Culé pride! Aitana Bonmatí was crowned The Best 2024 FIFA Player

Simply historic. Aitana Bonmatí has done it again. The current Ballon d'Or winner has received another distinction that reaffirms her as the queen of world football. The player from Sant Pere de Ribes has been crowned the winner of The Best 2024 Award as the best player in the world for the second consecutive year.

In this regard, Aitana Bonmatí, who has also recently been awarded the Golden Player Woman by Tuttosport, continues the dominance of Barça Women in this award. Before the midfielder won this accolade in 2024 and 2023, the historic Barça player Alexia Putellas had already received the distinction in 2022 and 2021.

WORDS FROM AITANA BONMATÍ AFTER HER CROWNING AS THE BEST 2024: 

"Thank you, thank you for this new award. We just trained at the Olympic Stadium in Montjuic, where we have a big match against City in the Champions on Wednesday. I am very grateful for this award, but I always say this is a team effort, with a Barça that won everything and the national team. People contribute, they help me be better; without my teammates, I couldn't be the player I am. Now, let's go for more collective titles, which are what make you be here, and for me, they are the most important".

All hail Aitana.@AitanaBonmati is #TheBest FIFA Women's Player 2024! 👑

— FIFA Women's World Cup (@FIFAWWC) December 17, 2024

Aitana Bonmatí crowned a sublime 2023-24 season with Barça Women and Spain

Aitana Bonmatí deserved this distinction after a season in which the player was key at the club level for Barça Women (19 goals and 17 assists in 41 matches) to achieve a historic quadruple: Liga F, Supercopa de España, and UEFA Women's Champions League (Most Valuable Player of the match in the final).

Likewise, the '14' player was crucial with the Spanish national team to become champions of the UEFA Women's Nations League (MVP of the final), and her performance in the 2023 Women's World Cup earned her recognition as the best player of the tournament.

The nominees for The Best 2024 FIFA Women's Player Award

Aitana Bonmatí triumphed among a total of 15 nominees:

• Barbra Banda (Zambia and Shanghai Shengli/Orlando Pride)
• Caroline Graham Hansen (Norway/Barcelona)
• Keira Walsh (England/Barcelona)
• Khadija Shaw (Jamaica/Manchester City)
• Lauren Hemp (England/Manchester City)
• Lindsey Horan (United States/Olympique Lyon)
• Lucy Bronze (England/Barcelona/Chelsea)
• Mallory Swanson (United States/Chicago Red Stars)
• Mariona Caldentey (Spain/Barcelona/Arsenal)
• Naomi Girma (United States/San Diego Wave)
• Ona Batlle (Spain/Barcelona)
• Salma Paralluelo (Spain/Barcelona)
• Sophia Smith (United States/Portland Thorns)
• Tabitha Chawinga (Malawi/Paris Saint-Germain/Olympique Lyon)
• Trinity Rodman (United States/Washington Spirit)

In this context, according to the metrics of FIFA, the player from Ribet finished in first place with 52 votes, ahead of Barbra Banda (39 points) and Caroline Graham Hansen (37), third in the virtual podium.

Aitana was also part of the XI of the best players of the 2023-24 season

But that's not all, Aitana Bonmatí was also chosen as one of the players forming the best XI of female players, positioned in the midfield in a 4-4-2 formation.

In addition to the Barça midfielder, there are other important Barça players present, with a total of seven 'stars': in the defensive line, with four active, three are Barça players: Ona Batlle, Irene Paredes, and Lucy Bronze (now at Chelsea). Similarly, in the midfield, there is the player from Ribet and Patri Guijarro, and in the forward line, the duo consists of Salma Paralluelo and Caroline Graham Hansen.

#TheBest FIFA Women's 11 in 2024. ✨

— FIFA Women's World Cup (@FIFAWWC) December 17, 2024