Cristiano Ronaldo picked up the Puskas Goal of the Year trophy at Fifa's awards gala in Zurich on Monday night for the 40-yard strike that saw Manchester United eliminate Porto from last season's Champions League.
The 24 year-old won the inaugural award for the most outstanding goal of the 2008/09 season, scored in the return leg of the quarter-final in April. His goal won 17.68 per cent of the vote in a Fifa.com poll.
Ronaldo gave his former club a 1-0 lead with a 40 yard strike to send Sir Alex Ferguson's side to the next round.
"I am very proud of this award, it's a great honour for me," said Ronaldo, who joined Real Madrid in a world record £80 million summer transfer.
"It was incredible, a fantastic goal. If you asked me how to score a goal like that I wouldn’t be able to tell you.
"It’s just hitting it hard and seeing the net billow, that’s all."
The award is named after the football great Ferenc Puskas, captain of the legendary Hungarian team of the 1950s.
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