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TOPSHOT – Barcelona’s Spanish midfielder and Ballon d’Or 2024 winner Aitana Bonmati reacts after receiving the Woman Ballon d’Or award during the 2025 Ballon d’Or France Football award ceremony at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris on September 22, 2025. (Photo by Franck FIFE / AFP) (Photo by FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images FC Barcelona’s Aitana Bonmatí has become the first woman to win three Ballon D’Or trophies after being awarded the prestigious accolade for the third year in succession. Awarded by France Football magazine, the Ballon D’Or is awarded to the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous season. First created for the men’s game in 1956, an award for women was established in 2018 and there remains only four winners in history – Ada Hegerberg, Megan Rapinoe, Alexia Putellas and Aitana Bonmatí. Aitana was voted as the winner of the most coveted individual award in soccer ahead of her Spanish team-mate Arsenal’s Mariona Caldentey and England’s Alessia Russo. Both Caldentey and Russo were in the team which defeated Barcelona in the UEFA Women’s Champions League final and Russo was an integral part of the Lionesses’ team which defeated both Spanish players in the UEFA Women’s Euro this summer. Upon receiving the award again, the midfielder explained what it meant to her. “It’s a source of pride, it was very competitive. I can only thank everyone. Many people have allowed me to take this path. I now have high expectations for the World Cup in Brazil. This third Ballon d’Or contributes to the influence of Barça, and of Catalonia too.” It is incredibly the fifth year in a row in which a Spanish international playing for FC Barcelona has won the women’s Ballon D’Or. Before the first of Aitana’s titles, Alexia Putellas…

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