{{Short description|American soccer player (born 1999)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Chardonnay Curran | image = NC Courage vs Chicago Red Stars (Jun 2024) 093 (Curran).jpg | image_size = | caption = Curran with the Chicago Red Stars in 2024 | fullname = Chardonnay Matauaga Curran<ref name=FIFA-CAP>{{cite web |url=https://knowledge.fifa.com/change-of-association-platform |title=FIFA Change of Association Platform |publisher=FIFA |access-date=March 11, 2026}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|8|18}} | birth_place = ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii, U.S. | height = {{height|ft=5|in=4}} | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Rio Ave | clubnumber = | youthclubs1 = Hawaii Rush<ref name="Chardonnay Curran bio">{{cite web |title=Chardonnay Curran bio |url=https://goducks.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/chardonnay-curran/10706 |website=University of Oregon Athletics |publisher=University of Oregon |access-date=3 March 2024}}</ref> | youthyears1 = | collegeyears1 = 2017–2021 | college1 = Oregon Ducks | collegecaps1 = 92 | collegegoals1 = 7 | years1 = 2022–2023 | clubs1 = Kansas City Current | caps1 = 29 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2024–2025 | clubs2 = Chicago Stars | caps2 = 17 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2025– | clubs3 = Rio Ave | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | club-update = July 29, 2025 }} '''Chardonnay Matauaga Curran''' (born August 18, 1999) is a professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Portuguese Campeonato Nacional Feminino club Rio Ave. She played college soccer for the Oregon Ducks, where she set the program record for appearances. Born in the United States, she has committed to play for the Philippines national team.
==College career==
Curran attended the University of Oregon, where she made 92 appearances and scored seven goals.<ref name="Chardonnay Curran bio" /> She holds the school records for matches played,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rustik |first=John |date=2021-10-21 |title=Chardonnay Curran continues to make history as Ducks draw in Boulder |url=http://dailyemerald.com/79113/sports/chardonnay-curran-continues-to-make-history-as-ducks-draw-in-boulder/ |access-date=2025-07-29 |website=Daily Emerald}}</ref> consecutive matches played, and starts.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mendoza |first=Jim |date=2021-12-29 |title=After setting records at Oregon, this Hawaii player is ready for her pro soccer debut |url=https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/12/29/after-setting-records-oregon-this-hawaii-player-is-ready-her-pro-soccer-debut/ |access-date=2025-07-29 |website=Hawaii News Now |language=en}}</ref> Three of her goals were game-winners. Curran took advantage of the NCAA's COVID eligibility extension to play a fifth year of collegiate soccer.
==Club career== === Kansas City Current === Curran was selected 17th overall in the 2022 NWSL Draft by the Kansas City Current.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hull |first=Billy |date=2021-12-19 |title=Campbell’s Chardonnay Curran, Kaiser’s Kaile Halvorsen picked in National Women’s Soccer League draft |url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/12/18/sports/hawaii-grown/campbells-chardonnay-curran-kaisers-kaile-halvorsen-picked-in-nwsl-draft/ |access-date=2025-07-29 |website=Honolulu Star-Advertiser |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Curran Goes to Current in NWSL Draft Second Round |url=https://goducks.com/news/2021/12/18/womens-soccer-curran-goes-to-current-in-nwsl-draft-second-round |access-date=2025-07-29 |website=University of Oregon Athletics |language=en}}</ref> She made 30 total appearances for the Current across two seasons, scoring her first professional goal, a game-winning tally in an [https://www.kansascity.com/sports/soccer/kc-current/article280144419.html international friendly against CF Monterrey], before being waived at the end of 2023.
=== Chicago Stars === In 2024, the Chicago Red Stars (later named Chicago Stars FC) acquired Curran's playing rights through the waiver wire process.<ref name="Chicago Red Stars Sign Midfielder Chardonnay Curran">{{cite web |title=Chicago Red Stars Sign Midfielder Chardonnay Curran |url=https://chicagoredstars.com/first-team/chicago-red-stars-sign-midfielder-chardonnay-curran/#:~:text=Curran%20joins%20the%20Red%20Stars,the%20regular%20season%20and%20playoffs. |website=chicagoredstars.com |publisher=Chicago Red Stars |access-date=3 March 2024}}</ref> She made 17 league appearances before departing from the club on July 29, 2025, via a mutual contract termination.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-29 |title=Chicago Stars FC and Midfielder, Chardonnay Curran, Agree to Mutually Terminate Contract |url=https://chicagostars.com/first-team/chicago-stars-fc-and-midfielder-chardonnay-curran-agree-to-mutually-terminate-contract/ |access-date=2025-07-29 |website=Chicago Stars |language=en-US}}</ref>
=== Rio Ave FC === On August 20, 2025, she signed with Rio Ave in the Campeonato Nacional Feminino (also known as Liga BPI), the top women's professional league in Portugal.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bompastor |first=Ana |date=2025-08-20 |title=Feminino: Chardonnay Curran assina pelo Rio Ave FC |url=https://rioavefc.pt/noticias/feminino-chardonnay-curran-assina-pelo-rio-ave-fc/ |access-date=2025-08-27 |website=Rio Ave Futebol Clube |language=pt-pt}}</ref>
== International career == Curran has been called in to camps with United States youth teams. In 2018, she was summoned to an under-20 camp in the lead-up to the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hull |first=Billy |title=HAWAII GROWN: Curran headed to USA training camp |url=https://www.hawaiiprepworld.com/featured/hawaii-grown-curran-headed-to-usa-training-camp/ |access-date=2025-07-29 |website=Hawaii Prep World |language=en-US}}</ref>
On March 11, 2026, Curran received approval from FIFA to switch her international allegiance to the Philippines.<ref name=FIFA-CAP/>
==Personal life== Curran is of Samoan, Filipino, Irish and German descent.<ref name="gsn">{{cite web |last1=Medrano |first1=Sofia |title=10 Asian Pacific American Players’ Careers You Need To Follow |url=https://girlssoccernetwork.com/8-asian-pacific-american-players-whose-nwsl-careers-you-should-follow/ |website=girlssoccernetwork.com |publisher=Girls Soccer Network |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606224938/https://girlssoccernetwork.com/8-asian-pacific-american-players-whose-nwsl-careers-you-should-follow/ |archive-date=June 6, 2023 |date=May 30, 2023}}</ref><ref name="kctv">{{cite web |last1=Eisenhauer |first1=Olivia |title=Kansas City Current launches new collaboration with MADE MOBB |url=https://www.kctv5.com/2023/05/25/kansas-city-current-launches-new-collaboration-with-made-mobb/ |website=kctv5.com |publisher=KCTV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525202553/https://www.kctv5.com/2023/05/25/kansas-city-current-launches-new-collaboration-with-made-mobb/ |archive-date=May 25, 2023 |date=May 25, 2023}}</ref> She is the daughter of Marie and Joe Curran, and has three sisters, Charis, Charity and Charissa.<ref name="Chardonnay Curran bio" />
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==External links== * {{sports links}} * {{NWSL player|chardonnay-curran}} * [https://chicagoredstars.com/roster/chardonnay-curran/ Chardonnay Curran] at Chicago Red Stars
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