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Successful season for Alessia Russo with winning two awards recently

  • Alessia Russo is officially the Barclays Women’s Super League top goalscorer for the 2024/25 season.
  • Russo netted 12 goals throughout the campaign, beginning with a goal against her former club, Manchester United, in November. She continued her scoring run with five consecutive matches finding the back of the net.
  • Her final WSL goal came in April during an away match against Aston Villa.
  • With 36 goals in 71 appearances for Arsenal, Russo has become the club's second all-time top scorer at Emirates Stadium, trailing only behind Beth Mead.
  • Alessia Russo also won the Football Writers' awards. The award is presented by the Football Writers' Association (FWA) for the best female football player in England this season. She beat last year's winner Bunny Shaw to become only the second Arsenal player to win the award. Her Arsenal teammate Mariona Caldentey finished third, Chelsea's Millie Bright fourth

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