Martina Thokchom

Martina Thokchom (born 13 July 2004) is an Indian women's professional footballer from Manipur. She plays as a midfielder for Gokulam Kerala FC in the Indian Women's League and represents the India women's national football team.

Martina Thokchom
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-07-13) 13 July 2004
Place of birth Yourbung, Imphal East, Manipur, India
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Gokulam Kerala
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Eastern Sporting Union
KRYPHSA
2021–2022 Indian Arrows Women
2022– Gokulam Kerala
International career‡
2017–2020 India U17
2023 India U20
2021– India 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 September 2023

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.[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
  • 2022: AIFF Awards 2021-22: Women's Emerging Footballer of the Year.[2]

References
  1. Talnikar, Neil (2019-12-11). "Martina Thokchom: I want to make my nation and family proud". www.khelnow.com. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  2. PTI (2022-08-09). "Indian Football Awards: Sunil Chhetri, Manisha Kalyan Win AIFF Footballer Of The Year 2021-22 Honours". www.outlookindia.com. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  3. PTI (2021-04-03). "Indian women's football team hoping to get valuable experience from friendlies". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  4. "Martina Thokchom (Thokchom M.) - Player Profile - Flashscore.in". www.flashscore.in. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  5. "Martina Thokchom - India Midfielder". ESPN. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  6. Olympics (2022-04-04). "India women to play international football friendlies vs Egypt and Jordan - watch live streaming". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  7. PTI (2023-02-02). "SAFF U-20 Women's Championships: Indian Team Opens Campaign Against Bhutan". www.outlookindia.com. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  8. Chaudhuri, Arunava (2023-02-03). "VIDEO: India begin SAFF U-20 Women's Championship against Bhutan!". Arunava about Football. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
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