Lynda Kom

Lynda Kom
Personal information
Full name Lynda Kom Serto
Date of birth (2005-02-28) 28 February 2005 (age 19)
Place of birth Khoirentak Khunou, Manipur, India
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Odisha
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022 The Young Welfare Club
2022– Odisha 18 (10)
International career
2017–2019 India U17 5 (3)
2022 India U20 12 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lynda Kom Serto (born 28 February 2005) is an Indian professional footballer from Manipur, who plays as a forward for Odisha in the Indian Women's League.[1][2] She has also represented India at the youth level.[3]

Early life and education

Lynda hails from Khoirentak Khunou village in Manipur. Her father is a farmer, and her mother runs a stationery shop. She is the youngest of four children.[4] She always used to play with the boys who used to play in the ground, which is close to her house. Despite her father's hesitation, she continued to play with the boys and got selected for the Sports Authority of India Training Centre hostel at Imphal.[3] Her nickname is Biju, after the Manipuri actress Biju Ningombam.[5]

Career

Lynda made her debut for India in 2017, at the SAFF U-15 Women's Championship in Bangladesh.[6] She also played in the U-16 AFC Championship Qualifiers. She performed well for Manipur at the 2019 Junior Nationals at Kolhapur that paved the way for her selection to the 2019 Under-17 World Cup.[3][5] In that tournament, she scored six goals and was awarded the golden boot.[6]

She scored five goals[7] in the SAFF U-18 Women's Championship in Jamshedpur, where India beat Bangladesh on better goal difference and Lynda was declared as the Most Valuable Player[8] after bagging the golden boot for being the top goal scorer.[3]

Honours

Odisha

References

  1. ^ "S LYNDA KOM". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  2. ^ Scroll Staff (21 December 2023). "IWL 2023-24: Pyari Xaxa, Lynda Kom score as Odisha FC beat Gokulam Kerala". Scroll.in. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "Young MVP Lynda Kom eyeing more glory for Indian women's football". The Times of India. 30 March 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Orisports.com". www.orisports.com. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  5. ^ a b ANI (28 March 2022). "Striker Lynda Kom looks forward to FIFA U-17 World Cup preparations". ThePrint. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  6. ^ a b Dey, Aneesh (7 October 2022). "Lynda Kom, Clara Luvanga, and more: Stars to watch out for at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup". Sportstar. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Indian team clinches SAFF U-18 Women's Championship title". Firstpost. 26 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  8. ^ "India's 'Most Valuable Player' Lynda Kom Serto from Manipur eyes more goals at FIFA U-17 World Cup". Imphal Free Press. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Odisha FC take home the IWL trophy with stunning ease". i-league.org. I-League. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.