Jamaican worldwide defender Chantelle Swaby has signed a two-year contract with Leicester Metropolis, pending league and worldwide approval.
The 25-year-old joins the Foxes on a everlasting deal following her departure from FC Fleury 91 in France’s Première Ligue. Swaby, who has 38 worldwide caps and has competed in each the World Cup and CONCACAF championships since her debut in 2018, brings vital expertise to her new membership.
“It feels nice to have signed for Leicester Metropolis. I do know this will probably be a very good expertise and an important problem for me, and I’m actually excited,” Swaby advised LCFC.com. “Taking part in as the house group at King Energy Stadium will probably be a complete totally different expertise, and I’m actually trying ahead to getting began with my teammates and assembly the supporters.”
Born in Connecticut, USA, Swaby’s footballing journey started in 2016 with the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Rutgers College, the place she earned a Bachelor of Science in Sport Administration. Her skilled profession began in March 2020 when she was drafted within the fourth spherical by Nationwide Ladies’s Soccer League outfit Sky Blue FC.
Provides invaluable expertise to an already gifted squad
Swaby then spent a yr with Rangers within the Scottish Ladies’s Premier League earlier than shifting to French top-flight facet FC Fleury 91, the place she made 33 appearances and helped the membership to a fourth-place end.
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Swaby’s arrival at Leicester Metropolis provides invaluable expertise to an already gifted squad, bolstering the defensive unit at Belvoir Drive forward of the membership’s fourth consecutive season within the Barclays Ladies’s Tremendous League (WSL). The 2024-25 WSL season begins on September 21.
Her signing marks a major step in strengthening Leicester Metropolis’s defensive line-up, and the membership is optimistic concerning the influence she’s going to make. Swaby’s versatility and expertise on the worldwide degree are anticipated to be main property because the Foxes intention for a profitable season.
