Langam Chaoba Devi

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Chaoba Devi
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Full name Langam Chaoba Devi
Date of birth (1973-03-01) 1 March 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Imphal, Manipur, India
Position(s) Defender [1]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Manipur
International career
1994–1999 India ? (4)
Managerial career
2017–2020 KRYPHSA
2022– Kickstart
2024 India (women)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Langam Chaoba Devi (born 1 March 1973) is an Indian football coach and former footballer from Manipur. She took up coaching and served as the assistant coach of the Indian women's team. [2] [3] [4] She currently serves as the head coach of the club Kickstart in the Indian Women's League. [5] [6] [7] She also served as the head coach of the India women's football team in 2024. [8] [9]

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Early life

Chaoba from Naoremthong Laishram Leikai, Imphal is a coach with the Youth Affairs and Sports department, Manipur. Her parents are Langam Angou and Kumudini. She is the youngest of the six siblings. [10] Her parents were reluctant to let Chaoba play the game and they came to know about her football only when they saw her name in the newspapers after she got selected for the Manipur. She did her schooling in Kebol Girls High School and later went to the Manipur University.

Chaoba passed the NIS Coaching Diploma from SAI Kolkata and in 2014, she completed the AFC 'A ' certificate. [11]

Career

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References

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  10. 1 2 Dunn, Carrie (2016), "Introduction: The Women's World Cup", Football and the Women’s World Cup: Organisation, Media and Fandom, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 1–4, doi:10.1057/9781137567338_1, ISBN   978-1-349-84954-3 , retrieved 20 September 2023
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