Last chance to vote for your BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year

Voting for your 2025 BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year is now open.

Aitana Bonmati, Hannah Hampton, Mariona Caldentey, Alessia Russo, and Patri Guijarro are the only five players on the shortlist.

The winner will be announced on Tuesday, November 25 via BBC World Service and the BBC Sport website and app at 9:00 GMT on Friday, October 31.

The award was presented for the 11th time in 2015, the first time ever.

A panel of experts, which included coaches, players, administrators, journalists, and other stakeholders, chose the five winners.

Aitana Bonmati has had a very productive year. She won three women’s Ballons d’Or titles, won a domestic treble, and advanced to the Euro 2025 final as the first woman to do so.

Her pedigree is obvious, as are her numerous awards won and awards won. She has won five Spanish Super Cups, three league titles, and three European crowns.

It was a remarkable campaign despite Barcelona’s Champions League defeat to Arsenal and her remarkable recovery from a bout of viral meningitis shortly before the start of the competition.

Spain made history by reaching the final for the first time after defeating Germany in the Euros semi-final through the creative playmaker.

She also received the title of Champions League player of the year from Uefa, contributing nine goals to their 4-1 semi-final victory over Chelsea.

After assisting England to win Euro 2025, Hannah Hampton was honored as the best female goalkeeper in the world at the 2025 Ballon d’Or ceremony.

Chelsea won the title last year and finished the season with an outstanding unbeaten Women’s Super League record.

Hampton has taken up the position of Mary Earps’ number one in England. Before her international retirement, she frequently surpassed Earps and has demonstrated her worth to Sarina Wiegman’s side.

She saved two penalties in their quarter-final victory over Sweden and saved another two when Spain defeated Spain in the final.

Along with Phallon Tullis-Joyce from Manchester United, she also had the WSL golden glove with her 13 league victories for Chelsea.

She has already won two World Cup titles, two FA Cup titles, two League Cup titles, two European Championships, and reached a World Cup final at the age of 24.

Mariona Caldentey helped Arsenal win a second Champions League title with her arrival last summer.

She gave an already strong squad a creative we and cutting edge.

She was named the WSL’s player of the year after moving from Barcelona because of how impressive her performances were.

She also made history for her country when Spain defeated England in the Euro 2025 final, but she didn’t win the trophy because of it.

Caldentey was named in Uefa’s Champions League and the Professional Football Association’s teams of the year in addition to winning the Ballon d’Or.

Age: 26 Country: England

Alessia Russo made history with Arsenal by guiding England to their European Championship crown while becoming the first British team to win the Women’s Champions League since 2008 under the leadership of the Gunners.

She scored in the Euro 2025 final and found her groove with her club, where she excelled all season long in front of goal and off the ball.

The forward won the Football Writers’ Association’s women’s football player of the year award last year.

She and Khadija Shaw shared the Golden Boot, both of whom were the women’s super league’s (WSL) top scorers.

Russo added two assists and 12 WSL goals for Arsenal.

She was also named in the Professional Footballers’ Association and the Uefa Champions League teams of the year and nominated for the 2025 Ballon d’Or.

It is obvious why Patri Guijarro’s descriptions frequently contain the phrase “unsung hero.”

The midfielder can occasionally fly under the radar because of his involvement with Barcelona’s star-studded sides and Spain.

However, her presence as the backbone for her teams makes up for what she lacks in the goals and assist statistics, which also allows the rest to shine.

She won a domestic treble with Barcelona despite losing this year’s Champions League final to her club and losing this year’s Euro 2025 final to her country.

The 27-year-old sets the pace by steadying her team from the midfield, reversing possession and making attacking moves.

Although her work may not always be the most glamorous, it is consistently tenacious, and a key component of her sides’ makeup.

She has won three Champions League titles, six league titles, six Copas de la Reina, and four Spanish Super Cups. Additionally, she won the tournament against Uefa’s Euro 2025 team.