The 2022 Ballon d’Or Feminin has been awarded to Barcelona star Alexia Putellas; this is the second time in her career that she has taken home the trophy.
For her outstanding performances for Barça and Spain, Putellas won the Ballon d’Or Feminin in 2021. She retained the title in 2022 after yet another outstanding season in 2021/22.
The Barcelona captain won her sixth Liga F championship and seventh Copa de la Reina of her career while tallying 28 goals in 37 games across all competitions.
Putellas and Barcelona also succeeded in making it to their second straight UEFA Women’s Champions League final, but shockingly, they fell to Lyon 3-1 at the Allianz Stadium. Barca was able to draw record crowds to games during their European run, even selling out Camp Nou for a matchup with archrivals Real Madrid in the quarterfinals.
Sadly, we do not anticipate seeing Putellas playing football anytime soon after she tore her ACL on the eve of Euro 2022, a competition from which Spain was eliminated by eventual champion England in the quarterfinal.