After having already been voted player of the year by UEFA, the Spaniard succeeds the American Megan Rapinoe, awarded in 2019.
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FC Barcelona midfielder Alexia Putellas, 27, won the 2021 France Women’s Football Ballon d’Or on Monday, November 29. After having already been voted player of the year by UEFA, the Spaniard succeeds the American Megan Rapinoe, awarded in 2019, and the Norwegian Ada Hegerberg, who won the first women’s Golden Ball in 2018.
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At 27, the left-hander is coming out of a record season. Alexia Putellas scored 26 goals and achieved the Cup-Championship-League of Champions hat-trick with FC Barcelona, club in which she has been playing since 2012, of which she took the captain’s armband, and with which she has just extended until 2024.
Evolving to the left of a three-player midfielder, his current season with FC Barcelona continues at the same pace as 2020-2021 with already 9 goals scored and as many assists in 10 league games.
It is in selection that Alexia Putellas has challenges to meet, the Roja who has never exceeded the quarter-finals of an international competition. Last summer, the Spanish women’s team did not even qualify for the Olympic football tournament in Tokyo.