Barcelona Femení captain Alexia Putellas has been named the 2022 UEFA Women’s Player of the Year and received the award at the Champions League group stage draw ceremony in Istanbul on Thursday.
Alexia is the first women’s player to win the award in consecutive seasons, and takes home her fourth consecutive major award in less than a year along with the 2021 FIFA The Best and the 2021 Ballon d’Or.
Putellas led Barça Femení to a domestic Treble and the Women’s Champions League Final last season, but the Catalans couldn’t complete a perfect campaign and lost the European Cup to Lyon in Turin last May.