Mariyammal Balamurugan (born 14 April 2003) is an Indian professional footballer from Tamil Nadu, who plays as a midfielder for Kickstart in the Indian Women's League and the India women's national football team. She has also played for Sethu FC and East Bengal.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 April 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Salem, Tamil Nadu, India | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kickstart | ||
| Number | 34 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Sethu | |||
| 2022–2023 | Kickstart | ||
| 2023–2024 | East Bengal | ||
| 2024– | Kickstart | ||
| 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 as of 24 September 2023 | |||
Early life
editMariyammal 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
editMariyammal 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
editKickstart
- Karnataka Women's League: 2023–24
References
edit- ↑ "Mariyammal Balamurugan". the-aiff.com. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ↑ "Meet Tamil Nadu's belles of the ball". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- 1 2 Bontra, Soumya (20 January 2022). "Meet the 23 players who can create history for Indian football". thebridge.in. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ↑ "These TN women footballers dribble past challenges and make it to the national team". The Times of India. 9 March 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ↑ "Hosts India name 23-member squad for AFC Women's Asian Cup, recovering Bala Devi misses out". English.Mathrubhumi. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
External links
edit- Mariyammal Balamurugan at AIFF
- Mariyammal Balamurugan at Global Sports Archive