Aitana Bonmatí: The New Soccer Queen who Snatched the Ballon d’Or from Alexia Putellas

New soccer queen? Aitana Bonmatí snatches the crown (and the Ballon d’Or) from Alexia Putellas Al-Ittihad remembers the Ballon d’Or won by Karim Benzema 1 year ago

This Monday, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, the Ballon d’Or awards will be presented. While in the men’s award things seem to be between Leo Messi and Erling Haaland, the great favorite for the women’s Ballon d’Or seems very clear to everyone : the Spanish midfielder Aitana Bonmatí. After a spectacular season, both with the national team and with her club, FC Barcelona, ​​it would be a great surprise if she were not the one to win the award that recognizes her as the best player in the world.

With the Spanish team, she has been the most important player in a historic triumph such as the victory in the Australia and New Zealand World Cup: Aitana Bonmatí was chosen the MVP of this tournament after leading the game of the champion team. He took last season with Barça three titles: Champions League, League and Super Cup.

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In the League he managed to score 10 goals and distribute 11 assists, while in the Champions League he scored 5 goals and gave 8 assists. Just like in the World Cup, In the Champions League she was also awarded the award for best player of the competition.

Triumphs from a very young age

Aitana Bonmatí Conca is 25 years old, and was born in Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona). She started playing soccer at the age of 7, and joined the Barça youth team at the age of 13. When she was still a very young Barcelona B player, she already defended the Spain shirt with great success by winning the 2015 U-17 Euro Cup, which was held in Iceland, and in which she was included by UEFA in the ideal team of the tournament. This victory came after having been a finalist the previous year in both the previous edition of the U-17 Euro Cup (held annually) and the U-17 World Cup.

His debut with the Barça first team came in 2016, at the age of 18, and he increasingly showed signs of his quality. At the same time that he was gaining prominence with the club, he was also accumulating successes with the national teams, being part of the team that won the Under-19 Euro Cup held in Northern Ireland in 2016. In addition, he was also a finalist in the 2016 U-19 Euro Cup and the 2018 U-20 World Cup. debuted with the senior team in 2017and the following year he was part of the team that won the Cyprus Cup.

In addition to the recent World Cup, he also won a U-19 Euro Cup and a U-17 Euro Cup.

Aitana was one of “The 15” who last year They asked not to be called up by the national team until changes were introduced that they considered necessary in the Federation for women’s football, although it returned in time for the World Cup, after the organization committed to undertaking certain structural changes.

Star at Barça

With Barça, a team in which he has long been a fundamental piece, his list of titles is certainly abundant: 4 Leagues, 2 Champions League, 5 Queen’s Cups, 3 Super Cups and 4 Catalonia Cups. And considering that it is still 25 years old, this list can still grow much more.

With Barça he has won 4 Leagues, 2 Champions Leagues and 5 Queen’s Cups, among other titles.

In addition to the numerous collective achievements of which she has been a part, Aitana Bonmatí has ​​also been recognized during her sporting career with a large number of individual awards. Apart from his already mentioned MVP in the last World Cup and in the last Champions League, another of his most important awards is that of UEFA Player of the Yearwhich he received a couple of months ago for his exceptional 2022-23 season, with a large point difference over his rivals.

Now, everything indicates that he will add the Ballon d’Or to his collection. If so, it will be second Spanish player to achieve it, following in the wake of her teammate and national team Alexia Putellas, who has won it twice. The women’s Ballon d’Or has been awarded since 2018, and in addition to Putellas, only the American Megan Rapionoe and the Norwegian Ada Hegerberg have won so far.

2023-10-30 08:52:16
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