Van Persie’s aerodynamic flying header came in second.The first place went to James Rodriguez stunning volley against Uruguay.
Another point of interest is that Rodriguez became the third successive South American and the second player named Rodriguez to win this award.
Argentina’s Maxi Rodriguez won in in Germany 2006 for this goal against Mexico
and Diego Forlan won the award for this goal against Germany in the third-place play-off at South Africa 2010.