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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Alexia PutaPutellas
| image = AlexiaPutellas-UEFAChampionsLeaguefinal.jpg
| caption = Putellas with [[FC Barcelona Femení|Barcelona]] in 2019
| fullname = Alexia PutaPutellas Segura<ref name="FIFA 2015">{{cite news |url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2015/pdf/FWWC_2015_SquadLists.pdf |title=List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup |work=[[FIFA|Fédération Internationale de Football Association]] |access-date=18 June 2015 |archive-date=10 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410062327/http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2015/pdf/FWWC_2015_SquadLists.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|2|4|df=y}}<ref name="FIFA 2015"/>
| birth_place = [[Mollet del Vallès]], Spain<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/feminine/women-a/staff/players/alexia |title=Alexia profile |publisher=[[FC Barcelona]] |access-date=27 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629072549/http://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/feminine/women-a/staff/players/alexia |archive-date=29 June 2015}}</ref>
| height = 1.73 m<ref name="FIFA 2015"/>
| position = [[Midfielder (association football)|Midfielder]]
 
| currentclub = [[FC Barcelona Femení|Barcelona]]
| clubnumber = 11
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| nationalteam-update = 26 July 2023
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'''Alexia Putellas Segura''' (born 4 February 1994) is a Catalan professional [[Association football|footballer]]. She plays as a [[midfielder]] for [[FC Barcelona Femení|Barcelona]], whom she [[Captain (association football)|captains]], and for the Spain women's national football team.<ref>[http://www.futfem.com/vernoticia.php?id=1872 Alexia Putellas signs for FC Barcelona.] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130123150245/http://www.futfem.com/vernoticia.php?id=1872 |date=23 January 2013 }} futfem.com, 10/07/12</ref> Before this, she played for Espanyol and Levante, and she has represented Catalonia. By 2022, she had won all the major awards available to a European player, both individually and with her club. People widely consider her the best female footballer in the world right now and one of the greatest of all time. In 2022, a football reporter named [[Asif Burhan]] mentioned how her dedication to the sport has changed women's football.<ref name=":7">{{cite web|last=Burhan|first=Asif|title=Intimate Documentary On Alexia Putellas To Premiere On Amazon Prime Video|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/asifburhan/2022/11/28/intimate-documentary-on-alexia-putellas-to-premiere-on-amazon-prime-video/|access-date=2022-11-28|website=Forbes}}</ref> She has been playing for Barcelona since 2012, after spending most of her younger years with Espanyol. With Barcelona, she has achieved a lot: seven league titles, seven [[Copas de la Reina]], and two [[UEFA Women's Champions League]] trophies. In the 2020-21 season, she played a key role in helping Barcelona win the Champions League and two other major titles for the first time in their history. In recognition of her outstanding performance, she won several awards in 2021, including [[UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award|UEFA Women's Player of the Year]], [[Ballon d'Or Féminin]], and [[The Best FIFA Women's Player]] - a feat that no one had accomplished before in a single year.<ref name=":4">{{cite web|last=UEFA.com|date=2022-10-17|title=How brilliant is UEFA and Ballon d'Or award winner Alexia Putellas?|url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/0277-158568ae3dcc-6f41b1f221c1-1000--how-brilliant-is-uefa-and-ballon-d-or-award-winner-alexia-putel/|access-date=2022-10-17|website=UEFA.com}}</ref>
 
As of 2022, she's the second player with the most appearances for Barcelona, just behind [[Melanie Serrano]]. She's also the second-highest all-time scorer for the club, after [[Jennifer Hermoso]].<ref>{{cite web|date=29 May 2020|title=Jenni Hermoso y Alexia, con el récord goleador a tiro|url=https://www.fcbarcelona.es/es/noticias/1674269/jenni-hermoso-y-alexia-con-el-record-goleador-a-tiro|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203152/https://www.fcbarcelona.es/es/noticias/1674269/jenni-hermoso-y-alexia-con-el-record-goleador-a-tiro|archive-date=24 June 2021|access-date=7 June 2021|website=fcbarcelona.com|publisher=[[FC Barcelona]]}}</ref> Moreover, she holds the record for the most appearances for Spain with 104 caps, surpassing [[Marta Torrejón]]'s previous record of 90 caps in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Calaff|first=Àlex|date=2022-02-09|title=Barça Femenino {{!}} Alexia Putellas iguala a Vicky Losada en partidos oficiales con el Barça|url=https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/futbol-femenino-barca/alexia-putellas-iguala-vicky-losada-13215663|access-date=2022-04-03|website=Sport|language=es}}</ref>