An influential midfielder, playmaker and icon for younger generations. The captain of Barcelona's first division women’s team, she received the Best Catalan Player of the Year award in 2015, and she is the first woman in the world to win the Golden Ball two years in a row, as well as being the first Spanish player, male or female, to do so. She is also the first woman to score a goal in the Johan Cruyff Stadium and the Camp Nou in modern times. In 2021, she was awarded the Creu de Sant Jordi (St George’s Cross), which she received with a speech protesting against the lack of equal opportunities between men and women in sport and in all other fields. Palau Reial is one of the notable metro stations near Camp Nou, but it is not the only place in the city that may bring this football player to mind. In Gràcia, there is a mural that makes it clear: Alèxia, as a modern heroine, reminds us that we have to “chase our dreams”.

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Mollet del Vallès, 1994 ID 8151

Captain of the Women’s First Division Futbol Club Barcelona; in 2015 she was named the best Catalan woman player of the year. She is the first woman in the world to win the Ballon d'Or Féminin two years in a row.