Catarina Macario has signed a three-year deal with Chelsea. (ANP via Getty Images)
Catarina Macario has signed a three-year deal with Chelsea, the team and the star midfielder announced Friday.
The 23-year-old attacking midfielder will join the club on July 1, per the team’s release. Macario posted a photo of herself in a Chelsea jersey on Instagram with a straightforward caption: “Let’s get it.”
The deal will keep Macario with the Women’s Super League club through the summer of 2026. She has spent the last two seasons in France with Olympique Lyonnais. And after playing with some of the best in the game there, she now links up with Australian star Sam Kerr.
“I can’t wait to get started here!” Macario said in a release. “I’m really happy to sign for Chelsea and I hope to represent the jersey well over the next few years. I’m looking forward to linking up with so many good forward players such as Sam (Kerr), Lauren James and Guro (Reiten). It will be good to play with Kadeisha (Buchanan) again also.
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