Alexia Putellas
Alexia Putellas Segura (Catalan: Alèxia Putellas i Segura, pronounced [alˈɛksiə puteʎəs] (ⓘ); born 4 February 1994), often known mononymously as Alexia, is a Spanish professional footballer from Catalonia who plays as a midfielder or forward for Liga F club Barcelona and the Spain women's national team, both of which she captains. She previously played for Espanyol and Levante, and has represented Catalonia. Having won all major club and individual awards available to a European player by 2022, she is widely regarded as one of the best female footballers of her generation, and one of the greatest of all time. In 2022, women's football reporter Asif Burhan wrote that Putellas' "dedication to the sport has revolutionized the women's game."
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Putellas with Barcelona in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name |
Spanish: Alexia Putellas Segura Catalan: Alèxia Putellas i Segura | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 4 February 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mollet del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder, false 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2005 | Sabadell | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Espanyol | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Espanyol B | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Espanyol | 25 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Levante | 34 | (15) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012– | Barcelona | 287 | (131) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Catalonia U12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Catalonia U14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Catalonia U16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Spain U17 | 4+ | (1+) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Catalonia U18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Spain U19 | 20 | (13) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012– | Spain | 114 | (28) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Catalonia | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:39, 16 October 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:28, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Putellas has played for Barcelona since 2012, after spending most of her youth career in the ranks of Espanyol. With Barcelona, she has won seven league titles, seven Copas de la Reina, and two UEFA Women's Champions League trophies. In Barcelona's 2020–21 season, she played an essential role as her team won the Champions League as well as the resulting continental treble, both for the first time in their history. Putellas then went on to win the UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award, the Ballon d'Or Féminin, and The Best FIFA Women's Player in 2021, becoming the first player to win all three in the same year. In 2022, despite missing the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 due to an ACL injury, she won all three awards again, becoming the first woman to win any of them in consecutive years. Barcelona won the league and Champions League again in 2022–23, though Putellas was largely absent with the injury.
On the international stage, Putellas had success with Spain's youth national teams, winning two UEFA Women's U-17 Euros (in 2010 and 2011) as well as finishing second place in the 2012 UEFA Women's U-19 Euro. She made her debut for Spain's senior national team for the 2013 UEFA Women's Euro, and has since featured in four other major international competitions with the team: Spain's FIFA Women's World Cup debut in 2015, the 2017 Euro, the 2019 World Cup and the 2023 World Cup that Spain won.
As of October 2023, Putellas has the second-most all-time appearances for Barcelona behind former left-back Melanie Serrano, and is their all-time top goalscorer. She also holds the record of most appearances for Spain with 114 caps, having surpassed Marta Torrejón's previous record of 90 caps in 2021.