Aditi Chauhan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 November 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | India | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | West Ham United Ladies | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Delhi U19 | |||
| University of Delhi | |||
| Loughborough University | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2015– | West Ham United Ladies | 7 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| India U19 | |||
| 2013– | India | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Aditi Chauhan (born 20 November 1992)[1] is an Indian women's professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for West Ham United Ladies and the India women's national football team.
Career
Chauhan and her family moved to Delhi when she was nine years old.[2] As a child she was very involved in various sports. She participated in karate and basketball.[2] After showing promise in basketball, Chauhan was selected for the youth state team for the sport.[2] Through basketball, Chauhan developed a good grip of the ball and a good athletic build.[3] She was convinced by her coach to attend trials for the football team as a goalkeeper.[2] Chauhan was successful and eventually, at age 15, appeared on the team for the Delhi U19 squad.
She attended Loughborough University, completing an MSc in Sports Management[4] and represented their football team.[3] In August 2015, Chauhan joined West Ham United Ladies.[5] 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[6] and the first Indian woman to play in English league football.[7]
International
Chauhan was selected for trials with the India U19 side at age 17.[2] She was a part of the India women's team that won the 2012 SAFF Women's Championship in Sri Lanka.[8]
Honours
She was the first recipient of the Asian Footballer of the Year award in England.[4]
South Asian Games 2016 - Gold
References
- ↑ "Aditi Chauhan". Eurosport. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "My Football journey in India". Womens Soccer United. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- 1 2 Kohli, Gauri (29 May 2015). "Meet Aditi Chauhan, goalkeeper of Indian women’s national football team". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- 1 2 "Graduate becomes first Asian Woman Footballer of the year in England". Loughborough University. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ↑ "EPL club West Ham United Ladies signs Indian women's team goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan". India Today. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ↑ Sudhakaran, Sumil (18 August 2015). "Meet Aditi Chauhan, 1st Indian woman footballer to play in UK". www.hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ↑ Thomas-Mason, Lee (21 August 2015). "Exclusive: How West Ham’s record breaking goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan became an international role model". http://metro.co.uk/. Retrieved 3 December 2015. External link in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ 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.