The powerhouse Liverpool forward secured a record-breaking 90 per cent of the vote, while Arsenal’s Alessia Russo topped a wide field to win the women’s award, writes JAMES NALTON
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Fifa's best female player Bonmati hails ‘powerful generation of women’
Barcelona's and Spain's Aitana Bonmati accepts the Best Women's Player award during the Fifa Football Awards 2023 at the Apollo in Hammersmith, London, January 15, 2024
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WORLD Cup champion Aitana Bonmati hailed a “powerful generation of women” on Monday when accepting Fifa’s award as best female footballer.
Looking on at the Hammersmith Apollo theatre in London was Spain team mate Jenni Hermoso, who has spearheaded the fight against sexism in women’s football in Spain.
Hermoso was on the shortlist for the award, along with runner-up Linda Caicedo of Colombia.
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