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Aitana Bonmatí

Central midfielder, FC Barcelona Femení & Spain

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Why they shine

Aitana Bonmatí is the only player to win three consecutive Women's Ballon d'Or awards, taking the 2023, 2024 and 2025 editions, each by a wide margin. She captained Spain to the 2023 Women's World Cup and its Golden Ball, then won the women's award that autumn. In 2025-26 she scored 13 goals for Barcelona, was named the Champions League's MVP and lifted the club's fourth European title in Oslo, where they beat Lyon 4-0. She has also won the Nations League twice and was the best player at the 2025 Women's EURO.

Full name: Aitana Bonmatí Puig
Nationality: Spain
Club (2026): FC Barcelona Femení
Position: Central midfielder
Women's Ballon d'Or: Three — 2023, 2024, 2025
2025-26 season: 13 goals and the Champions League, as the competition's MVP

Record

Honor record

Women's Ballon d'Or

2023 · Oct 30, 2023

Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris

The first Barcelona midfielder to win the women's award, and the first of three. Bonmatí arrived at the ceremony having won the Women's World Cup with Spain, the Champions League and a La Liga title in the same season, and she finished ahead of her Barcelona team-mate Alexia Putellas in a vote of 50 national journalists.

Women's Ballon d'Or

2024 · Oct 28, 2024

Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris

The second, and a successful defence after the first in 2023. Bonmatí won a double with Barcelona, reached the Champions League final and was named the best player in the world for a second time, the second woman after Alexia Putellas to retain the award. The same year she took the FIFA Best Women's Player award and the Laurence Olivier sports award.

Women's Ballon d'Or

2025 · Sep 22, 2025

Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris

The third in three years, won after a domestic treble and a run to the Women's Champions League final, where Barcelona lost 1-0 to Arsenal. The 69th ceremony moved to a September slot for the first time since the pandemic and introduced three women's categories, from the Kopa Trophy to the Gerd Müller Trophy. Bonmatí became the first three-time winner of the women's award.

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