The United States defender Naomi Girma is set to have a medical at Chelsea later this week after agreeing personal terms to transfer to the English club from San Diego Wave for a world-record fee. Chelsea will pay San Diego Wave $1.1m (£890,000), making the deal the first women’s football transfer fee to exceed a million US dollars.

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MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Chelsea have made Naomi Girma the first female million-dollar player, signing the United States defender to a long-term deal for a world-record transfer fee reported by British media to be in the region of 900,000 pounds ($1.12 million). Read full story

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Values surpass the transfer of Racheal Kundananji to Bay FC in February 2024 Chelsea agreed to sign defender Naomi Girma, from the San Diego Wave, in a record transfer in women's soccer. The American will join the cast of the British team in a deal estimated by the BBC at 1.1 million dollars (about R$ 6 million at the current price), making her the first “1 million dollar player” in the sport.

Valores superam a transferência de Racheal Kundananji para o Bay FC, em fevereiro de 2024 O Chelsea acertou a contratação da zagueira Naomi Girma, do San Diego Wave, em uma transferência recorde no futebol feminino. A americana vai se juntar ao elenco do time britânico num acordo estimado pela BBC em 1,1 milhão de dólares (cerca de R$ 6 milhões, na cotação atual), fazendo dela a primeira "jogadora de 1 milhão de dólares" na modalidade.
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By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — US Women’s National Team (USWNT) defender Naomi Girma has become women’s soccer’s first ever million-dollar player, joining English champion Chelsea from San Diego Wave FC. The 24-year-old signed for the Blues for about £900,000 ($1.1 million) on a four-and-a-half-year deal, according to the BBC. The previous record transfer fee was set last year, when Zambia striker Racheal Kundananji joined Bay FC from Madrid CFF f…

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