Alexia Putellas

2022 - 10 - 18

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Barcelona's Alexia Putellas wins Women's Ballon d'Or (Sports Mole)

The Spain international won the trophy in 2021 and has become the first female player to scoop back-to-back Ballon d'Or's since the award's inception in ...

[Chelsea](/football/chelsea/) forward [Samantha Kerr](/people/samantha-kerr/) placed third. [Selma Bacha](/people/selma-bacha/) (Lyon) [Christiane Endler](/people/christiane-endler/) (Lyon) [Catarina Macario](/people/catarina-macario/) (Lyon) [Wendie Renard](/people/wendie-renard/) (Lyon) A year ago I was able to win this prize and it pushed me to get even better.

Alexia Putellas: Barcelona star wins women's Ballon d'Or 2022 ... (Sky Sports)

Putellas has become the first female player to win the Ballon dOr for two years in a row; Arsenal and England forward Beth Mead was voted as runner-up after ...

"Without my team-mates this would not have been possible," said Putellas after picking up the award. England's Beth Mead was the runner-up for the award after guiding the Lionesses to the European Championships title, with Chelsea's Sam Kerr having to settle for third. Putellas has become the first female player to win the Ballon d'Or for two years in a row; Arsenal and England forward Beth Mead was voted as runner-up after guiding the Lionesses to European Championships glory; Chelsea's Sam Kerr finished third

Ballon d'Or 2022: Barcelona midfielder Alexia Putellas retains ... (Eurosport.com)

Putellas beat the likes of Chelsea forward Sam Kerr, Arsenal and England striker Beth Mead and Lyon's Ada Hegerberg to win the most prestigious individual award ...

- 8. - 9. - 19. "I injured my knee at a time I didn't think it could be possible. The truth is a year ago I was able to win this prize. Arsenal strike Beth Mead finished in second while Chelsea's Sam Kerr came in third.

Alexia Putellas Becomes First Spanish-Born Player To Win Ballon D ... (Forbes)

FC Barcelona's Alexia Putellas has become the first woman in history to win the coveted Ballon D'Or award on two occasions. Having won the award last year, ...

Last year, Putellas was the overwhelming winner of the prize, accumulating more than double the points of Jenni Hermoso in second place. It was not awarded in 2020 due to the postponement of top level soccer throughout Europe due to the Covid pandemic. The subsequent operation and rehabilitation means Putellas will be out of the game for up to a year meaning she will miss the majority of the current season. In June she became the first woman from her country to make 100 international appearances. The award comes in spite of Putellas being injured since July and unlikely to play again for the coming months. Nonetheless, Putellas finished as the competition's top scorer with eleven goals in ten appearances, a remarkable achievement for a midfielder, scoring in the quarter-final, semi-final and final.

Ballon d'Or Feminin: Barcelona's Alexia Putellas becomes first ... (ESPN)

Alexia Putellas has won the Ballon d'Or Feminin for a second successive year, becoming the first woman to win it twice since it launched in 2018.

[Ada Hegerberg.](https://www.espn.com/football/player/_/id/188067/ada-hegerberg) [Megan Rapinoe](https://www.espn.com/football/player/_/id/158775/megan-rapinoe) won it the following year before it was suspended in 2020 because of the pandemic. The Catalan side made history "Without my teammates this would not have been possible," Putellas said after receiving the award. [Putellas was later named UEFA Women's Player of the Year](/football/uefa-womens-champions-league/story/4729802/barcelonas-alexia-putellas-named-uefa-womens-poty-england-boss-sarina-wiegman-crowned-coach-of-the-year) ahead of Mead and [Lena Oberdorf](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/287344/lena-oberdorf). [Barcelona](/football/team/_/id/20091/barcelona) midfielder [Alexia Putellas](https://www.espn.com/football/player/_/id/219995/alexia-putellas) has won the Ballon d'Or Feminin for a second successive year, becoming the first woman to win the award twice since it launched in 2018. [Beth Mead](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/280982/beth-mead) and Chelsea's [Sam Kerr](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/158683/sam-kerr), who were second and third, respectively.

Barcelona captain Alexia Putellas wins the 2022 Women's Ballon d'Or (Goal.com)

Barcelona's Alexia Putellas has won the 2022 Women's Ballon d'Or and been crowned the best female player in the world for the second year running.

The Barcelona captain notched a remarkable 11 goals in 10 Champions League games and also scored 18 times and picked up 15 assists from 26 league games. Alexia becomes the first female player to win the Women's Ballon d'Or in consecutive seasons after beating off stiff competition from Arsenal's Beth Mead and Chelsea's Sam Kerr. The Barcelona midfielder has been crowned the best female player in the world at the 2022 Ballon d'Or awards.

Ballon d'Or Feminin: Barcelona's Alexia Putellas becomes first ... (ESPN)

Barcelona midfielder Alexia Putellas has won the Ballon d'Or Feminin for a second successive year, becoming the first woman to win the award twice since it ...

[Ada Hegerberg.](https://global.espn.com/football/player/_/id/188067/ada-hegerberg) [Megan Rapinoe](https://global.espn.com/football/player/_/id/158775/megan-rapinoe) won it the following year before it was suspended in 2020 because of the pandemic. The Catalan side made history "Without my teammates this would not have been possible," Putellas said after receiving the award. [Putellas was later named UEFA Women's Player of the Year](/football/uefa-womens-champions-league/story/4729802/barcelonas-alexia-putellas-named-uefa-womens-poty-england-boss-sarina-wiegman-crowned-coach-of-the-year) ahead of Mead and [Lena Oberdorf](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/287344/lena-oberdorf). [Barcelona](/football/team/_/id/20091/barcelona) midfielder [Alexia Putellas](https://global.espn.com/football/player/_/id/219995/alexia-putellas) has won the Ballon d'Or Feminin for a second successive year, becoming the first woman to win the award twice since it launched in 2018. [Beth Mead](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/280982/beth-mead) and Chelsea's [Sam Kerr](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/158683/sam-kerr), who were second and third, respectively.

Ballon d'Or ceremony: Alexia Putellas makes history, Real Madrid ... (CNN)

FC Barcelona and Spain star Alexia Putellas retained the Ballon d'Or Féminin on Monday, the award presented to the best women's player of the last year, ...

And to thank everyone involved at the club off the pitch.” Madrid was voted in third, behind Liverpool in second and Manchester City in first – who many fans say play a more attractive style of football. I want to thank the technical staff and the coach as well. She faced stiff competition from the likes of Beth Mead and Lucy Bronze, who both won that competition with England. Rumors last week suggested the 23-year-old was unhappy at PSG and that he was looking for a move away from the club as soon as January, just months after spurning Real Madrid to sign an extension to stay in Paris. “I’m very happy to be back here,” Putellas said when accepting her award.

Beth Mead unlucky not to dethrone Alexia Putellas and win Ballon d'Or (The Guardian)

Putellas may be the better player, but Mead's individual heroics deserved recognition.

The Ballon d’Or is not an award for the best player but the player deemed to have performed best over the previous season. In my mind, Mead edged Putellas for the various individual player of the year awards based on last season but Putellas is, broadly, the better player. Some have questioned the quality of the Spanish league in criticism of Putellas’s win over Mead potentially being based on a lack domestic success, but that is unfair. She beat England’s and Arsenal’s Beth Mead to the award she won by a landslide last year, but it is believed the voting was much tighter. Is she the best player on the planet? “I think we have to talk about it, but also that today is not the day.

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