Euro 2025: Spain’s Aitana Bonmati in hospital with viral meningitis

Spain midfielder Aitana Bonmati is being treated in hospital for viral meningitis.

The 27-year-old, who has won the Ballon d’Or for the past two years, missed the 3-1 friendly win over Japan in Leganes, Spain, on Friday.

Euro 2025 in Switzerland starts on Wednesday and Spain play Portugal in their opening Group B game in Bern on Thursday.

Bonmati, who also won the Fifa women’s player of the year award in 2023 and 2024, shared a picture on Instagram of herself watching the Japan match from a hospital bed.

“Talking about meningitis can be scary but it is controlled,” said coach Montse Tome.