Aditi Chauhan

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Aditi Chauhan
Personal information
Full name Aditi Chauhan
Date of birth (1992-11-20) 20 November 1992 (age 29)
Place of birth Taleigão, Goa, India
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Gokulam Kerala
Number 1
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
University of Delhi
2013–2015 Loughborough University[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015−2018 West Ham United 7 (0)
2018−2019 India Rush
2019−2020 Gokulam Kerala 7 (0)
2021 Hamar Hveragerði
2021− Gokulam Kerala
National team‡
2008−2012 India U19 4 (0)
2011− India 49 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 November 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 December 2021

Aditi Chauhan (born 20 November 1992)[2] is an Indian women's professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Indian club Gokulam Kerala and the Indian national team.

Career[]

Chauhan and her family moved to Delhi when she was nine years old.She did her Schooling from Amity International School[3] As a child she was very involved in various sports. She participated in karate and basketball.[3] After showing promise in basketball, Chauhan was selected for the youth state team for the sport.[3] Through basketball, Chauhan developed a good grip of the ball and a good athletic build.[4] She was convinced by her coach to attend trials for the football team as a goalkeeper.[3] Chauhan was successful and eventually, at age 15, appeared on the team for the Delhi women's football team U19 squad.

She attended Loughborough University, completing an MSc in Sports Management[5] and represented their football team.[4] In August 2015, Chauhan joined West Ham United Ladies.[6] She made her debut on 16 August 2015 in a 0–5 defeat by Coventry Ladies and in doing so became the first player from the India national women's team to play competitively in England[7] and the first Indian woman to play in English league football.[8] She spent two seasons with the club before returning to India in early 2018.[9] She went on to join India Rush.[10]

For 2019–20 Indian Women's League, she joined Gokulam Kerala FC. She also has been No. 1 choice goalkeeper for the Indian National team.[11]

International[]

Chauhan was selected for trials with the India U19 side at age 17.[3] She was a part of the India women's team that won the 2012 SAFF Women's Championship in Sri Lanka.[12]

Honours[]

India

Individual

  • Asian Football Awards: Women in Football Award 2015[13]

Club

Gokulam Kerala

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Graduate becomes first Asian Woman Footballer of the year in England". lboro.ac.uk (Loughborough University). 24 November 2015. Archived from the original on 13 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Aditi Chauhan". Eurosport. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e "My Football journey in India". Women's Soccer United. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  4. ^ a b Kohli, Gauri (29 May 2015). "Meet Aditi Chauhan, goalkeeper of Indian women's national football team". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Graduate becomes first Asian Woman Footballer of the year in England". Loughborough University. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  6. ^ "EPL club West Ham United Ladies signs Indian women's team goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan". India Today. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  7. ^ Sudhakaran, Sumil (18 August 2015). "Meet Aditi Chauhan, 1st Indian woman footballer to play in UK". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 18 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  8. ^ Thomas-Mason, Lee (21 August 2015). "Exclusive: How West Ham's record breaking goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan became an international role model". Metro.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  9. ^ "Goalkeeper Aditi eyes return to Indian team for Asian Games". The Times of India. 7 January 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  10. ^ Haji, Irfan (25 March 2018). "Aditi Chauhan eyes Indian team comeback with Rush Soccer". The Asian Age. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Aditi Chauhan profile". footballexpress.in. 20 December 2020.
  12. ^ Deep Singh, Kunwar (2 January 2013). "Indian Football: Exclusive Interview : Aditi Chauhan – "A Lot Can Still Be Done If The Media Pays A Little More Attention"". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  13. ^ "Aditi Chauhan creates history, becomes first Asian Woman Footballer of the year in England". Deccan Chronicle. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2018.

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