Alexia putellas

Before her injury, Putellas was the Champions League top scorer for Barca last season with 11 goals in 10 games. Arsenal striker Beth Mead was second, with Chelsea forward Sam Kerr in third. England's Mead was named Euros 2022's best player after winning the Golden Boot, given to the tournament's top scorer, as the Lionesses secured their first major trophy with a 2-1 victory over Germany at Wembley. The 27-year-old's international team-mates Lucy Bronze and Millie Bright were also nominated, with Barcelona defender Bronze finishing in 10th place and Chelsea centre-back Bright coming 15th. • Benzema wins men's Ballon d'Or for first time View more on twitter Putellas faces a long lay-off of up to a year after suffering her injury in training on the eve of the Euros, and said her recovery is going well, "but it's certainly not a battle that is won just yet". She captained Barca to a domestic treble during the 2021-22 season, claiming the Spanish league title for the third season in a row. Her side won all 30 league matches, with Putellas scoring 18 goals and registering 15 assists. She twice played and scored in front of record-breaking crowds of more than 90,000 fans at the Nou Camp in Champions League quarter-final and semi-final victories and although she did score in the final, the Catalan club were denied a second consecutive title, losing 3-1 to French side Lyon. Alexia Putellas suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury on the eve of Euro 2022 in the summer "I'm ve...

Putellas, 27, scored as Barca beat Chelsea 4-0 to secure their first Champions League crown. She ended the 2020-21 season as the highest-scoring midfielder in Europe with 26 goals in all competitions and was also named Uefa's Women's Player of the Year and Midfielder of the Year. Team-mate Jennifer Hermoso came second, with Chelsea striker Sam Kerr third. • Messi wins record seventh Ballon d'Or Arsenal forward Vivianne Miedema was fourth, while the Chelsea trio of Pernille Harder, Jessie Fleming and Fran Kirby were seventh, ninth and 10th respectively. "I'm sure I won't be the last Barcelona player to win the prize. This is just the beginning," said Putellas, who was one of five Barca players nominated for the award. Former England midfielder Karen Carney, speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club, praised Putellas. "She has been brilliant for Barcelona," said Carney. "She has been phenomenal playing that attacking midfield role. She is so key to Barcelona - and she can get a goal or thread a pass." Alexia Putellas captained Barcelona to their first Champions League success as they beat Chelsea 4-0 in the final Women's Ballon D'Or • Alexia Putellas (Barcelona / Spain, midfielder) • Jennifer Hermoso (Barcelona / Spain, forward) • Sam Kerr (Chelsea / Australia, forward) • Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal / Netherlands, forward) • Lieke Martens (Barcelona / Netherlands, midfielder) • Christine Sinclair (Portland Thorns / Canada, forward) • Pernille Harder (Chelsea / Denmark, ...

One of the stars of the Women’s team since her arrival in 2012 as an 18 year old. Alexia Putellas was born in nearby Mollet, is a Spanish international and was chosen as Catalan player of the year in 2015. A cultured left foot is just one element of the array of weapons Putellas has at her disposal. She is not afraid to take players on, create in midfield or try her luck from distance give she strikes the ball so well. 5 Leagues 5 Spanish Queen's Cup 1 Spanish Supercup 7 Cup of Catalunya 1 Champions League She was part of the first team in the history of the club to win the UEFA Womens Champions League. She also went down in football history by winning the first treble in club history. Establishing FC Barcelona as the first team in the world with trebles in men's and women's teams.

Alexia Putellas of Barcelona poses during the Uefa Women's Champions League Portraits at Barcelona Training Ground on 18 March 2021. Photograph: David Ramos/Uefa/Getty Images Alexia Putellas of Barcelona poses during the Uefa Women's Champions League Portraits at Barcelona Training Ground on 18 March 2021. Photograph: David Ramos/Uefa/Getty Images I f you have ever been to Mollet del Vallés, a small town 25 kilometres outside Barcelona, you will know it lacks the grandeur and splendour of Catalonia’s capital. There is no Gaudí spontaneously popping up as you walk down its streets or stunning Gothic cathedrals looking down on you. But Mollet has something Barcelona cannot compete with – it has the honour of being the home and first training ground of the best female footballer in the world, Alexia Putellas. Born in Mollet del Vallés in 1994, Putellas played her first games in a square next to the town hall, the only girl among all the boys. Her story has always been undeniably linked to Barcelona, the club closest to her heart, but her journey to becoming their most renowned female player has not been straightforward. Read more Putellas, who has finished first in the Can Barça and she was forced to look for options elsewhere. “Of course I thought [I would see her again],” says Xavi Llorens, who at the time was already heavily involved in the development of Barcelona’s women’s side and would eventually become Putellas’s coach years later. “It was just a matter of waiting for...