{"id":79525,"date":"2026-08-25T00:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T00:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/79525\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T00:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T00:31:13","slug":"four-players-depart-melbourne-citys-title-winning-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/79525\/","title":{"rendered":"Four players depart Melbourne City’s title winning squad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ayana Aoyagi, Caitlin Karic, Chinaza Uchendu and Ellie Wilson will all depart Melbourne City following the conclusion of their Ninja A-League contracts.<\/p>\n

The quartet were part of City\u2019s 2025\/26 Premiership and Championship-winning squad, with Karic bringing an end to a five-year stint at the club.<\/p>\n

Karic joined City as a 15-year-old in September 2021 and progressed into a regular member of the first-team squad.<\/p>\n

TRANSFER CENTRE: Ninja A-League 2026\/27 Transfer Centre: Your club\u2019s moves<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Chinaza Uchendu of Melbourne City<\/p>\n

The midfielder made 36 appearances and scored two goals across all competitions during her time in City blue, contributing to multiple trophy-winning campaigns.<\/p>\n

Aoyagi, Wilson and Uchendu all joined City ahead of the 2025\/26 season and played a role in the club\u2019s successful campaign.<\/p>\n

Wilson made eight appearances during her time at City, while Aoyagi was a valued member of the playing group throughout the season.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Ellie Wilson <\/p>\n

\"\"Caitlin Karic <\/p>\n

\"\"Ayana Aoyagi <\/p>\n

Nigerian international Uchendu made 21 appearances and scored four goals, including a memorable late winner against PFC Nasaf in City\u2019s AFC Women\u2019s Champions League home quarter-final.<\/p>\n

She also scored twice in quick succession against Canberra United to inspire City to a come-from-behind victory late in the Ninja A-League season.<\/p>\n

Keira Sarris will remain at Melbourne City after the expiration of her senior contract, joining the club\u2019s Academy program.<\/p>\n

The reigning Ninja A-League champions kick off their title defence with a Grand Final re-match against Wellington Phoenix on Sunday, October 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ayana Aoyagi, Caitlin Karic, Chinaza Uchendu and Ellie Wilson will all depart Melbourne City following the conclusion of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[342,1417,4640,260,152,24641],"class_list":["post-79525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-melbourne","tag-a-league-women","tag-a-leagues","tag-alwfeatured","tag-melbourne","tag-news","tag-transfer-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}