The Ballon d’Or Feminin is the largest prize in girls’s soccer.
That is, in fact, a workforce recreation, however yearly, the largest names in soccer get collectively to have a good time these people who’ve stood out from the pack within the earlier season with the Ballon d’Or awards.
It was first began by France Soccer and has topped the very best males’s participant for every year since 1956, earlier than in 2018 they opened up the Ballon d’Or Feminin to recognise the very best girls’s gamers following the rise of the sport. Right here’s the total checklist of Ballon d’Or Feminin winners since its inception…
Ballon d’Or Feminin: Each winner of the award
2018: Ada Hegerberg, Lyon
The Norwegian lifted the primary iteration of the award (Picture credit score: Getty Pictures)
Scooping up the inaugural award was Lyon’s Ada Hegerberg. The Norwegian ahead spearheaded the French outfit to a Premiere Ligue and Champions League double, scoring within the remaining of the latter.
Sadly, her award was considerably overshadowed by DJ Martin Solveig, presenting the trophy, who requested the striker whether or not she may twerk . Creating an equally prestigious award for girls’s soccer within the Ballon d’Or Feminin was a giant step ahead, however Solveig confirmed there was nonetheless loads of work to be performed.
The highest three in 2018:
Ada Hegerberg (Lyon and Norway)
Pernille Tougher (Wolfsburg and Denmark)
Dzsenifer Marozsan (Lyon and Germany
2019: Megan Rapinoe, Reign FC
Megan Rapinoe’s performances within the World Cup have been key to her BDO triumph (Picture credit score: Kristy Sparow/Getty Pictures)
The second participant to obtain the award was winger Megan Rapinoe, who was turning out for Nationwide Ladies’s Soccer League (NWSL) aspect Reign FC (then OL Reign).
It was, nevertheless, her performances for her US nationwide aspect that have been seemingly the clincher. Co-captaining the aspect at that 12 months’s World Cup, she was joint-top scorer within the event with six targets, serving to lead USWNT to the final word prize within the worldwide recreation.
The highest three in 2019:
Megan Rapinoe (Reign FC and United States)
Lucy Bronze (Lyon and England)
Alex Morgan (Orlando Pleasure and United States)
2021: Alexia Putellas, Barcelona
Alexia Putellas has been key to Barcelona’s European success in recent times (Picture credit score: Aurelien Meunier/Getty Pictures)
With no award held in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the following winner got here two years later in Alexia Putellas, ushering in 4 years of Barcelona-inspired dominance within the BDO Feminin.
She captained the Spanish aspect to their first Champions League triumph, scoring within the 4-0 downing of Chelsea within the remaining, and ended the season on a mind-boggling 26 targets, probably the most of any midfielder in Europe that season.
“I’m certain I gained’t be the final Barcelona participant to win the prize,” she stated, receiving the honour. She might have been onto one thing.
The highest three in 2021:
Alexia Putellas (Barcelona and Spain)
Jenni Hermoso (Barcelona and Spain)
Sam Kerr (Chelsea and Australia)
2022: Alexia Putellas, Barcelona
Putellas took simply 12 months so as to add a second BDO title to her intensive trophy cupboard (Picture credit score: David Ramos – UEFA/UEFA by way of Getty Pictures)
Putellas made certain she wasn’t the final Barcelona star to win the award by getting the job performed herself once more simply 12 months later, turning into the primary lady to obtain the honour twice.
Regardless of dropping the Champions League remaining to Lyon that season, and lacking the Euros by way of harm, her position in Barca’s league title – successful all 30 league video games, with Putella scoring 18 targets – together with Spanish Cup and Tremendous Cup triumphs have been deemed sufficient for her to carry on to the trophy for an additional 12 months.
The highest three in 2022:
Alexia Putellas (Barcelona and Spain)
Beth Mead (Arsenal and England)
Sam Kerr (Chelsea and Australia)
2023: Aitana Bonmati, Barcelona
Aitana Bonmati took the honour from team-mate Putellas in 2023 (Picture credit score: FRANCK FIFE/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)
It was time for a brand new winner, however the judges didn’t have to look far, with Putella’s team-mate Aitana Bonmati being topped in 2023 .
A productive 12 months noticed the then-25-year-old midfielder obtain glory in Liga F and the Champions League with Barcelona, earlier than memorably lifting the World Cup that summer season with Spain — a probably sore recollection for these on English shores .
The highest three in 2023:
Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona and Spain)
Sam Kerr (Chelsea and Australia)
Salma Paralluelo (Barcelona and Spain)
2024: Aitana Bonmati, Barcelona
Bonmati grew to become the second participant to raise the BDO Feminin twice, and the fourth consecutive Barca winner (Picture credit score: FRANCK FIFE/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)
Following in her team-mate and compatriot’s footsteps, Bonmati grew to become the second-ever participant to raise the BDO Feminin at this 12 months’s ceremony.
The midfielder accomplished a clear sweep of silverware with the Catalan membership – Liga F, Champions League, Supercopa and Copa de la Reina – notching 19 targets for herself from midfield.
As if that weren’t sufficient, she additionally led her nationwide workforce, Spain, to glory within the first-ever Ladies’s Nations League title, scoring 4, together with one towards France within the remaining.
The highest three in 2024:
Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona and Spain)
Caroline Graham Hansen (Barcelona and Norway)
Salma Paralluelo (Barcelona and Spain)
