Penang’s Mohamad Faiz Subri took the free kick against Pahang state late Tuesday, sending the ball spinning towards the top left of the goal before it curled sharply to the right and bounced in off the other post, leaving the keeper visibly bemused.

A shakey video of the dramatic goal earned nearly a quarter million views on YouTube after it was posted by Globo Esporte.

Prime Mininister Najib Razak posted “Great goal free kick Faiz Subri” on Facebook from California, where he is attending the US-Asean Summit. “It’s beautiful,” he wrote alongside a post of the clip.

Some online commentators said the goal was a contender for a Puskas Award, introduced in 2009 by FIFA for the most aesthetically significant goal of the year.

– DPA