Alexia Putellas will leave Barcelona after her contract expires at the end of the season. The 32-year-old spent 14 years at the Catalan club, making 507 appearances and scoring 233 goals after joining from Levante in 2012. She helped Barcelona win a quadruple, including a fourth Champions League title with a 4-0 win over OL Lyonnais, and she collected 10 league titles, 10 Copa de la Reina titles, and seven Copa Catalunya titles. Putellas became the first Spanish player to win the women’s Ballon d’Or in 2021 and retained it in 2022. After an ACL injury prevented her from playing at Euro 2022, she won Nations League titles, won the 2023 World Cup, and finished runner-up at the 2025 Euros. London City Lionesses have been linked with a move, with Michele Kang’s ownership and coaching and squad additions creating interest.
"Barcelona have announced the exit of their talismanic captain, Alexia Putellas, after the expiration of the two-time Ballon d'Or winner's contract at the end of the season. The 32-year-old, who was born in Mollet del Valles, just north of Barcelona, spent 14 years at the Catalan club making 507 appearances and scoring a record 233 goals after joining from Levante in 2012 aged 18."
"Putellas helped Barcelona to a quadruple this season, clinching their fourth Champions League title with an emphatic 4-0 win over Kang's French team, OL Lyonnes. In addition to that success on the European stage, Putellas collected 10 league titles, 10 Copa de la Reina titles, and seven Copa Catalunya titles during her time at Barcelona and has been key to driving standards at the club and in Spain more widely."
"She became the first Spanish player to win the women's Ballon d'Or in 2021 and retained her crown the following year. On the international stage, an anterior cruciate knee ligament injury sustained on the eve of the 2022 European Championship denied her a chance to compete in the tournament, where Spain were beaten by England in the quarter-finals."
"However, she went on to win two Nations League titles, lifted a first World Cup title for her country in Australia in 2023 (with Spain beat England 1-0 in the final), and finished as a runner-up to England at the 2025 Euros. Putellas's exit marks the end of an era for Barcelona, with Leon, Marta Torrejon, Salma Paralluelo and Carolin"
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