Barcelona’s Aitana Bonmatí wins a third successive women’s Ballon d’Or

Barcelona's Aitana Bonmatí receives the 2025 Women's Ballon d'Or during the 69th Ballon d'Or awards ceremony at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

PARIS — Barcelona midfielder Aitana Bonmatí won the women’s Ballon d’Or for a third successive year on Monday.

Bonmati led Barcelona to a treble last season.

She won ahead of her Spain teammate Mariona Caldentey. Caldentey joined Arsenal last summer and helped deliver the biggest prize in the team’s history, the Champions League.

The Associated Press