Alexia Putellas marked her 500th appearance for Barcelona with a goal in the Champions League quarterfinal against Real Madrid, the report says, moments that came at a packed Camp Nou where supporters chanted “There is only one queen.” The strike helped Barcelona reach a successive semifinal run, per the report.
Per the report, Putellas has spent 14 years at Barcelona and is a two-time Ballon d’Or winner who serves as the club’s captain. Teammate Caroline Graham Hansen described her as “a legend of the game,” the report says, reflecting the esteem in which she is held inside the squad.
Born and raised in Mollet del Valles, Catalonia, Putellas began playing at Sabadell at age seven and was named captain early in her youth career, the report says. She spent a year at La Masia in 2005, winning the youth Copa Catalunya and the league, but a restructuring of Barcelona’s women’s team led her to move to Espanyol. Her club list in the report includes Espanyol B, Espanyol, Levante and Barcelona.
Putellas made her first-team debut at 16 and was part of the Espanyol squad that won the Copa de la Reina in 2010, the report says. A brief spell at Levante followed, where she finished as the league’s top scorer with 15 goals, per the report. She returned to Barcelona in 2012 as the club prepared for its first UEFA Women’s Champions League campaign.
The report outlines a trophy-laden career: three UEFA Women’s Champions League titles, nine Liga F championships, 10 Copa de la Reina trophies, eight Copa Catalunya wins, four Supercopa de España titles, a World Cup and two European Championship wins, alongside two Ballon d’Or awards. The report also notes she ranks ninth in all-time appearances in Europe’s top club competition.
Putellas’ continental credentials include a 2020-21 UWCL title in which she started the final despite injury, converting a penalty and providing an assist, and further wins in 2022-23 and 2023-24 capped by a goal against OL Lyonnes to complete a historic quadruple, per the report. Barcelona will meet OL Lyonnes in the UWCL final on May 23, the report says, giving Putellas another chance to add to her honours. The report also records that she made her senior debut for Spain at Euro 2013.
