{"id":30196,"date":"2026-05-27T01:12:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T01:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/30196\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T01:12:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T01:12:19","slug":"alexia-putellas-ends-14-season-barcelona-career-after-fourth-champions-league-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/30196\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexia Putellas ends 14-season Barcelona career after fourth Champions League title"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two-time Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas, who has helped women’s soccer grow in Spain and worldwide, is leaving Barcelona after 14 seasons.<\/p>\n

Putellas will officially bid farewell at an event at Barcelona’s Camp Nou this week, giving the club a “chance to recognise the legacy created by a player who has become a role model on and off the field and who has helped women’s football to grow across the globe”.<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old Putellas helped Barcelona win the Champions League title for the fourth time in six seasons last weekend.<\/p>\n

There was no immediate announcement about her next move, with speculation in Spain that she might join the fast-emerging London City Lionesses. Putellas attended a Lionesses game in London in January.<\/p>\n

Putellas played 507 games for Barcelona \u2014 second on the all-time list \u2014 since arriving at age 18 in 2012 from Levante, the Catalan club said.<\/p>\n

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Putellas scored 232 goals for Barcelona, a club record, and won 38 trophies, including four Champions Leagues and 10 Spanish league titles.<\/p>\n

“The time has come to acknowledge that I’ve given everything for these colours,” Putellas said in a video posted on her social media accounts. “It’s been a perfect story.”<\/p>\n

She was Barcelona’s best player when it won its first Champions League in 2021 and helped put women’s soccer in Spain on the global map when she won back-to-back Ballon d’Or awards in 2021 and 2022. Her boost to the sport was considered key to helping Spain win the 2023 World Cup.<\/p>\n

When Spain was embroiled in crisis after its then-soccer federation president Luis Rubiales kissed a player without consent during the World Cup awards ceremony, it was Putellas who led the player revolt that prompted his downfall.<\/p>\n

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Putellas led the player revolt against Luis Rubiales (pictured) after he kissed a player without consent at the 2023 World Cup. (Getty Images: Europa Press\/Francisco Guerra)<\/p>\n

“We’ve taken the women’s team further than we ever imagined,” Putellas said.<\/p>\n

“At the beginning, being a soccer player wasn’t even recognised as a profession. Now I feel privileged to have been part of this change.”<\/p>\n

Serious leg injuries put her star status in doubt for Barcelona and Spain.<\/p>\n

She was sidelined for months and, when she returned to the field, she was reported to be considering a move from Barcelona due to her limited playing time but eventually signed a contract extension.<\/p>\n

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