Aitana Bonmatí wins Ballon d'Or for the third year running | OneFootball

The Spaniard Aitana Bonmatí confirmed her favoritism and won the 2025 Women's Ballon d'Or, awarded this Monday at a ceremony held at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. With the trophy, the midfielder from Barcelona becomes a three-time consecutive winner of the France Football magazine award, having also won in 2023 and 2024.

For Barcelona, she scored 16 goals and provided 11 assists in 44 matches. She won the Spanish Super Cup, the Spanish Championship, and the Spanish Cup. In the Champions League, the Catalan club lost to Arsenal in the grand final.

Despite Barça's defeat to the English team in the Champions League final, Bonmatí remained a technical reference for the Catalan team and also shone in the Euro Cup, being named the best player of the competition, even with Spain's defeat to England in the final.

Her performance consolidated her position as the great protagonist of the current generation of women's football.

Brazil, in turn, was once again present among the finalists, but without reaching the podium. Marta finished in 12th place, two spots below the Top 10, while Amanda Gutierres, a forward for Palmeiras and top scorer of the Brasileirão, finished in 21st place. Both participated in the Brazilian national team's campaign that won the Copa América in July, with Marta being named the best player of the competition.

In the coaches' category, Arthur Elias, coach of the Brazilian National Team, was also among the nominees, but the award went to Sarina Wiegman, responsible for England's European championship double.

The Top 10 of the Ballon d'Or included, besides Aitana: Hanna Hampton (Chelsea/10th), Lucy Bronze (Chelsea/9th), Ewa Pajor (Barcelona/8th), Leah Williamson (Arsenal/7th), Patricia Guijarro (Barcelona/6th), Chloe Kerry (Manchester City/5th), Alexia Putellas (Barcelona/4th), Alessia Russo (Arsenal/3rd), and Mariona Caldentey (Arsenal/2nd).

Gerd Muller Trophy

Viktor Gyokeres won the Gerd Muller Trophy in this edition of the awards, which honors the top scorer of the season. Playing for Sporting, the Swede scored 54 goals and provided 13 assists in 52 matches. He was champion of the Portuguese Championship and the Portuguese Cup.

On the women's side, Ewa Pajor from Barcelona scored 42 goals and provided 14 assists in 46 games.

Socrates Award

The big winner of the Socrates Award was the Xana Foundation, named after the late daughter of Luis Enrique, coach of PSG. She died in 2019 at the age of nine, a victim of osteosarcoma, a type of aggressive bone tumor.

The foundation's mission is to offer comprehensive support — emotional, physical, and financial — to children and young people undergoing treatment for serious illnesses, as well as their families, ensuring they face this process with more dignity.

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