Alexia Putellas, with the 2021 Ballon d’Or. /
Ballon d’Or 2021
The captain of Barça and the national team is the first Spanish footballer to win the Ballon d’Or, 61 years after Luis Suárez
Captain of the Spanish team and Barça champion of the historic treble conquered last season, Alexia Putellas was crowned this Monday as the best player in the world. The Catalan midfielder became the first Spanish soccer player to win the women’s Ballon d’Or, 61 years after Luis Suárez, who until now was the only national player to win the trophy, in 1960. Main banner of the women’s football revolution in Spain , Alexia Putellas was the top favorite, in front of her teammates in Barcelona Jennifer Hermoso (Silver Ball), Irene Paredes, Sandra Paños and the Dutch Lieke Martens, to be recognized as the most outstanding player of 2021, after the Champions League titles, League and Cup, with 26 goals and 23 assists in the best campaign of his career.
Alexia Putellas dedicated the Ballon d’Or to her father, who passed away when she was 18 years old. «It has been, is and always will be very special to me, for whom I do everything. I hope you are very proud of your daughter. Wherever you are, this is for you, Dad, “proclaimed the Barça footballer excitedly after collecting the award she shared with her mother and sister. “This is an individual award, but without a doubt it is a collective success,” she acknowledged as a token of appreciation to her teammates.
In the third edition of the women’s Ballon d’Or, Alexia Putellas succeeds the Norwegian Ada Hegerberg and the American Megan Rapinoe. After the award was deserted in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, Alexia Putellas, born 27 years ago in Mollet del Vallès, signed a new milestone for Spanish women’s football, which had never won a European Cup, until Barcelona achieved last May, not even this Monday had he met a player at the top of the planetary throne. Three months ago, the azulgrana was already proclaimed the best footballer in Europe by UEFA, on his way to the Ballon d’Or, as a key player for Barça and the national team, with whom he has already been international 92 times and has also collaborated to take Spain to the world ‘top ten’.
Not only her talent, goals and goals have taken Alexia Putellas to number one in the world, but also her exemplary messages. “I would tell girls to enjoy each day, that training is part of learning. That they learn, that they take on values, that whether they arrive or if not they will stay with them for life, and that they take advantage of each training session, ”the Catalan player recently declared at the 1st European Women’s Football Gala.
The classification of the women’s Ballon d’Or 2021:
1. Alexia Putellas (Spain, Barcelona), 186 points.
2. Jennifer Hermoso (Spain, Barcelona), 84 pts.
3. Samantha Kerr (Australia, Chelsea), 46 pts.
4. Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands, Arsenal), 46 pts.
5. Lieke Martens (Netherlands, Barcelona), 40 pts.
6. Christine Sinclair (Canadá, Thorns), 36 pts.
7. Pernille Harder (Dinamarca, Chelsea), 33 pts.
8. Ashley Lawrence (Canadá, PSG), 26 pts.
9. Jessie Fleming (Canadá, Chelsea), 25 pts.
10. Francesca Kirby (Inglaterra, Chelsea), 22 pts.
11. Magdalena Eriksson (Sweden, Chelsea), 20 pts.
12. Christiane Endler (Chile, PSG-Lyon), 19 pts.
13. Stina Blackstenius (Suecia, BK Häcken), 10 pts.
14. Samantha Mewis (United States, Manchester City), 8 pts.
15. Irene Paredes (Spain, PSG-Barcelona), 8 pts.
16. Ellen White (Inglaterra, Manchester City), 4 pts.
17. Kadidiatou Diani (Francia, PSG), 3 pts.
18. Marie-Antoinette Katoto (Francia, PSG), 3 pts.
19. Sandra Panos (Spain, Barcelona), 3 pts.
20. Wendie Renard (Francia, Lyon), 2 pts.
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