Barcelona midfielder Aitana Bonmatí has retained the Ballon d’Or Féminin, seeing off competition from teammate Caroline Graham Hansen to win the award for the second successive year.
The 26-year-old was the star performer as Barça won the quadruple for the first time in the club’s history last season. Bonmatí lifted the fifth Liga F, third Women’s Champions League, sixth Copa de la Reina and fourth Spanish Supercopa of her career.
“Thank you so much for your applause. I’m so grateful to be here to receive this award for the second time,” she said on collecting the prize.
“I always say this is not something that you can do alone, I’m so lucky to be surrounded by wonderful players who help me to keep growing into a better player. So thank you to my teammates because without them I wouldn’t be here, I would also like to thank my club and [Barcelona president] Joan Laporta.
“When you are growing and have more experience, you have confidence. It is not about the trophies, it is about having my team mates next to me.”
Bonmatí was also part of the Spain side which followed up their World Cup success by winning the first edition of the Women’s Nations League, scoring in the 2-0 victory over France in the…
