⭐️ Aitana Bonmati named Women's Champions League MVP
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Despite yesterday's defeat, UEFA has chosen footballer Aitana Bonmatí as the best player of the 2024/25 season in the top European competition.
🥁 Introducing the 2024/25 #UWCL Player of the Season: 🔥 @AitanaBonmati 🔥 pic.twitter.com/MYZXDxvbmL
— UEFA Women's Champions League (@UWCL) May 25, 2025
With this recognition, the player from Sant Pere de Ribes adds her third consecutive award, as she was also chosen MVP of the season in the 2022/23 and 2023/24 campaigns.
Despite losing the final and not being able to lift the trophy, the European season of the current Ballon d'Or winner has been very good. In total, apart from generating a lot of offensive play for Pere Romeu's side, she has scored four goals and provided five assists.
🤩 Here is the 2024/25 #UWCL Team of the Season, as chosen by the UEFA Technical Observer group 👊 pic.twitter.com/T7pwH1ea8L
— UEFA Women's Champions League (@UWCL) May 25, 2025
Aitana Bonmatí is also part of the best eleven of the season in the Champions League. But she's not the only one; there are also other teammates from the locker room. These include Claudia Pina, top scorer of the 24/25 Champions League, Patri Guijarro, and María León.
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