{"id":30222,"date":"2026-05-27T03:30:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T03:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/30222\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T03:30:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T03:30:55","slug":"official-barcelona-announce-alexia-putellas-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/30222\/","title":{"rendered":"Official: Barcelona announce Alexia Putellas departure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FC Barcelona have officially announced that legendary midfielder Alexia Putellas will leave the club, bringing an emotional end to one of the most decorated eras in the history of women\u2019s football. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The club confirmed the departure through a poignant social media statement, celebrating her status with the caption:\u00a0\u201cUn llegat. Una icona. Una capitana. Eterna Alexia.\u201d\u00a0(A legacy. An icon. A captain. Eternal Alexia.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official FC Barcelona club account also shared a heartfelt farewell message to the two-time Ballon d\u2019Or winner, stating:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThank you for everything, @alexiaputellas! You\u2019ll always be one of ours. The Culers, men and women alike, will miss you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"ca\" dir=\"ltr\">Gr\u00e0cies per tot, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexiaputellas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@alexiaputellas<\/a>! Sempre ser\u00e0s una de les nostres. Els i les culers et trobarem a faltar \ud83d\udc99\u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_cat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCBarcelona_cat\/status\/2059325480092762359?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 26, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Putellas herself made a post on her social media, confirming her departure from the club after 14 iconic years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement marks a seismic shift for the Catalan club, as they bid farewell to a talismanic leader who has served as the face of the Blaugrana\u2019s domestic and European dominance for over a decade.<\/p>\n<p>A Legendary Record in Numbers<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Putellas leaves Barcelona as the club\u2019s\u00a0all-time leading goalscorer, solidifying her status as a prolific attacking force from the midfield. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over a glittering 14-season career with Barcelona, she played 512 matches across all competitions, with 234 goals scored for the club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following a dominant 4-0 victory over OL Lyonness to lift yet another European title, Putellas departs having secured a staggering\u00a036 trophies\u00a0with Barcelona, surpassing Lionel Messi\u2019s record haul with the club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her CV reads: four UEFA Women\u2019s Champions League, ten Liga F, nine Copa de la Reina, four Supercopa de Espana, and nine Copa Catalunya.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the international stage, her unmatched career is further elevated by her triumph as a\u00a0FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup Winner\u00a0with Spain in 2023 and a\u00a0UEFA Women\u2019s Nations League\u00a0champion in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the club and its massive fanbase process the departure of their eternal captain, attention will inevitably turn to where the iconic playmaker will choose to take the next step of her legendary career, with London City Lionesses tipped as her next destination.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FC Barcelona have officially announced that legendary midfielder Alexia Putellas will leave the club, bringing an emotional end&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3447,92,222,223],"class_list":["post-30222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-alexia-putellas","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-news","tag-fc-barcelona"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}