Mamelodi sundowns captain Hlompho Kekana has been nominated for the prestigious 2020 FIFA Puskas award.
FIFA have announced the nominees for the 2020 edition of The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony, with Kekana featuring among the candidates for the Puskas award following his strike against Cape Town City on 20 August 2019.
The 35-year-old Masandawana star has been nominated alongside 10 other players for this year’s prize, including former FC Barcelona striker Luis Suarez, ex-France international Andre-Pierre Gignac and Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min.
“The winner of the FIFA Puskas Award will be selected by an international jury comprising a panel of FIFA Legends and by the fans from all over the world registered on FIFA.com,” an official statement said.
“Each of the two groups of voters within the jury has the same electoral weight.”
This is the second time that Kekana has been nominated for the coveted award after being nominated for the 2016 edition alongside Lionel Messi and Neymar, although he ultimately lost out to Malaysian striker Mohd Faiz Subri on that occasion.
The finalists for this year’s award will be announced on 11 December 2020, with the winners to be crowned six days later at The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony.
Voting has been made open to the public on FIFA.com until 9 December 2020.