Wales worldwide and five-time Ladies’s Tremendous League winner Sophie Ingle will depart Chelsea on the finish of her contract this summer season.

The midfielder, who first represented the Blues for 2 seasons from 2012 to 2014, returned to Chelsea in 2018 after stints with Bristol Academy and Liverpool.

Throughout her second stint with the membership, the 33-year-old former Wales captain received 5 WSL titles, three FA Cups, two League Cups, and the Neighborhood Protect.

She additionally performed within the 2021 Champions League ultimate, which Chelsea misplaced to Barcelona, and was nominated for the Fifa Puskas Award in 2020.

In whole, Ingle made 214 appearances for Chelsea, scoring 12 targets.

She hasn’t featured this season after sustaining an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) damage throughout a pre-season match towards Feyenoord in September 2024.

“Chelsea is a particular membership and since I returned seven years in the past, I’ve felt the help of everybody, each on and off the pitch,” stated Ingle, who has 139 caps for Wales.

“I am very proud to have lifted 11 trophies right here and am grateful to have achieved that alongside team-mates who’re like household to me.”

Head of girls’s soccer Paul Inexperienced added: “Sophie has been an vital a part of the success we’ve had during the last seven years. She’s been instrumental in driving requirements on and off the pitch and has been a pacesetter within the dressing room.

“She shall be missed however we respect her want to discover additional enjoying alternatives as soon as she returns to full health.”