Tegan Bowie Completes Move to Parma Calcio

Tegan Bowie’s Hibernian story is over. The next chapter takes her to Italy.

The 22-year-old winger has completed a permanent move to Serie A side Parma Calcio after the Italian club triggered a release clause in her contract, with Hibs receiving an undisclosed fee.

From academy prospect to title winner

Bowie’s departure closes a circle that began in the Hibernian academy. She came through the youth ranks in Edinburgh before leaving for Celtic, only to return to Hibs in 2023 a more polished, more dangerous wide player.

Back in green and white, she didn’t just slot in. She drove standards.

Across her time at the club, Bowie made 101 appearances and scored nine goals, but the raw numbers barely touch her influence. In the 2024-25 campaign she became a central figure in Hibs’ title-winning side, contributing five goals and 10 assists in a season that pushed her firmly into the spotlight.

When Hibs needed direct running, energy without the ball, and a bit of invention in the final third, Bowie was often the outlet. That form inevitably drew attention.

A clause that changed everything

In the end, it was not a bidding war or a drawn-out saga that took her away. It was a line in a contract.

Head coach Joelle Murray did not hide her frustration that the release clause, active from summer 2025, left the club powerless once Parma moved.

"I'm disappointed to see Tegan leave under a clause that was in her contract from summer 2025," Murray told club media. The emotion behind the words was clear enough. Hibs are losing a player they helped shape, just as she was entering her prime.

Murray’s tone then shifted from regret to pride.

"She's grown and developed massively during her time at the club, both as a player and a person.

"I wish her nothing but success as she takes on this new challenge in a new country with a new team. Hopefully she can continue that incredible personal growth next season and beyond."

For a coach who has watched Bowie evolve from promising winger to title-winning mainstay, it felt like both a farewell and a reminder of how far the player has come.

A player ready for a new stage

Bowie, for her part, leaves with gratitude rather than drama.

"I've gotten to experience some of my favourite memories with this team and being able to have the freedom to express myself on the pitch has helped me in my development," she said.

That freedom has shaped the player Parma are getting: a wide forward who likes responsibility, who has already handled the pressure of a title race, and who understands what it means to be a key figure rather than a squad option.

For Hibs, this is a break in the rhythm of a side that had just climbed to the summit. For Parma, it is a statement of intent, prising away one of the Scottish game’s emerging attackers at the moment her trajectory is sharply upward.

Bowie now swaps Edinburgh’s familiar surroundings for the tactical intensity of Serie A. How quickly she adapts to Italian football will say plenty about where her ceiling truly lies.