Back to back winner! Alexia Putellas is the 2022 women's Ballon d'Or winner

Alexia Putellas keeps making history. The Catalan won the Ballon d’Or for a second consecutive year.

Putellas has made history as the first women's player to become a back-to-back winner of the prize. England's Beth Mead was the runner-up for the award after guiding the Lionesses to the European Championships title, with Chelsea's Sam Kerr having to settle for third.

Spanish midfielder Putellas suffered a long-term injury earlier this year which ruled her out of the European Championship but still helped Barcelona to a historic Spanish league title, with the Catalan club winning all 30 matches.

During that campaign, Putellas scored 18 goals and registered 15 assists to help her team to glory.

Alexia scored 34 goals and gave 21 assists in 43 games for Barcelona, finishing as the top scorer in the Champions League with 11, and third in La Liga with 18 goals. She led the assists in the league with 17 and added two in the Champions League.

Alexia is currently out with an ACL injury in her knee and is set to miss the rest of the season.

“Without my team-mates this would not have been possible, I want to thank the staff and the coach and everyone involved at Barcelona,” she said.

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Alexia Putellas is the first player to win back-to-back Ballon d'Or Féminin awards.