Alexia Putellas Wins Women's Ballon d'Or (Video)

Alexia Putellas of Barcelona and Spain won the women's Ballon d'Or prize at a ceremony in Paris on Monday.

Putellas is the third winner of the prize, following Ada Hegerberg, who won the inaugural women's Ballon d'Or in 2018, and United States World Cup star Megan Rapinoe who won the prize in 2019.

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Putellas captained Barcelona to victory in this year's Champions League, scoring a penalty in the final as her side hammered Chelsea 4-0 in Gothenburg.

She also won a Spanish league and cup double with Barca, the club she joined as a teenager in 2012, and helped her country qualify for the upcoming Women's Euro in England.

In addition, her Barcelona and Spain teammate Jennifer Hermoso came second in the voting, with Sam Kerr of Chelsea and Australia coming in third.

In August, Putellas was named player of the year by European football's governing body UEFA.

The 2021 Ballon d’Or ceremony kicked off tonight at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris. The 2020 awards show was cancelled because of the Coronavirus pandemic.