Chelsea have completed the signing of Japanese international attacker Manaka Matsukubo on a five-year deal.
WSL Full-Time were informed of the news via an official club press release from The Blues this evening.
The 21-year-old joins Chelsea from American National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) club North Carolina Courage. Matsukubo has spent the last three years Stateside, winning the NWSL Challenge Cup in 2023.
Matsukubo started her career with the JFA Academy Fukushima side before joining Mynavi Sendai. The attacker then joined North Carolina Courage on a loan deal which was later made permanent.
On the international stage, Matsukubo has been capped by Japan on 18 occasions in which she has scored one goal.
After joining Chelsea, Matsukubo said “I’m so excited to be joining Chelsea, a club with a lot of history. As a small child, I followed Chelsea because it is a club everyone in the world knows about. The club has a strong history of winning trophies and has done so well at the top of the game, so I couldn’t pass up this opportunity, and I want to help continue this club’s tradition of winning trophies for years to come.”
Matsukubo is Chelsea’s second signing of the summer transfer window.
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