Spain and Barcelona midfielder Aitana Bonmati has received the Ladies’s Ballon d’Or for the primary hour.
The 25-year-old loved a massively a success yr as she helped her membership triumph within the Spanish lead aviation and Champions League, and her nation win the Global Cup in the summertime.
She was once additionally topped Uefa’s participant of the yr in August.
England goalkeeper Mary Earps completed a 5th park end year team-mate Rachel Daly was once tenth.
Fellow Lionesses Millie Shining and Georgia Stanway had been additionally a number of the nominees.
Sam Kerr of Chelsea and Australia completed 2d, Barcelona and Spain youngster Salma Paralluelo was once 3rd, and Fridolina Rolfo of Barcelona and Sweden completed fourth.
“I’m very proud to win the Ballon d’Or,” Bonmati stated.
“Football is a collective sport so I’d like to extend this prize to my team-mates and staff.”
She added on the finish of her pronunciation in English: “Finally congratulations to the other nominees. They’re great footballers.
“As position fashions we now have a accountability off and on the sound. We will have to be greater than athletes and hold prominent via instance and preventing in combination for a greater, non violent and equivalent global.”
Spain’s Global Cup win was once overshadowed via the fallout from Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales kissing Jenni Hermoso after the final, which she said was not consensual.
Bonmati scored three goals at the tournament in Australia and New Zealand as Spain went on to beat England within the ultimate.
She has now won four league titles with Barcelona and two Champions Leagues.
This was the fifth edition of the Women’s Ballon d’Or, with Bonmati’s Spain and Barcelona team-mate Alexia Putellas winning the past two.
Ballon d’Or lead 10
1. Aitana Bonmati (Spain and Barcelona)
2. Sam Kerr (Australia and Chelsea)
3. Salma Paralluelo (Spain and Barcelona)
4. Fridolina Rolfo (Sweden and Barcelona)
5. Mary Earps (England and Manchester United)
6. Olga Carmona (Spain and Actual Madrid)
7. Alexandra Popp (Germany and VfL Wolfsburg)
8. Patricia Guijarro (Spain and Barcelona)
9. Linda Caicedo (Colombia and Real Madrid)
10. Rachel Daly (England and Aston Villa)
