Karthika Angamuthu

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Karthika Angamuthu
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-11-21) 21 November 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Karipatti, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
East Bengal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Sethu
2022 Lords FA Kochi
2022–2024 Odisha
2024– East Bengal
International career
2021– India 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 July 2024

Karthika Angamuthu (born 21 November 1999) is an Indian professional footballer from Tamil Nadu, who plays as a midfielder for the club East Bengal in the Indian Women's League and the India women's national football team. She has also played for Sethu FC and Odisha.

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Early life

Karthika hails from Salem district, Tamil Nadu. She comes from a lower-middle-class family and her parents are Cotton Mill workers. [1] She started playing football at the age of 15 years. [2] [3] Initially, the parents were reluctant to send their daughter on outstation trips but later after watching her success encourage her. [4]

Career

In 2019 Karthika started playing the Hero Indian Women's League and she was selected to the Indian team after a good performance in the league. She made her Senior India debut in Venezuela in December 2021. [5] In January 2022, she was named in the Indian team to play AFC Women's Asian Cup. [6] The year 2023 has been a busy season for Karthika. In March, she played in the international friendly match against Uzbekistan at Tashkent. [7] And in April, she was part of the Indian team that played the Women's Olympic Qualifier Round 1 at Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic. [8] Later, she played two friendlies against Nepal in Chennai. [9] [10] [11] In June, she played for Tamil Nadu in the Senior Women's National Football Championship at Amritsar, Punjab. [12]

Career statistics

International

As of 12 July 2024
International caps and goals
YearCapsGoals
202110
202210
202370
202440
Total130

Honours

Odisha

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