The Barcelona attacker is one of three candidates for the 2021/22 UEFA Women’s Player of the Year award
He will compete with Arsenal striker Beth Mead and VfL Wolfsburg midfielder Lena Oberdorf.
Alexia Putellas is among the shortlisted for the 2021/22 UEFA Women’s Player of the Year award. UEFA.com looks at why she’s in the fight alongside Bethmead, Arsenal striker and Lena OberdorfVfL Wolfsburg midfielder.
why was she nominated
Winner of this award last season, Alexia he had an even better 2021/22 season with Barcelona. The most prolific campaign of her career at the Barça club, with 34 goals, saw her team win another Spanish title and reach another UEFA Women’s Champions League final.
Barcelona lost 3-1 to Lyon in Turin, but the consolation of Alexia was finishing as top scorer with 11 goals and being named Player of the Season in the competition. Her goals also flowed for Spain, scoring eight in 12 games and becoming the first woman to make 100 caps for Spain.
Her anterior cruciate ligament injury on the eve of the 2022 UEFA European Women’s Championship was a blow to her team and, indeed, to Barcelona, who will likely be without Alexia for most, if not all, of the upcoming season.
The numbers of the 2021/22 season
Achievements
UEFA Women’s Champions League runner-up, Player of the Season and top scorer, Spanish League champion, Spanish Cup winner
UEFA Women’s Champions League
Matches: 10
Goals: 11
Assists: 2
Player of the Match Awards: 3
League
Matches: 26
Goals: 18
Assists: 16
key performance
Barcelona 5-1 Wolfsburg
There are many great performances, but the display of Alexia facing a world-record 91,648 spectators in the UEFA Women’s Champions League semi-final first leg might be the best of them all. She scored twice and guided Barcelona throughout the match against a Wolfsburg side that was already four goals down after 38 minutes.
Alexia, who frequently attended matches at the Camp Nou as a child, reached new heights in the two European games that Barcelona played last season. After the game against Real Madrid, he took a drum to lead the celebrations with the fans, and his displays in those historic games were a good summary of his season in general, a display of skill, shooting, agility and passion. .