The women's Ballon d'Or was won by a Barcelona player.

Putellas is the first woman to win back-to-back prizes.

Putellas said that this wouldn't have been possible without his teammates. The staff and the coach were thanked.

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Alexia Putellas collects the ball after pulling a goal back for Barcelona against Lyon
Image: Alexia Putellas helped Barcelona win the Spanish league title by winning every game

A year ago, I won this prize and it made me want to be even better.

After guiding the Lionesses to the European Championships title, Beth Mead was the runner-up for the award.

A long-term injury to Putellas ruled her out of the European Championship, but she still helped Barcelona to a historic Spanish league title before the setbacks, as the Catalan club won all 30 matches last season.

Alexia Putellas has been ruled out of Spain's Euro 2022 campaign
Image: Injury ruled Putellas out of Spain's Euro 2022 campaign

Putellas scored 18 goals and helped her team to victory.

Lucy Bronze, who moved from Manchester City to Barcelona over the summer, was tenth on the list of the top 20 female players in the world.

The runner-up Ballon d'Or to Lionel Messi was added to the Player of the Tournament award for this summer's European Championships by the English player, who was named as the best English player.

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The England women's national team won the first major tournament in their history with the help of Mead, who was the competition's top scorer with six goals.

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