Thokchom Martina Devi (born 13 July 2004) commonly known as Martina Thokchom, 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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thokchom Martina Devi | ||
| Date of birth | 13 July 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Yourbung, Imphal East, Manipur, India | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Gokulam Kerala | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Eastern Sporting Union | |||
| KRYPHSA | |||
| 2021–2022 | Indian Arrows Women | ||
| 2022– | Gokulam Kerala | 4 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2020 | India U17 | ||
| 2023 | India U20 | ||
| 2021– | India | 9 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 September 2023 | |||
Early life
editMartina 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
edit- 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.[1]
- 2020: She was part of the Junior India team that player U-17 Women's Football Friendly Tournament in Mumbai against Sweden.[2]
- 2021: In April, she was selected for the friendlies against Belarus and Uzbekistan.[3]
- 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.[4][5]
- 2022: She played in the two friendly matches against Jordan and Egypt in Zarqa, Jordan.[6]
- 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.[7][8]
Awards
edit- 2022: AIFF Awards 2021-22: Women's Emerging Footballer of the Year.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Talnikar, Neil (11 December 2019). "Martina Thokchom: I want to make my nation and family proud". www.khelnow.com. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ a b PTI (9 August 2022). "Indian Football Awards: Sunil Chhetri, Manisha Kalyan Win AIFF Footballer Of The Year 2021-22 Honours". www.outlookindia.com. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ PTI (3 April 2021). "Indian women's football team hoping to get valuable experience from friendlies". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "Martina Thokchom (Thokchom M.) - Player Profile - Flashscore.in". www.flashscore.in. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "Martina Thokchom - India Midfielder". ESPN. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ Olympics (4 April 2022). "India women to play international football friendlies vs Egypt and Jordan - watch live streaming". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ PTI (2 February 2023). "SAFF U-20 Women's Championships: Indian Team Opens Campaign Against Bhutan". www.outlookindia.com. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava (3 February 2023). "VIDEO: India begin SAFF U-20 Women's Championship against Bhutan!". Arunava about Football. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
External links
edit- Martina Thokchom at All India Football Federation