Aditi Chauhan

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Aditi Chauhan
Personal information
Full name Aditi Chauhan
Date of birth (1992-11-20) November 20, 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Position(s) Goalkeeper
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
University of Delhi
2013–2015 Loughborough University [1]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015−2018 West Ham United 7 (0)
2018−2019 India Rush SC
2019−2021 Gokulam Kerala
2021 Hamar Hveragerði
2022 Gokulam Kerala
2022−2023 Lords FA
International career
2008−2012 India U19 4 (0)
2011− India 57 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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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. She also has been the first choice goalkeeper for the Indian National team. [12]

International career

Chauhan was selected for trials with the India U19 side at age 17. [3] She was a part of the India women's 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
YearCapsGoals
201110
201250
201300
201430
201500
201670
201720
201830
2019220
202180
202250
202310
Total570

Honours

India

Gokulam Kerala

Individual

See also

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