Charli Grant has started a new chapter in her club career, putting pen to paper on a three-year contract with Malmö FF that runs through to the summer of 2029. The Matildas full-back’s move to the Swedish giants comes after two and a half seasons in England with Tottenham Hotspur, and it sees the 24-year-old return to a country and a league she already knows well.
Grant is not completely new to the women’s football scene in Sweden, for the fact that she has previously played for the team in Sweden when she was younger and then switched to the Women’s Super League, thus it is more of a return home rather than a big step into the unknown for her. This is definitely a good deal for Malmö, with such a great player on their hands.
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Why Did Charli Grant Leave Tottenham for Malmö FF?
The stint at Tottenham was not as expected for Grant. The midfielder joined the team way back in January 2024 under the management of Robert Vilahamn. However, she sustained an injury to her knee that saw her miss much of her last season, making her play only 85 minutes during the entire season. This is a very unfortunate position to find herself in, particularly as she looks forward to the home Asian Cup and subsequent World Cup cycle.
With her Tottenham contract running out and game time hard to come by, a fresh environment made a lot of sense. Malmö FF offered exactly that — regular football, a familiar footballing culture, and a club that’s clearly been building toward something bigger in recent seasons.
What Does the Three-Year Deal Mean for Charli Grant’s Career?
A three-year commitment is a strong show of faith from both sides. For Malmö, it signals they see Grant as a long-term piece of their backline rather than a short-term fix. For Grant, it offers something that’s been in short supply lately: stability. After an injury-hit stretch in London, she now has a multi-year platform to rebuild form, fitness, and consistency heading into a crucial period for Matildas selection.
The timing is also important to consider, with the Asian Cup taking place on home soil and the next World Cup cycle already in development with coach Joe Montemurro in charge, with regular playing time for Grant in a team that sits high in the Damallsvenskan standings might just be what the doctor ordered.
How Will Charli Grant Strengthen Malmö FF?
Malmö’s sporting director Maxim Khalil didn’t hold back in his praise, describing Grant as a versatile full-back capable of playing on either side, with pace, athleticism and intensity that hold up at international level. That flexibility matters — being able to slot in comfortably on the left or right gives the coaching staff more options without needing to make wholesale changes elsewhere in the side.
Grant has also got real winning pedigree from her time with FC Rosengard in Sweden. She has managed to win not only a league title but also a cup at FC Rosengard before catching people’s attention with her performances on loan, and later on a permanent basis, at Vittsjö GIK. Coupled with Women’s Super League experience and the quality of attacks she has faced, Malmö have managed to sign an experienced defender.
Charli Grant’s Move to Sweden and Matildas Ambitions
It is quite poetic. The thing is, Grant first came to Sweden back in 2021 after signing with FC Rosengård, before being loaned and permanently transferred to Vittsjö GIK, thus having gained all the knowledge about the league and what is needed to perform in it successfully. So for the player returning to the team which she used to follow while it was striving to gain higher positions (as she admits, Malmö was some levels lower than Damallsvenskan at the time she came to Sweden), this move has become especially exciting.
For the Matildas, being aware of Grant’s performance is going to become a key issue in the coming years. She already possesses a huge number of caps and played in the side that qualified for the semi-finals of the 2023 World Cup at home, which means that there is no doubt about her abilities when she is fit and playing regularly. A new club that plays for a chance to qualify for Europe may well be what she needs.