Putellas was born and grew up within the Catalan municipality of Mollet del Valles, about 12 miles north-east of Barcelona.
She started enjoying soccer on the street, and quickly turned a Barcelona fan and an everyday attendee at Camp Nou.
With matches at all times on the TV at dwelling, former Spain and Barcelona star Andres Iniesta and Brazilian duo Rivaldo and Ronaldinho shortly turned her idols.
After attending a summer season soccer camp run by Xavi and enjoying for native facet CE Sabadell, Putellas spent a yr at La Masia, Barcelona’s well-known youth academy.
Spells at Espanyol and Levante adopted the disbandment of her women crew, earlier than she finally returned to Barca in 2012.
Cue the beginning of a 14-year profession along with her childhood membership throughout which she received 38 trophies, together with 10 league titles and 4 European cups.
However after successful the Ballon d’Or for the primary time in 2021, one of many hardest moments of Putellas’ profession got here when she suffered an ACL harm on the eve of Euro 2022, ruling her out of the match.
Although she retained the Ballon d’Or later that yr, it took some time for her to return to her greatest stage. Taking part in solely a bit-part position in Spain’s triumphant 2023 World Cup marketing campaign would have stung.
After scoring within the 2024 Champions League closing and bettering additional the next season, in 2025-26 she shouldered a lot of Barcelona’s artistic burden as Aitana Bonmati missed 5 months by way of harm and ended the season a quadruple winner.
If that was not sufficient, the midfielder scored twice in a 4-0 thrashing of England in June that secured Spain’s place on the 2027 World Cup on the Lionesses’ expense.
Together with her contract at Barcelona expiring and eager for a contemporary problem, Putellas made the choice to go away her childhood membership. She, and her followers, had been distraught.
She had a number of affords from England, Mexico and the US, however joined the formidable mission of US billionaire Michelle Kang at London Metropolis Lionesses in July.
“I am simply at all times trying ahead to higher issues and that is why I am right here too, as a result of I at all times must be shifting as an individual and a participant,” Putellas advised BBC’s Ladies’s Soccer Weekly podcast in August.
With three objectives and one help in seven WSL video games for her new membership, it’s clear Putellas remains to be deserving of her nickname.
