Alexia Putellas

Alexia Putellas Segura (born 4 February 1994) is a Catalan professional footballer. She plays as a midfielder for Barcelona, whom she captains, and for the Spain women's national football team.[3] Before this, she played for Espanyol and Levante, and she has represented Catalonia. By 2022, she had won all the major awards available to a European player, both individually and with her club. People widely consider her the best female footballer in the world right now and one of the greatest of all time. In 2022, a football reporter named Asif Burhan mentioned how her dedication to the sport has changed women's football.[4] She has been playing for Barcelona since 2012, after spending most of her younger years with Espanyol. With Barcelona, she has achieved a lot: seven league titles, seven Copas de la Reina, and two UEFA Women's Champions League trophies. In the 2020-21 season, she played a key role in helping Barcelona win the Champions League and two other major titles for the first time in their history. In recognition of her outstanding performance, she won several awards in 2021, including UEFA Women's Player of the Year, Ballon d'Or Féminin, and The Best FIFA Women's Player - a feat that no one had accomplished before in a single year.[5]

Alexia Putellas
Putellas with Barcelona in 2019
Personal information
Full name Alexia Putellas Segura[1]
Date of birth (1994-02-04) 4 February 1994[1]
Place of birth Mollet del Vallès, Spain[2]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Barcelona
Number 11
Youth career
2001–2005 Sabadell
2005–2006 Barcelona
2006–2010 Espanyol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Espanyol 25 (3)
2011–2012 Levante 34 (15)
2012– Barcelona 281 (126)
National team‡
2006–2008 Catalonia U14
2008–2010 Catalonia U16
2009–2011 Spain U17
2011–2013 Spain U19 20 (13)
2012– Spain 104 (28)
2014– Catalonia 3 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 July 2023

As of 2022, she's the second player with the most appearances for Barcelona, just behind Melanie Serrano. She's also the second-highest all-time scorer for the club, after Jennifer Hermoso.[6] Moreover, she holds the record for the most appearances for Spain with 104 caps, surpassing Marta Torrejón's previous record of 90 caps in 2021.[7]

Personal life

Putellas was really close to her dad. Even though he was sick with heart problems when she played for Levante, he always came to see her games in Valencia. She thought about studying medicine to help him.[8] He died in 2012, just before an important tournament.[9]

When she scores a goal, she points to the sky to remember him. She mostly speaks Catalan, learned Spanish in school when she was young, and started learning English in the 2020s.[10] She has a pet dog named Nala, a Pomeranian,[11] who even has an Instagram account.[12]

She doesn't talk much about her relationships, but she did share on social media about being with her teammate Jennifer Hermoso. They even joined an event called Madrid Pride together. After winning the Champions League in 2023, a video of Putellas meeting her girlfriend in the stands became super popular on TikTok.[13]

Putellas has lots of tattoos. Some have Latin sayings, like "Work conquers all."[14] She also has symbols like a Hand of Fatima and an Eye of Horus, plus a Barcelona tile with "Made in" written on it. She's got a football, the number 112 (combining her first Spain shirt number, 12, and her famous shirt number, 11), and a drawing of her dad holding her as a baby and giving her a football.[15]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 3 June 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Supercup UWCL Regional Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Espanyol 2009–10 Superliga Femenina 1 0 0 0 – – ? ? 1 0
2010–11 24 3 4 1 – – ? ? 28 4
Total 25 3 4 1 – – ? ? 29 4
Levante 2011–12 Primera División 34 15 – – – – 34 15
Barcelona 2012–13 Primera División 30 12 5 1 – 2 0 2 0 39 13
2013–14 30 8 5 2 – 6 0 2 1 43 11
2014–15 26 6 2 0 – 4 1 2 1 34 8
2015–16 29 18 3 2 – 5 0 2 0 39 20
2016–17 28 10 3 0 – 8 0 2 4 41 14
2017–18 29 9 4 2 – 4 1 2 0 39 12
2018–19 28 16 2 1 – 8 1 0 0 38 18
2019–20 20 10 3 1 2 2 6 3 2 2 33 18
2020–21 31 18 3 5 1 1 7 2 – 42 26
2021–22 26 18 4 4 2 1 10 11 – 42 34
2022–23 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 – 6 1
Total 281 126 34 18 5 4 61 19 14 8 395 175
Career total 340 144 38 19 5 4 61 19 14 8 458 194

International
As of match played 26 July 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year
YearSpain Catalonia
Apps Goals Apps Goals
201381 —
201470 1 0
2015122 1 0
201693 1 1
2017143 0 0
201894 —
2019161 0 0
202064 —
2021125 —
202274 —
202341 —
Total10428 3 1
Scores and results list Spain's and Catalonia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Putellas goal.
List of international goals scored by Alexia Putellas
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
Spain goals
112 July 2013Linköping Arena, Linköping England3–23–2UEFA Women's Euro 2013
210 February 2015Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar Austria1–02–2Friendly
327 October 2015Sonera Stadium, Helsinki Finland1–02–1UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
424 January 2016Stadion pod Malim brdom, Petrovac Montenegro3–07–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
58 April 2016Complexo Desportivo da Covilhã, Covilhã Portugal2–04–1UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
615 September 2016La Ciudad del Fútbol, Las Rozas de Madrid Montenegro12–013–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
730 June 2017Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar Belgium1–07–0Friendly
83–0
928 November 2017Estadi de Son Moix, Palma Austria1–04–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
1020 January 2018Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar Netherlands1–02–0Friendly
115 March 2018AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca Czech Republic2–02–02018 Cyprus Women's Cup
127 June 2018La Condomina, Murcia Israel2–02–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
138 November 2018Butarque, Leganés Poland2–13–1Friendly
145 April 2019Estadio Vicente Sanz, Don Benito Brazil1–12–1Friendly
155 March 2020Exploria Stadium, Orlando, Florida Japan1–03–12020 SheBelieves Cup
1611 March 2020Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas England1–01–0 2020 SheBelieves Cup
1723 October 2020La Cartuja, Seville Czech Republic4–04–0UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
1827 November 2020La Ciudad del Fútbol, Las Rozas de Madrid Moldova7–010–0UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
1910 June 2021Santo Domingo, Alcorcón Belgium2–03–0Friendly
2016 September 2021Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn Faroe Islands4–010–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2126 October 2021Kolos Stadium, Kovalivka Ukraine1–06–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2225 November 2021La Cartuja, Seville Faroe Islands11–012–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2330 November 2021La Cartuja, Seville Scotland6–08–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2417 February 2022Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough Germany1–01–12022 Arnold Clark Cup
2523 February 2022Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton Canada1–01–02022 Arnold Clark Cup
267 April 2022José Rico Pérez, Alicante Brazil1–01–1Friendly
271 July 2022Stadio Teofilo Patini, Castel di Sangro Italy1–11–1Friendly
2829 June 2023Estadio Román Suárez Puerta, Avilés Panama2–07–0Friendly
Catalonia goals
122 December 2016Estadio da Lomba, Vilagarcía de ArousaGalicia (Spain) Galicia2–05–0Friendly

References
  1. "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. "Alexia profile". FC Barcelona. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  3. Alexia Putellas signs for FC Barcelona. Archived 23 January 2013 at Archive.today futfem.com, 10/07/12
  4. Burhan, Asif. "Intimate Documentary On Alexia Putellas To Premiere On Amazon Prime Video". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  5. UEFA.com (2022-10-17). "How brilliant is UEFA and Ballon d'Or award winner Alexia Putellas?". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  6. "Jenni Hermoso y Alexia, con el récord goleador a tiro". fcbarcelona.com. FC Barcelona. 29 May 2020. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  7. Calaff, Àlex (2022-02-09). "Barça Femenino | Alexia Putellas iguala a Vicky Losada en partidos oficiales con el Barça". Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-03.
  8. Harpur, Charlotte. "Barcelona and Spain's Alexia Putellas, the full story: 'She reminds me of Busquets and Iniesta. She is gold in every way'". The Athletic. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  9. "Pésame a la jugadora Alexia Putellas por el fallecimiento de su padre". levanteud.com. Levante UD. 29 May 2012. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  10. Harpur, Charlotte. "Barcelona and Spain's Alexia Putellas, the full story: 'She reminds me of Busquets and Iniesta. She is gold in every way'". The Athletic. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  11. "El detective de LOC: la 'muy interesante' ministra de Ciencia y una entrega de premios". El Mundo (in Spanish). 2022-12-04. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  12. "Alexia Putellas en buena compañía en la playa: sabemos dónde y con quién, es fuerte". En Blau (in Spanish). 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  13. "Alexia Putellas, besos y abrazos con Olga Ríos de vacaciones en Ibiza: guapísimas". En Blau (in Spanish). 2023-06-13. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  14. "Alexia Putellas: "Pronto las mujeres jugaremos de forma habitual en el Camp Nou"". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2022-03-25. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
  15. Menayo, David (2022-11-30). "'Alexia: Labor Omnia Vincit', el legado de la Reina". MARCA (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-30.
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