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Chelsea Women: Miscellaneous end-of-season awards 2022/23

By Caden Charpentier

KINGSTON UPON THAMES, ENGLAND - MAY 10: Guro Reiten of Chelsea celebrates after scoring the team's first goal during the FA Women's Super League match between Chelsea and Leicester City at Kingsmeadow on May 10, 2023 in Kingston upon Thames, England. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
KINGSTON UPON THAMES, ENGLAND - MAY 10: Guro Reiten of Chelsea celebrates after scoring the team's first goal during the FA Women's Super League match between Chelsea and Leicester City at Kingsmeadow on May 10, 2023 in Kingston upon Thames, England. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images) /
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BARCELONA, SPAIN – APRIL 27: Eve Perisset of Chelsea FC looks on during the UEFA Women’s Champions League semifinal 2nd leg match between FC Barcelona and Chelsea FC at Camp Nou on April 27, 2023 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Eric Alonso/Getty Images)
BARCELONA, SPAIN – APRIL 27: Eve Perisset of Chelsea FC looks on during the UEFA Women’s Champions League semifinal 2nd leg match between FC Barcelona and Chelsea FC at Camp Nou on April 27, 2023 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Eric Alonso/Getty Images) /

Best New Signing of the Season: Eve Perisset

This may have been one of the most difficult awards to dish out. Hayes did such an incredible job during the summer of 2022 in bringing in some of the best talent from across the world. Jelena Cankovic, Kadeisha Buchanan, and even Johanna Rytting Kaneryd could have very well won this award, but no newcomer contributed in more contests in the league and in Europe than the French wing-back Eve Perisset.

Cankovic has the potential to be the No. 10 of the future for this team while Buchanan is bound to lock up a starting job in the starting XI going forward, but Perisset’s influence on winning toward the conclusion of the campaign cannot be overshadowed.

Only Erin Cuthbert, Kerr, and Reiten had more shot-creating actions than Perisset across the WSL and Champions League. The Blues’ No. 15 grew into an irreplaceable force on the flank, using her vision and passing talent to put the players around her in the right position to find the back of the net. The Norwegian superstar winger is the only player to have more crosses in the WSL than Perisset this season who was at the top of her game in the final months of the campaign. In addition, Reiten and Kerr where the only two players with more key passes (passes that directly lead to a shot) in the domestic top-flight.

Whether it was her pass to set up Blues’ No. 11 for the opener against Arsenal, or how she nearly had an assist to open up the scoring against Reading, Perisset has demonstrated how intelligent a player she truly is on the flank. Between some of the highs, there are a few lows, but at the end of the day, the French winger is solid defensively while knowing when and where to direct the play forward. Perisset has the best passing completion percentage of any CFCW player in the league this season that is not a central defender or goalkeeper. The future for No. 15 in blue is encouraging. With the support of the club and Hayes, Perisset could prove to be one of the most vital pieces to the Champions League title puzzle.

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