Star Canadian defender Buchanan signs three-year deal with Chelsea

LONDON –

Star Canadian defender Kadeisha Buchanan has signed a three-year take care of English soccer big Chelsea.

Buchanan joins the storied London membership’s girls’s group after a extremely profitable run with Lyon. Buchanan helped the French membership to 5 UEFA Ladies’s Champions League titles in six seasons.

The 26-year-old centre-back had 9 targets in 130 appearances for Lyon.

Buchanan will put on No. 26, final worn by Chelsea legend John Terry earlier than he left the membership in 2017.

Internationally, Buchanan has gained 118 caps for Canada and helped lead the nationwide girls’s group to an Olympic gold medal on the 2020 Tokyo Video games.

Buchanan, from Brampton, Ont., has been named Canada’s participant of the 12 months 3 times and was nominated for the 2015 Ballon d’Or awarded to the highest feminine participant on the planet.

This report by The Canadian Press was first printed June 10, 2022.