Martina Thokchom Explained
Martina Thokchom (born 13 July 2004) is an Indian professional footballer from Manipur, who plays as a midfielder for Gokulam Kerala FC in the Indian Women's League and represents the India women's national football team.
Early life
Martina hails from Yourbung in Manipur. Her father was a football player, who played at the state level. Both her father, Thokchom Sanatomba, and mother encouraged her to play football and enrolled her in the local grassroots training programme whe she was 10-years old.[1] Later, she joined KRYHPSA club and trained under Coach Chaoba Devi.
Career
- 2017: She was part of the Under-17 Women's Football Tournament.
- 2019: She represented Manipur in the Hero Junior Women's National Football Championship in April.
- 2020: She was part of the Junior India team that player U-17 Women's Football Friendly Tournament in Mumbai against Sweden.
- 2021: In April, she was selected for the friendlies against Belarus and Uzbekistan.[2]
- 2021: She was selected for Indian team to take part in the AFC Women's Asian Cup 2022 in India.
- 2021: She made her Senior India debut against UAE in a friendly match which India won 4–1.
- 2021: In December, she played the International Women's Football Tournament in Brazil against Venezuela.[3] [4]
- 2022: She played in the two friendly matches against Jordan and Egypt in Zarqa, Jordan.[5]
- 2023: In February, Martina captained the Indian team at the SAFF U-20 Women's Championship in Dhaka. Bangladesh and Nepal are the other teams.[6] [7]
Awards
- 2022: AIFF Awards 2021-22: Women's Emerging Footballer of the Year.[8]
References
- Web site: Talnikar . Neil . 2019-12-11 . Martina Thokchom: I want to make my nation and family proud . 2023-09-18 . www.khelnow.com.
- Web site: PTI . 2021-04-03 . Indian women's football team hoping to get valuable experience from friendlies . 2023-09-18 . sportstar.thehindu.com . en.
- Web site: Martina Thokchom (Thokchom M.) - Player Profile - Flashscore.in . 2023-09-18 . www.flashscore.in . en-IN.
- Web site: Martina Thokchom - India Midfielder . 2023-09-18 . ESPN . en.
- Web site: Olympics . 2022-04-04 . India women to play international football friendlies vs Egypt and Jordan - watch live streaming . 2023-09-18 . www.olympics.com.
- Web site: PTI . 2023-02-02 . SAFF U-20 Women's Championships: Indian Team Opens Campaign Against Bhutan . 2023-09-18 . www.outlookindia.com.
- Web site: Chaudhuri . Arunava . 2023-02-03 . VIDEO: India begin SAFF U-20 Women's Championship against Bhutan! . 2023-09-18 . Arunava about Football . en-GB.
- Web site: PTI . 2022-08-09 . Indian Football Awards: Sunil Chhetri, Manisha Kalyan Win AIFF Footballer Of The Year 2021-22 Honours . 2023-09-18 . www.outlookindia.com.
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