Barcelona 'forgets' women’s top goalscorers on the legends staircase | OneFootball

Alexia, top scorer, left the club last seasonEric Alonso

Barcelona proudly shows off its history wherever it can. In its official store on Passeig de Gràcia, one of the club’s most emblematic, a staircase pays tribute to some of the great scorers who have worn the blaugrana shirt. However, among those names there are two striking absences: Alexia Putellas and Jenni Hermoso, two players who rank among the top scorers in the club’s history.

Alexia’s absence is especially significant. The midfielder, who recently brought her time at Barça to an end after 14 seasons with the first team, scored 232 goals in the blaugrana shirt, according to the club’s official figures. That total makes her Barcelona’s second-highest scorer of all time, behind only Leo Messi. She also won 38 titles and was the first blaugrana player to win the Ballon d’Or, an award she received twice.

Jenni Hermoso is also missing from that representation of the club’s scoring history. The forward, who had two spells in Barcelona, scored 181 goals in 224 official matches and sits eighth in that ranking. During her time in blaugrana, she won five league titles, five Copas de la Reina, two Spanish Super Cups and the 2021 Champions League, the first European title in the history of Barça Femení.

The issue is even more striking because these are not two minor names in the club’s recent history. Both were key figures in one of the most successful eras in blaugrana women’s football and helped drive the growth of a team that is now a global benchmark.

The staircase may seem like a simple decorative feature inside a store, but it also reflects the way a club chooses to tell its own history. And Alexia’s and Jenni’s numbers are hard to ignore: the second- and eighth-highest scorers in the club’s history, respectively. That is why their absence stands out in a space that is meant precisely to pay tribute to Barcelona’s great goalscorers.

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