Colombia ahead Manuela Pavi has penned a three-year take care of Girls’s Tremendous League aspect West Ham United, preserving her in east London for the subsequent three years.
The 23-year-old turns into Rehanne Skinner’s sixth signing of the summer time switch window because the membership will get prepared to start out the 2024/25 marketing campaign in just some weeks.
Pavi represented Colombia in all 4 of their matches on the 2024 Paris Olympics, scoring towards France because the South American nation made it to the quarter-finals, shedding on penalties to present world champions Spain.
The ahead additionally represented her nation on the 2024 CONCACAF Gold Cup and has develop into an important member of the nationwide workforce regardless of her younger age. At membership degree, Pavi started her profession with Orsomarso Sportivo Clube earlier than becoming a member of Deportivo Cali in 2020.
She has additionally featured for Brazilian aspect Atletico Mineiro earlier than rejoining Las Azucareras earlier this yr. Pavi will put on the quantity 11 shirt subsequent season.
Talking of her arrival, she mentioned: “It is a dream come true to affix West Ham United – I am very grateful to be right here. The followers can anticipate to have an extension of themselves on the pitch. I’m like them, and I’ll battle for them and for my teammates to have a improbable season collectively.”
West Ham completed a disappointing eleventh within the WSL final season, narrowly lacking out on relegation. Nonetheless, it is clear from her recruitment course of this summer time that supervisor Skinner is intent on enhancing.
The membership have now made a complete of six new signings, together with Poland goalkeeper Kinga Szemik, Germany Beneath-19 ahead Shekiera Martinez, Chile worldwide Camila Saez, France Beneath-23 star Ines Belloumou and Canada’s Shelina Zadorsky.
