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Barcelona star Putellas wins UEFA Women's Player of the Year award

Alexia Putellas has been named the UEFA Women's Player of the Year as Barcelona scored a clean sweep of awards on Thursday.

Champions League winners Barcelona dominated the awards, after the club won the 2020-21 Champions League by defeating Chelsea 4-0 in the final.

All six awards were won by Barcelona players, though Irene Paredes did win the prize for her exploits with PSG before she made the move to Catalonia this summer.

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Who won the other women's awards?

In other awards, Paredes was named the Defender of the Year. Paredes recently moved to Barcelona but won the award for her exploits with PSG.