Two-time Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmati played the final nine minutes of Spain’s 2025 European Championship group stage win over Portugal on Thursday, returning four days after being discharged from hospital following a viral meningitis diagnosis.

The Spanish soccer federation says midfielder Aitana Bonmatí has left the hospital and is expected to rejoin the Spain squad in the next few days to try to play in the Women’s European Championship.

Aitana Bonmati has joined Spain’s Women’s Euro 2025 squad after having treatment in hospital for viral meningitis. The Barcelona midfielder was taken to a hospital in Madrid last Friday after missing training a day prior. This forced her to miss Spain’s 3-1 friendly win over Japan.