Haley Bugeja completes Inter move

Malta international forward Haley Bugeja is officially a player of Italian Serie A side Inter after signing a three-year deal. She joins the club from National Women’s Soccer League side Orlando Pride where she spent the last twelve months.

Bugeja played for the Mgarr United senior side in seasons 2018/19 and 2019/20. She was voted MFA Player of the Year and Under-19 Player of the Year in 2018/19, apart from ending as top scorer in both the Women’s League and the Women’s Under-19 League with 19 goals and 41 goals respectively. In season 2019/20, she helped Mgarr United finish second in the Women’s League and champions in the Women’s Under-19 League. She finished as top scorer in the Women’s Under-19 League with 50 goals, scoring also 23 goals in the Women’s League.

Bugeja moved to Sassuolo in summer 2020, making her debut in Sassuolo’s 3-1 win over Napoli, scoring twice. She scored 12 goals over the course of her first season, finishing as a top five scorer in Serie A. She was voted Best Young Player in the Serie A and was also named as one of UEFA’s top 10 women’s players to watch. Bugeja’s 2021-22 season with Sassuolo was impacted by injury but still managed to score three goals for her side.