Olivier Giroud’s 'scorpion kick' wins FIFA Puskas Award

The strike gave Arsenal the lead in a 2-0 win against Crystal Palace in the Premier League in January, and Giroud saw off competition from Deyna Castellanos and Oscarine Masuluke.

The Arsenal man won the award with 36.17% of the 792,062 votes cast.

"Thank you very much. It's an honour for me and I'm delighted to receive this trophy in front of legends of football,” said Giroud.

“Thank you to the people who voted for me.

The final shortlist can be seen below:

Castellanos,18, plays for Santa Clarita Blue Heat in United Women's Soccer, the second division pro-am women's soccer league in America.

She is the second Venezuelan teen to reach the final three after Daniuska Rodriguez and was nominated for her effort from the halfway line against Cameroon at the Women's Under-17 World Cup in Jordan last year.

Baroka's Masuluke became the first goalkeeper to be nominated after scoring an injury-time overhead-kick in a 1-1 draw against Orlando Pirates in South Africa's Premier Soccer League last season.

The top ten was whittled down to a shortlist of three, and the winner was voted by fans on FIFA’s website.