Mariyammal Balamurugan (born 14 April 2003) is an Indian professional footballer from Tamil Nadu, who plays as a midfielder for East Bengal in the Indian Women's League and the India women's national football team. She has also played for Sethu FC and Kickstart.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 April 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Salem, Tamil Nadu, India | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | East Bengal | ||
| Number | 59 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Sethu | |||
| 2022–2023 | Kickstart | ||
| 2023– | East Bengal | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020 | India U17 | ||
| 2018–2021 | India U20 | ||
| 2021– | India | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 September 2023 | |||
Early life edit
Mariyammal hails from Salem district, Tamil Nadu and hails from a family of farmers.[1][2] She started playing football at a young age and was scouted from the 2018 Khelo Indian Games.[3][4]
Career edit
Mariyammal has represented India in the U16 and U19 AFC qualifiers. She made her senior international debut in the 2021 International Women's Football Tournament of Manaus against Brazil. [3] In January 2022, she was named in the Indian team to play AFC Women's Asian Cup.[5]
Honours edit
Kickstart
- Karnataka Women's League: 2023–24
References edit
- ^ "Mariyammal Balamurugan". the-aiff.com. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ "Meet Tamil Nadu's belles of the ball". The Times of India. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
- ^ a b Bontra, Soumya (2022-01-20). "Meet the 23 players who can create history for Indian football". thebridge.in. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
- ^ "These TN women footballers dribble past challenges and make it to the national team". The Times of India. 2022-03-09. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
- ^ "Hosts India name 23-member squad for AFC Women's Asian Cup, recovering Bala Devi misses out". English.Mathrubhumi. 2022-01-11. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
External links edit
- Mariyammal Balamurugan
- Mariyammal Balamurugan at Global Sports Archive