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Mariyammal Balamurugan

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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

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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

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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

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Kickstart

References

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  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.
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