Five players to watch at FIFA Women's World Cup
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The top women's footballers on the planet will be in action when the World Cup kicks off on Thursday in Australia and New Zealand.
AFP Sport picks out five players to watch:
Alexia Putellas (Spain)The 29-year-old attacking midfielder is considered by many to be the best women's footballer in the world.
Winner of the Women's Ballon d'Or in each of the last two years, in February she retained her crown as The Best FIFA's Women's Player for 2022, despite missing the second half of the year with a serious knee injury.
Barcelonastar Putellas is the first woman to reach 100 caps for Spain and they badly missed her creativity and goals at the 2022 European Championship, where they lost to eventual champions England in the quarter-finals.
Putellas was among the Spanish players demanding change within the national side, but did not join in with 15 players who last year asked not to be called up, amid differences with coach Jorge Vilda and the Spanish football federation.
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Football Sam Kerr (Australia)If the co-hosts are to go far at the World Cup they will need Chelsea forward Kerr firing on all cylinders.
The 29-year-old Australia skipper made her international debut aged just 15 and has played over 120 times for her country, averaging a goal every other game. She scored five times at the 2019 WorldCup.
Her numbers are just as impressive at Chelsea, hitting 29 goals in 38 appearances this season.
Kerr is such a big name at home that she was Australia's flag-bearer at the coronation of King Charles.
Megan Rapinoe (United States)She needs little introduction as the most instantly
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