Mariyammal Balamurugan

In this Indian name, the name Balamurugan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Mariyammal.
Mariyammal Balamurugan
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-04-14) 14 April 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Salem, Tamil Nadu, India
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Kickstart
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 September 2023

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.

Early life

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

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

Kickstart

References

  1. ^ "Mariyammal Balamurugan". the-aiff.com. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Meet Tamil Nadu's belles of the ball". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b Bontra, Soumya (20 January 2022). "Meet the 23 players who can create history for Indian football". thebridge.in. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.