dortmund), and Kevin Rodrigues (Kasimpasa vs Rizespor).
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