Alexia Putellas was named the ladies’s footballer of the yr for the second time in a row as she beat Beth Mead to the 2022 Ballon d’Or Feminin prize.England and Arsenal star Mead, who gained one of the best participant award because the Lionesses gained the Euros, got here second after Putellas led Barcelona to an historic LaLiga title – profitable each home recreation earlier than lacking the Euros by harm.Earlier than Monday’s ceremony in Paris, Lucy Bronze was the one England participant to make the highest three of the Ballon d’Or Feminin having completed second in 2019.Bronze, Mead and Millie Vibrant have been among the many 20 nominees whereas Arsenal’s Vivianne Miedema and Sam Kerr of Chelsea made the longlist from the Ladies’s Tremendous League.READ MOREKerr completed third for the second yr in a row forward of Bronze (tenth), Miedema (eleventh) and Vibrant (fifteenth).German younsgter Lena Oberdorf and Barcelona’s Aitanna Bonmarti rounded off the highest 5.The 2020 award was cancelled as a result of pandemic with Ada Hederberg, Megan Rapinoe and Putellas the earlier winners of its three editions.
Mead finishes second in Ballon d’Or Feminin prize as Putellas wins once more
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