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Long-range stunner sees Iraqi international earn Goal of the Year award in Denmark

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Svend Bertil Frandsen

Published 3 weeks ago

The Danish Superliga on Wednesday announced that Kevin Yakob's goal against Viborg on 22 February earned most votes in the race for the Goal of the Year award in the Danish domestic league.

[p]The Danish Superliga selects and awards a Månedens Mål (Goal of the Month) throughout the season. At the end of the season, the top contenders are compiled, and the winner is decided by a public or SMS-based fan vote.[/p][p]The goal is evaluated on its technique, difficulty, and visual appeal, rather than importance.[/p][embed guid="7e8bee9e-6ba7-4584-9dd1-2bce81182bdf" url="https://x.com/Superligaen/status/2059637451476320301?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/yakob-kevin/lhhG4WaC/"]Kevin Yakob[/a], who incredibly sustained two cruciate knee ligament injuries before he returned this season to win the Danish championship title with AGF, scored the opening goal for AGF in their 5-2 victory over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/viborg/v99EsEjo/"]Viborg[/a] on 22 February by launching a spectacular long-range curling strike from outside the box directly into the top corner.[/p][p]OB's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arp-jann-fiete/bTQKqpWl/"]Fiete Arp[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/franculino/KKFRVszn/"]Franculino Djú[/a] came in second and third in the vote, respectively. [/p]

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