Who is the best women's soccer player in the world? Why Alexia Putellas is the top global star in 2023
With the 2023 Women's World Cup coming to entertain fans around the globe, the conversation around the best player in the world will surely crop up in pubs and living rooms across the world.
The top nations in the competition are loaded with players who will think of themselves as the best in the global game.
Host nation Australia will claim one of their own, 2022 Ballon d'Or finalist Sam Kerr, as a contender, while the visibility and goal scoring talent of Alex Morgan has many championing the American superstar. England boast the services of Beth Mead who was sensational in the European championships a year ago, while Amadine Henry of France and Alexandra Popp of Germany are also visible players who were spectacular at the Euros.
Other less powerful nations still have players who are in the conversation, like Denmark's Pernille Harder, Viviene Miedema of the Netherlands, or Ada Hegerberg of Norway.
Yet it's Alexia Putellas of Spain who has the strongest claim to the throne, even ahead of her exceptional international teammates Jennifer Hermoso and Aitana Bonmati.
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The 29-year-old may only have just returned from her ACL tear – coming on as a substitute in Spain's opening 3-0 win over Costa Rica – but there's no doubt that when Alexia Putellas is on the field, she's the best in the world.
A two-time Ballon d'Or recipient, Putellas has won two Champions League titles and seven La Liga crowns as the unquestioned leader of a loaded Barcelona squad. Now, she turns to the international stage where she hopes to lead a talented Spain side to similar glory.
Spain were a shell of themselves at the Euros after Putellas was lost due to injury, underlining her importance to an
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