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Aditi Chauhan

Aditi Chauhan
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-11-20) November 20, 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Position(s) Goalkeeper
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 SC
2019−2021 Gokulam Kerala
2021 Hamar Hveragerði
2022 Gokulam Kerala
International career
2008−2012 India U19 4 (0)
2011−2023 India 57 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aditi Chauhan (born 20 November 1992) is an Indian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the Indian national football team.[2]

Early life

Born into a Rajput family, Aditi with her family moved to Delhi when she was nine years old. She did her schooling from Amity International School.[3] As a child she participated in karate and basketball, even being selected for the youth state basketball team.[3][4] She was convinced by her coach to attend trials for the football team as a goalkeeper.[3] Chauhan was successful and eventually, appeared on the team for the Delhi women's football team U19 squad.

Club career

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][7] 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[8] and the first Indian woman to play in English league football.[9] She spent two seasons with the club before returning to India in early 2018.[10] She went on to join India Rush.[11] For the 2019–20 Indian Women's League, she joined Gokulam Kerala FC.[12]

International career

Chauhan was selected for trials with the India U19 side at age 17.[3] She was a part of the India senior team that won the 2012 SAFF Women's Championship in Sri Lanka.[13]

Career statistics

International

As of 15 February 2023
International caps and goals
Year Caps Goals
2011 1 0
2012 5 0
2013 0 0
2014 3 0
2015 0 0
2016 7 0
2017 2 0
2018 3 0
2019 22 0
2021 8 0
2022 5 0
2023 1 0
Total 57 0

Honours

India

Gokulam Kerala

Individual

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 18 June 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Aditi Chauhan". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d "My Football journey in India". Women's Soccer United. 24 February 2015. Archived from the original on 30 May 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. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  6. ^ "EPL club West Ham United Ladies signs Indian women's team goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan". India Today. Archived from the original on 18 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Panthoi Chanu, an heir to Aditi Chauhan in the Indian women's team, joins Australian club Metro United". sportstar.thehindu.com. 26 March 2024. Archived from the original on 26 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Thomas-Mason, Lee (21 August 2015). "Exclusive: How West Ham's record breaking goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan became an international role model". Metro.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  10. ^ "Goalkeeper Aditi eyes return to Indian team for Asian Games". The Times of India. 7 January 2018. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  11. ^ Haji, Irfan (25 March 2018). "Aditi Chauhan eyes Indian team comeback with Rush Soccer". The Asian Age. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  12. ^ "Aditi Chauhan profile". footballexpress.in. 20 December 2020. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  13. ^ 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. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  14. ^ "Aditi Chauhan creates history, becomes first Asian Woman Footballer of the year in England". Deccan Chronicle. 21 November 2015. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aditi_Chauhan