Overview
- Putellas received the Ballon d'Or at France Football's London gala and gave an emotional acceptance speech thanking former Barcelona teammates.
- Her 2025/26 season featured seven goals and seven assists in 11 Champions League games and helped Barcelona win the league, the cup, the Supercup and the Champions League.
- The prize caps a multi‑year recovery from a July 2022 ACL tear that kept her out of the European Championship and that she only began to overcome after returning in April 2023.
- She left FC Barcelona after 14 years in summer 2026 to join the London City Lionesses, a move that closes her long Barcelona era and brings her to the English Women’s Super League.
- Putellas reclaims top individual honor after Aitana Bonmatí's recent run of wins and adds to a career that includes 232 goals for Barcelona, a four‑time Champions League tally, and wider attention on the WSL.