Barcelona's Alexia Putellas presented with FIFA's Women's Player of the Year award, but there's no place for Balon d'Or winner or Sam Kerr in 'The Best' Women's XI of 2021 Alexia Putellas won the FIFA Women's Player of the Year at 'The Best' awards First Spanish player to achieve the accolade in either men's or women's football 'The Best' winner was still snubbed for a place in the Women's XI of the year Jennifer Hermoso and Sam Kerr nominated for best player but not in Women's XI
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Barcelona's Alexia Putellas won the FIFA Women's Player of the Year award on Monday evening, but failed to make 'The Best' Women's XI of the year.
The 2021 Balon d'Or winner is the first Spanish player in history to win the The Best Player at FIFA's World Player of the Year awards for either men's or women's football.
Despite beating off the challenge of Chelsea’s Sam Kerr and teammate Jennifer Hermoso to win, Putellas was omitted from the finalised