Official! Benfica announce centre-back exit after odd episode | OneFootball

Benfica announced this Monday the departure of Salomé Prat - after she was caught off guard by the return to Lisbon. The club and the French footballer reached an agreement to terminate the contract, which was valid until June 2028, allowing the 24-year-old player to take on a new challenge in her career.

Prat joined the Eagles last summer after standing out at Torreense by scoring, in the final minute of extra time, the goal that secured victory in the 2024/25 Portuguese Cup final, precisely against Benfica.

Although she started the season as part of the Reds’ first-team squad and made three official appearances, the forward was loaned to Dux Logroño in the second half of the 2025/26 season. Playing for the Spanish side, which finished the league in 14th place, she scored two goals in 15 matches.

Despite her brief spell with the first team, Salomé Prat remains linked to a historic season for Benfica, marked by the club winning its sixth straight national title and the Portuguese Cup, even though she was no longer at the club when the trophies were lifted.

In the statement confirming the player’s departure, the Lisbon club thanked her for the professionalism shown throughout the period in which she represented the Eagles. Salomé Prat had been set to return to Benfica after her loan was not extended, but now she will have the chance to decide her own future as a free agent.

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