The women’s Barça captain, awarded Player of the Year, will present the trophy to the Camp Nou fans
For the first time, a player lifts this individual trophy for two consecutive times
The captain of the women’s team Barca, Alexia Putellaswill offer the award as ‘UEFA Women’s Player of the Year’ to fans come this Sunday to Spotify Camp Nou to witness the Barça-Valladolidmeeting of the third day of Santander League.
As announced this Friday by the Barça club, the Catalan soccer player will jump onto the pitch of the stadium to receive recognition from the stands before the start of the match that the men’s soccer team will play.
The Catalan midfielder was awarded for the second consecutive year as best european player at the gala held this Thursday in Istanbul by surpassing in the final vote the English Arsenal, Beth Mead and to the german from Wolfsburg, Lena Oberdorf. Pernille Harder also won this trophy twice, but Alexia has been the only one to do it consecutively.
Alexia’s merits
Although FC Barcelona lost the final due to the UEFA Women’s Champions League, Alexia ended up being the top scorer with 11 goalsand went named player of the tournament. She became the first footballer to reach 100 caps for Spain and won League and Cup with your club.
The anterior cruciate ligament injury that left her out of the UEFA Women’s Euro Cup It was a great blow for his team as well as for the Barça team ahead of 2022/23.