This was another intensive summer transfer campaign for a number of women’s national team and women’s youth national team players.
Twenty-three year old Maria Farrugia will be playing for Sheffield United in the FA Women’s Championship after playing for Sunderland, Durham and Lewes FC Women.
Thirty-two year old Rachel Cuschieri will continue to play in the city of Genoa in Italy but made the switch from Sampdoria to Genoa in the Italian Serie B.
The former Birkirkara midfielder had moved abroad in 2014 to join Apollon in Cyprus and later played for Anderlecht in Belgium, PSV in the Netherlands, Lazio and Sampdoria in Italy.
Thirty-five year old Emma Lipman will also play for Genoa after joining the club from Como.
A product of Coventry City, Lipman played for Leeds City, Leeds United, Manchester City and Sheffield FC in England before moving to Italy where she played for AGMS Verona, Roma, Florentia San Gimignano, Lazio and Como.
Twenty one year old Kailey Willis signed for Italian Serie B side Parma but will spend this coming season on loan with Venezia whom she had joined in December.
The former Tarxien Rainbows and Birkirkara forward has already played for Hellas Verona, Chievo Verona and AS Meran Women in Italy.
Seventeen year old Sara Saliba joined AC Milan from Birkirkara. Saliba is expected to play for the Primavera side.
This will be her second spell in Italy after playing for Pomigliano d’Arco in the early part of last season.
Another seventeen year old, Lexine Farrugia, joined Italian champions AS Roma from Sampdoria. Farrugia is a former player of Birkirkara and Raiders. Both Lexine Farrugia and Sara Saliba made their senior international debut last month.
After winning the Croatian championship with ZNK Osijek, twenty one year old Maya Lucia agreed a deal with AP ORLEN Gdansk in Poland.
A product of Raiders, Lucia had earlier played for Genoa in Italy and NK Split in Croatia.
Ylenia Carabott moved to AFC Fylde Women in the FA Women’s National League Northern Division One after playing for London Seaward last season.
A former player of Hibernians and Birkirkara had earlier played for Chievo Verona in Italy, Charleroi in Belgium, Keynsham Town and Gillingham in England.
Nineteen year old goalkeeper Raisa Costantino joins ASD Gelbison Women in the Italian Serie C. A former player of Kirkop United and Hibernians, Costantino played for SPD Tharros.
Last season’s Best Women’s Youth League player, Kaysia Micallef joins Sampdoria. The seventeen year old joins the club from Swieqi United after starting her career at Rabat Ajax.
On the other hand, Francesca Bartolo joined Sassuolo from Valletta.
The seventeen year old had started her career at Zebbug Rangers before joining Raiders and eventually Valletta.
Meanwhile Haley Bugeja remains on the books of Inter in the Italian Serie A. The former Mgarr United forward starts her second season with the nerazzurri after playing for Sassuolo in Italy and Orlando Pride in the USA.
Alexandra Gatt will play once again for FA Women’s National League – Division One North side Durham Cestria while Emma Ciantar Piccinino stays on the books of London Seaward in the FA Women’s National League – Division One South-East.
Nina-Lee Naudi, on the other hand, starts her second season at Sampdoria.