Real Madrid winger, James Rodriguez, was awarded the FIFA Puskas Award (Goal of the Year) at the Ballon d'Or ceremony on Monday night.
Rodriguez won the award for his sublime volley against Uruguay in their Last 16 clash against Uruguay at the World Cup in Brazil.
The Colombian now joins a list that includes club teammate Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Hamit Altıntop, Miroslav Stoch and Zlatan Ibrahimović, who have all previously won the award.
Meanwhile, Germany head coach, Joachim Low, was named the FIFA Men's Coach of the Year for 2014.
Low guided Germany to their fourth World Cup title in 2014, defeating Argentina 1-0 in the final, courtesy of a extra-time strike from Mario Gotze.
Here are the rest of the awards:
FIFA Women's Player of The Year: Nadine Kessler (Germany)
FIFA Presidential Award: Hiroshi Kagawa - journalist
FIFA Fair Play Award: The volunteers from FIFA tournaments
FIFA Women's World Coach Of The Year: Ralf Kellermann (Germany/VfL Wolfsburg)
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