A record contract was signed in women’s football today.
US international Catarina Macario is leaving Chelsea to join San Diego Wave.
The five-year deal is reportedly worth a total of eight million US dollars (around 6.9 million euros). According to a report by The Guardian, it is the most valuable contract in the history of women’s football.
Converted into euros, that means she will now earn 1.47 million euros per year.
San Diego confirmed the transfer on Friday. ESPN reported that Macario will join the NWSL team immediately rather than in the summer.
The transfer fee is said to be around 300,000 dollars. Her contract with Chelsea would have expired at the end of the WSL season.
At San Diego, the 26-year-old is expected to become a key figure in attack right away, giving her a great chance to re-establish herself as a regular in the US national team.
The tournament next summer would be even more special for Macario, as it will take place in her birth country, Brazil.
Macario has scored 16 goals in 29 international appearances, including eight in ten matches in 2025.
In 2021, she won Olympic bronze with the USA in Tokyo, but missed the 2023 World Cup and the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris due to injury.
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