Video: Taremi wins UEFA Goal of the Season for bicycle kick vs Chelsea

 Porto striker Mehdi Taremi has won 

the UEFA Goal of the Season award 

for his stunning bicycle kick against 

Chelsea.

Taremi scooped the prize as a reward

 for scoring Porto's last-gasp winner 

in the second leg of their Champions 

League quarter-final tie with Chelsea 

on April 13.

The Portuguese outfit ultimately exited

 the competition 2-1 on aggregate to 

the eventual winners, but their talismanic

 frontman has secured a place in 

European football history after receiving 

30 per cent of the final vote for the best 

goal of 2020-21.

There did not appear to be a lot on when

 Porto substitute Nanu raced down the 

right wing in stoppage time at Sevilla's 

Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium, 

but he managed to produce a perfectly 

weighted cross that found its way to 

Taremi with his back to goal.

The Iran international could have tried 

to bring the ball down before letting fly, 

but instead trusted his goalscoring instincts

 to unleash a sensational first time overhead

 kick, which flew into the top corner and 

left Blues goalkeeper Edouard Mendy 

rooted to the spot.

60,000 votes were cast for the UEFA 

prize in total, with Italy talisman Lorenzo 

Insigne coming in second for his superb 

individual goal against Belgium in the Euro

 2020 quarter-finals, which ultimately gave

 the Azzurri a 2-1 victory before they went

 on secure the trophy with wins against

 Spain and England.

Rangers star Kemar Roofe has completed

 the top three, having been recognised 

for the spectacular long-range effort

 he produced in a Europa League group 

stage clash with Standard Liege.

Taremi joined Porto from Rio Ave last 

August, and quickly established himself 

as the focal point in Sergio Conceicao's 

set-up at Estadio do Dragao.

The 29-year-old scored 23 goals in his

 debut season with the Primeira Liga 

club, including his wonder goal 

against Chelsea, while also recording

 18 assists.