Ballon d'Or

2022 - 10 - 18

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Alexia Putellas: Barcelona star wins women's Ballon d'Or 2022 ... (Sky Sports)

Putellas has become the first female player to win the Ballon dOr for two years in a row; Arsenal and England forward Beth Mead was voted as runner-up after ...

"Without my team-mates this would not have been possible," said Putellas after picking up the award. England's Beth Mead was the runner-up for the award after guiding the Lionesses to the European Championships title, with Chelsea's Sam Kerr having to settle for third. Putellas has become the first female player to win the Ballon d'Or for two years in a row; Arsenal and England forward Beth Mead was voted as runner-up after guiding the Lionesses to European Championships glory; Chelsea's Sam Kerr finished third

Alexia Putellas wins second successive women's Ballon d'Or (Independent Online)

Spain's Alexia Putellas won the women's Ballon d'Or for the second year running, the reward coming after a season in which she was the top scorer as her ...

There was no Ballon d'Or gala in 2020 due to the pandemic before Putellas won it for the first time last year after helping Barca to Women's Champions League glory for the first time in their history. Putellas scored 11 goals in the Champions League last season as holders Barcelona reached the final but lost to Lyon. Paris — Spain's Alexia Putellas won the women's Ballon d'Or for the second year running on Monday, the reward coming after a season in which she was the top scorer as her club Barcelona reached the Champions League final.

Ballon d'Or Feminin awarded tonight - how to watch | News (Arsenal.com)

Beth Mead and Vivianne Miedema are up for the top prize, while Bukayo Saka has been nominated for the Kopa Trophy.

Meanwhile, last season saw Bukayo score 11 goals in 38 Premier League games for us, scooping our Player of the Year award for a second consecutive year in the process. Like Beth, Germany and Wolfsburg goalscorer Alexandra Popp also netted six times at Euro 2022, while Chelsea's Sam Kerr won the WSL and Women's FA Cup and won the domestic Golden Boot. Copyright 2022 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Beth had a career-best WSL season as she registered 11 goals, eight assists, and a staggering 72 chances – over 20 more than anyone else in the league. However, this is Viv's third Ballon d'Or nomination. It was won last year by Barcelona's Pedri.

Ballon d'Or ceremony: Alexia Putellas makes history, Real Madrid ... (CNN)

FC Barcelona and Spain star Alexia Putellas retained the Ballon d'Or Féminin on Monday, the award presented to the best women's player of the last year, ...

And to thank everyone involved at the club off the pitch.” Madrid was voted in third, behind Liverpool in second and Manchester City in first – who many fans say play a more attractive style of football. I want to thank the technical staff and the coach as well. She faced stiff competition from the likes of Beth Mead and Lucy Bronze, who both won that competition with England. Rumors last week suggested the 23-year-old was unhappy at PSG and that he was looking for a move away from the club as soon as January, just months after spurning Real Madrid to sign an extension to stay in Paris. “I’m very happy to be back here,” Putellas said when accepting her award.

Ballon d'Or leaders (FC Barcelona)

The other winners were Real Madrid (men's Ballon d'Or for Karim Benzema and Yashin Trophy for best goalkeeper to Thibaut Courtois), Manchester City (team of the ...

And he would win it again in 2021, but this time after joining PSG. Six times, and wearing the FC Barcelona shirt for all of them. FC Barcelona won more prizes than any other club at the Teatre Chatelet, París on Monday night.

Beth Mead unlucky not to dethrone Alexia Putellas and win Ballon d'Or (The Guardian)

Putellas may be the better player, but Mead's individual heroics deserved recognition.

The Ballon d’Or is not an award for the best player but the player deemed to have performed best over the previous season. In my mind, Mead edged Putellas for the various individual player of the year awards based on last season but Putellas is, broadly, the better player. Some have questioned the quality of the Spanish league in criticism of Putellas’s win over Mead potentially being based on a lack domestic success, but that is unfair. She beat England’s and Arsenal’s Beth Mead to the award she won by a landslide last year, but it is believed the voting was much tighter. Is she the best player on the planet? “I think we have to talk about it, but also that today is not the day.