With past winners including Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Zlatan Ibrahimoviu0107 and Mohamed Salah, FIFA's Puskas Award for the world's "most beautiful" goal of the year generally tends to be won by players at or near the elite level of the game.
Technically speaking, entrants for the prize are meant to be considered "without distinction of championship." Indeed, FIFA's stipulations are only that the goal must not be a result of misfortune or mistakes, must uphold sporting values and must have been captured on camera.
And yet, since its inception in 2009, the Puskas Award short lists have routinely been populated by professionals in prominent leagues and competitions, with the most notable exception being the 2022 winner, Polish amputee player Marcin Oleksy.