BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2022: Take your last chance to vote

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BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2022: Meet the nominees

Voting for the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2022 closes soon.

Fans from crossed the satellite tin ballot for their favourite from the five-player shortlist of Sam Kerr, Beth Mead, Alexandra Popp, Alexia Putellas and Wendie Renard.

The grant started successful 2015 and erstwhile winners see Asisat Oshoala, Vivianne Miedema, Lucy Bronze, Kim Little and Ada Hegerberg.

Voting closes astatine 09:00 BST (08:00 GMT) connected 12 October and the victor of the grant volition beryllium announced connected 9 November connected BBC World Service and the BBC Sport website.

The 5 contenders for the BBC World Service accolade were chosen by a sheet of experts, including coaches, players, administrators and journalists.

If you are viewing this leafage connected the BBC News app delight click present to vote.

Here's much connected the 5 contenders vying for the honour.

Sam Kerr

BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2022: Sam Kerr profile

Age: 29 Country: Australia Caps: 110

Club: Chelsea Position: Forward

It was different standout play successful 2021-22 for the 29-year-old, who helped Chelsea triumph the FA Cup and a historical 3rd consecutive Women's Super League title.

Her 20 goals successful 20 league games saw her cod her 2nd Golden Boot - 1 of galore idiosyncratic awards for the Australian.

Kerr was named the PFA's Players' Player of the Year, Chelsea's subordinate of the season, the Football Writers' Association Women's Footballer of the Year and adjacent scored the extremity of the play against Manchester United connected the last day.

Kerr, who was apical scorer astatine the 2022 Women's Asian Cup, became Australia's all-time apical scorer successful January by surpassing Tim Cahill's grounds of 50.

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Beth Mead

BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2022: Beth Mead profile

Age: 27 Country: England Caps: 47

Club: Arsenal Position: Forward

After a disappointing run for some nine and state successful 2020-21, which ended with her being near retired of the Team GB squad for the Tokyo Olympics, Beth Mead bounced backmost with a bang past season.

Voted Arsenal's subordinate of the season, Mead racked up 11 goals and 8 assists successful a run successful which the Gunners came painstakingly adjacent to clinching the title, missing retired by conscionable 1 constituent to Chelsea.

That was earlier the winger became a household sanction during Euro 2022, claiming the Golden Boot and subordinate of the tourney arsenic the Lionesses won their archetypal large tournament.

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BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2022: Alexandra Popp profile

Alexandra Popp

Age: 31 Country: Germany Caps: 121

Club: Wolfsburg Position: Forward

It has not been a straightforward twelvemonth for Germany skipper Alexandra Popp.

The Wolfsburg striker missed the bulk of the 2021-22 play with a superior genu wounded and returned for her nine broadside conscionable earlier the extremity of the home campaign.

But the 31-year-old forced her mode into Germany's Euro 2022 squad, and aft initially starting connected the bench, she was soon successful the starting line-up and looking backmost to her objective best.

She scored six of Germany's 13 goals en way to the last to necktie with England's Beth Mead for the Golden Boot, lone missing retired connected the accolade due to the fact that of assists.

Heartbreakingly she had to propulsion retired of the last against England conscionable minutes earlier it was owed to commencement due to the fact that of injury, with her broadside yet losing 2-1 astatine Wembley.

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Alexia Putellas

BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2022: Alexia Putellas profile

Age: 28 Country: Spain Caps: 100

Club: Barcelona Position: Midfielder

Last play was a run of galore highs for 2021 Ballon d'Or victor Alexia Putellas, on with a fewer lows.

The 28-year-old captained Barcelona to a home treble, winning the Spanish league for the 3rd play successful a row. Her squad won each 30 league matches, with Putellas scoring 18 goals and registering 15 assists.

She doubly played and scored successful beforehand of record-breaking crowds of much than 90,000 fans astatine the Nou Camp successful Barca's Champions League quarter-final and semi-final victories. The Catalan nine were denied a 2nd consecutive European rubric arsenic they mislaid to Lyon successful the final.

Putellas' play ended with further disappointment erstwhile she suffered an anterior cruciate ligament wounded connected the eve of Euro 2022, ruling her retired of the tourney arsenic Spain were knocked retired by eventual winners England successful the quarter-finals.

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Wendie Renard

BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2022: Wendie Renard profile

Age: 32 Country: France Caps: 136

Club: Lyon Position: Defender

A ascendant fig for nine and country, Renard was cardinal for Lyon past word arsenic the French broadside reclaimed the European and home crowns they had mislaid successful 2020-21.

The Lyon skipper returned amended than ever from an early-season wounded to proceed her trophy-laden spell astatine the club, picking up her 15th French rubric and eighth Women's Champions League winners' medal.

In April, the centre-back became the archetypal subordinate to marque 100 Women's Champions League appearances - different milestone for a subordinate who besides features successful the all-time apical 15 players for goals scored and has present appeared successful much finals (10) of Europe's elite nine contention than immoderate different player.

Renard scored successful some legs of the semi-final triumph implicit Paris St-Germain, and her glittering vocation astatine Lyon whitethorn good proceed to a 20th twelvemonth aft she signed a caller four-year woody astatine the nine successful May.

In July, she was besides a cardinal fig successful France's tally to the past 4 of Euro 2022, their champion ever show astatine the tournament.

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