When Aitana Bonmati won the Ballon d’Or last year, it brought a global spotlight to a player whose genius was crying out to be recognised. Even now, it would be hard to argue that there is a better ...

Barcelona and Spanish midfielder Aitana Bonmati accepted her third consecutive Ballon d’Or on Monday night in Paris. Shimmering in a full-length brown paillette dress, she delivered a gracious, if not ...

When Barcelona lost the 2022 Women’s Champions League final to Lyon, one player’s face stood out among her team-mates’ anguished expressions. Aitana Bonmati took her silver medal, gave it a kiss and ...

I’m going to step out of my comfort zone,” Aitana Bonmati said in an interview on Catalan radio station RAC1, a few weeks before the World Cup started. She wasn’t wrong. Bonmati is a four-time ...

Bonmati is fiercely proud of her hometown, Sant Pere de Ribes Illustration: Eamonn Dalton / The Athletic; Pablo Rodriguez/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images “I’m from Ribes, for those who don’t know,” ...

“Aitana (Bonmati) has viral meningitis,” Montse Tome announced after Spain’s final pre-European Championship friendly, against Japan. “She is a very important player and we will wait for her until the ...

Barcelona and Spain star Aitana Bonmati has won the women’s Ballon d’Or for the third year in a row, beating Mariona Caldentey and Alessia Russo to the top prize. Even though Spain lost out to England ...

Ballon d'Or winner Aitana Bonmati will face a race against time to return to action before the end of the season after undergoing surgery on a broken leg. The Barcelona and Spain midfielder fell ...

Aitana Bonmati has called on Spain’s “stagnating” Liga F to improve by learning from England’s Women’s Super League (WSL). The 26-year-old was speaking to The Athletic after renewing her contract with ...

Barcelona midfielder Aitana Bonmati is set for surgery after fracturing her leg in training while on international duty with Spain. The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) said Bonmati, 27, had ...