{"id":29561,"date":"2025-11-19T03:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T18:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/?p=29561"},"modified":"2025-11-19T03:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T18:03:07","slug":"can-rizky-ridho-win-southeast-asias-second-puskas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/2025\/11\/19\/can-rizky-ridho-win-southeast-asias-second-puskas\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Rizky Ridho Win Southeast Asia’s Second Puskas?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indonesian football fans were greeted with welcome news on the night of October 13, when Persija Jakarta captain Rizky Ridho was officially nominated for the 2025 FIFA Puskas Award.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ridho earned his nomination for a remarkable long-range strike scored during a 2024\/25 Liga 1 Indonesia match against Arema FC in March at the Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, Bekasi. With Persija reduced to nine men and the match still goalless in the 62nd minute, Ridho received the ball from Ryo Matsumura deep in his own half. Noticing Arema goalkeeper Lucas Frigeri well off his line, he unleashed an audacious lob from the halfway mark. The ball soared over Frigeri\u2019s head and dipped perfectly into the net, giving Persija a dramatic\u2014if temporary\u2014lead.<\/p>\n

Despite Ridho\u2019s moment of brilliance, the match eventually slipped away from Persija. Goals from Pablo Oliveira, Dalberto, and an unfortunate Muhammad Ferarri own goal completed Arema\u2019s comeback and secured all three points for Singo Edan.<\/p>\n

Ridho\u2019s strike now stands alongside an impressive list of global contenders: Declan Rice\u2019s laser-guided free-kick for Arsenal against Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League, Lamine Yamal\u2019s dazzling solo run in the Catalan Derby, and Santiago Montiel\u2019s gravity-defying bicycle kick from outside the box for Independiente, among others.<\/p>\n

His nomination marks only the second time a Southeast Asian player has been recognized on football\u2019s biggest goal-scoring stage. The first was Malaysia\u2019s Faiz Subri, whose physics-defying free-kick in 2016 not only captured international attention but ultimately won the award.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s winner will be determined through a combination of global fan voting and assessments by a FIFA judging panel\u2014an approach introduced after Mohamed Salah\u2019s controversial 2018 win, when Egyptian fans heavily influenced the results. Indonesia\u2019s famously massive online fanbase gives Ridho a genuine chance, but competition will be fierce. In particular, Egypt\u2019s Amr Nasser is expected to receive significant support from the same passionate fan network that once reshaped the award\u2019s voting rules.<\/p>\n

Ridho\u2019s inclusion on the Puskas shortlist is more than personal recognition\u2014it is a milestone for Indonesian football. His nomination showcases the rising quality of Southeast Asian players on the global stage and offers local fans a rare opportunity to unite behind one of their own in a world football spotlight. Whether Ridho ultimately secures the award or not, his wonder goal has already carved its place in Indonesian football history, inspiring a new generation of players to dream\u2014and to shoot\u2014big.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Indonesian football fans were greeted with welcome news on the night of October 13, when Persija Jakarta captain Rizky Ridho was officially nominated for the 2025 FIFA Puskas Award. Ridho earned his nomination for a remarkable long-range strike scored during a 2024\/25 Liga 1 Indonesia match against Arema FC in March at the Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, Bekasi. With Persija reduced to nine men and the match still goalless in the 62nd minute, Ridho received the ball from Ryo Matsumura deep in his own half. Noticing Arema goalkeeper Lucas Frigeri well off his line, he unleashed an audacious lob from the halfway mark. The ball soared over Frigeri\u2019s head and dipped … Continue reading “Can Rizky Ridho Win Southeast Asia’s Second Puskas?”<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":25166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,26],"tags":[3086,91,643,512,1740,901,3087,3085,95,315],"class_list":["post-29561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indonesia","category-southeast-asia","tag-fifa-puskas-award","tag-indonesia","tag-indonesia-liga-1","tag-liga-1","tag-liga-1-indonesia","tag-persija-jakarta","tag-puskas-award","tag-rizky-ridho","tag-slider","tag-southeast-asia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29562,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29561\/revisions\/29562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}