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Catarina Cantanhede Melônio Macário (; born October 4, 1999) is a professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Women's Super League club Chelsea. Born in Brazil, she plays for the United States national team.
Macario played college soccer for the Stanford Cardinal, where she won the 2017 and 2019 national championships and was twice awarded the Hermann Trophy, given to college soccer's best player. In 2021, Macario signed with Lyon and won the UEFA Women's Champions League in her first full season. She joined Chelsea in 2023.
Macario made her senior debut for the United States in 2021. She won a bronze medal with the team at the Tokyo Olympics later that year.
In her sophomore year in 2018, Macario scored 14 goals with 8 assists in 19 matches played. On December 11, 2018, she received the TopDrawerSoccer.com National Player of the Year Award. On January 4, 2019, Macario won the Hermann Trophy, awarded to the nation's top female and male players. Additionally, she was named "espnW Player of the Year" and "Pac-12 Forward of the Year" for the second year in a row.
In her junior year, Macario was the winner of the Honda Sports Award, given to the nation's top female collegiate soccer player. She was also awarded the MAC Hermann Trophy a second time, becoming the sixth woman to repeat as winner since the award was established in 1988.
Stanford won the NCAA Women's College Cup in her freshman and junior years.
On January 8, 2021, Macario announced that she would be forgoing her senior season at Stanford to start her professional career.
On October 8, 2020, Macario received her first call up to represent the United States at senior level, though she could not yet do this in games until she received clearance from FIFA. Later the same day, she announced on Twitter that she had acquired American citizenship. On January 13, 2021, U.S. Soccer announced that Macario received clearance from FIFA to represent the United States internationally. On January 18, 2021, Macario debuted for the United States, coming in the half-time of a friendly match against Colombia, thus becoming the first naturalized citizen ever to play for the US senior women's team. In the next game, another friendly against Colombia, she started for the first time, scoring her first international goal, on January 22, 2021.
On June 23, 2021, Macario was included in the United States roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics where they placed 3rd, earning Macario a bronze medal.
After missing the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup due to an ACL injury she obtained with Lyon in 2022, Macario made her return to the United States national team for the 2024 SheBelieves Cup in April 2024. On June 26, 2024, Macario was selected by her former Chelsea coach Emma Hayes to the 18-player roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics in France. On July 12, it was announced that Macario would be withdrawing from the Olympics due to "knee irritation", and that Lynn Williams would replace her on the roster.
Macario graduated from Stanford University in 2021 with a BA in communications and minor in psychology.
Lyon
Chelsea
United States
Individual
Club career
Lyon (2021–2023)
On January 12, 2021, Lyon announced they signed Macario for 2.5 years. She made her debut for Lyon in the Division 1 Féminine on February 6, 2021, coming on as a substitute in the 37th minute for Amandine Henry in a 2–1 win against Montpellier. On May 21, 2022, Macario scored in the UEFA Women's Champions League final to help secure a 3–1 victory against FC Barcelona. Macario along with Lyon teammate Lindsey Horan became the fourth and fifth Americans to win the UEFA Women's Champion League.
Chelsea (2023–present)
On June 9, 2023, Chelsea announced they had signed Macario on a free transfer from Lyon on a three-year deal. Macario scored her first goal 6 minutes into her debut for Chelsea on March 3, 2024, during a WSL game against Leicester City after returning from an ACL injury she got in June 2022. In her second game for Chelsea, she scored for a 1–0 victory over Everton in the FA Cup three minutes after being subbed in.
International career
Macario is eligible to play internationally for Brazil and the United States. She was called to represent the United States at several youth levels. Macario stated that she intended to represent the United States at the senior level, turning down several approaches from the Brazilian Football Confederation. She generally plays as a midfielder for the United States, although Vlatko Andonovski has stated she could move to a false nine role in the future.
Personal life
Despite declaring herself a fan of Marta, Macario stated that her favorite soccer player is American former forward Mia Hamm.
Career statistics
College
Stanford Cardinal 2017 Div. I 17 2018 14 2019 32
Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition Lyon 2020–21 Division 1 Féminine 6 2021–22 Division 1 Féminine 23 Chelsea 2023–24 FA WSL 2 2024–25 FA WSL 11
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and year United States 3 5 0 0 3
+ List of international goals scored by Catarina Macário 1 January 22, 2021 Orlando, Florida, United States 1–0 6–0 Friendly 2 September 21, 2021 Cincinnati, United States 5–0 8–0 Friendly 3 8–0 4 February 23, 2022 Frisco, Texas, United States 1–0 5–0 2022 SheBelieves Cup 5 2–0 6 April 9, 2022 Columbus, Ohio, United States 5–0 9–1 Friendly 7 April 12, 2022 Chester, Pennsylvania, United States 2–0 9–0 8 6–0 9 February 20, 2025 Houston, Texas, United States 1–0 2–0 2025 SheBelieves Cup 10 April 8, 2025 San Jose, California, United States 1–0 1–2 Friendly 11 May 31, 2025 Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States 1–0 3–0
Honors
Stanford Cardinal
External links
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