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Jamie Spencer

Alexia Putellas Completes Ultimate Comeback, Wins 2026 Ballon d’Or Feminin

Alexia Putellas FC Barcelona Aitana Bonmatí Spain Lionel Messi Megan Rapinoe Michele Kang OL Lyonnes USWNT

Alexia Putellas ensured the Ballon d’Or Féminin stays monopolized by Spain, claiming the 2026 prize on stage Monday night at the London Palladium in the city she now calls home.

The last player not named Alexia Putellas or Aitana Bonmatí to be presented with the Ballon d’Or Féminin remains USWNT icon Megan Rapinoe all the way back in 2019.

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