Barcelona and Spain star Aitana Bonmati is within the operating to retain the Ballon d’Or Feminin after having fun with one other glittering marketing campaign in 2023-24.
Bonmati was topped the world’s finest participant after serving to Spain win the World Cup for the primary time in 2023, succeeding team-mate Alexia Putellas, who received the award in 2021 and 2022.
The artistic midfielder may comply with Putellas in turning into a two-time winner after serving to Barcelona win a Liga F and Champions League double in 2023-24 – their third within the final 4 years.
Bonmati opened the scoring within the Blaugrana’s 2-0 Champions League remaining victory over Lyon in Bilbao, having additionally netted in a 2-1 mixture conquer Chelsea within the final 4.
Within the league, Barcelona received 29 of their 30 video games, drawing the opposite, with Bonmati’s 11 assists solely bettered by team-mate Caroline Graham Hansen (19).
Hansen is one in every of 5 different Barca gamers on the 30-player shortlist, alongside Putellas, Ewa Pajor, Salma Paralluelo and Patricia Guijarro.
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4 Chelsea gamers are nominated after the Blues sealed a dramatic Ladies’s Tremendous League title success in Emma Hayes’ remaining season in cost, with former Barca full-back Lucy Bronze joined by Lauren James, Sjoeke Nusken and Mayra Ramirez.
Bronze and James are two of three England internationals to make the reduce, with Lauren Hemp additionally within the operating after scoring 11 WSL objectives for Manchester Metropolis final time period.
The winner of the award – in addition to the recipient of the boys’s prize – might be introduced at an awards ceremony in Paris on October 28.
