Martina Thokchom

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Martina Thokchom
Personal information
Full name Martina Devi Thokchom
Date of birth (2004-07-13) 13 July 2004 (age 21)
Place of birth Yourbung, Imphal East, Manipur, India
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Sethu
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Eastern Sporting Union
KRYPHSA
2021–2022 Indian Arrows Women
2022–2025 Gokulam Kerala 18 (0)
2025– Sethu
International career
2017–2020 India U17
2023 India U20
2021– India 13 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 April 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 July 2025

Martina Devi Thokchom (Meitei : Thokchom Martina Devi, born 13 July 2004) is an Indian professional footballer from Manipur, who plays as a midfielder for the club Sethu in the Indian Women's League and represents the India women's national football team. [1]

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Early life

Martina hails from Yourbung in Manipur. Her father was a football player, who played at the state level. Both her father, Thokchom Sanatomba, and mother encouraged her to play football and enrolled her in the local grassroots training programme whe she was 10-years old. [2] Later, she joined KRYHPSA club and trained under Coach Chaoba Devi.

Career

Career statistics

International

As of 2 July 2025
National teamYearCapsGoals
India 202160
202230
202300
202400
202540
Total130

Honours

Gokulam Kerala

Individual

References

  1. "U-20 National Team". AIFF. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  2. 1 2 Talnikar, Neil (11 December 2019). "Martina Thokchom: I want to make my nation and family proud". www.khelnow.com. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  3. 1 2 PTI (9 August 2022). "Indian Football Awards: Sunil Chhetri, Manisha Kalyan Win AIFF Footballer Of The Year 2021-22 Honours". www.outlookindia.com. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  4. PTI (3 April 2021). "Indian women's football team hoping to get valuable experience from friendlies". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  5. "Martina Thokchom (Thokchom M.) - Player Profile - Flashscore.in". www.flashscore.in. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  6. "Martina Thokchom - India Midfielder". ESPN. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  7. Olympics (4 April 2022). "India women to play international football friendlies vs Egypt and Jordan - watch live streaming". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  8. PTI (2 February 2023). "SAFF U-20 Women's Championships: Indian Team Opens Campaign Against Bhutan". www.outlookindia.com. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  9. Chaudhuri, Arunava (3 February 2023). "VIDEO: India begin SAFF U-20 Women's Championship against Bhutan!". Arunava about Football. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  10. "Gokulam Kerala steamroll Kickstart to complete hat-trick of Hero IWL titles". the-aiff.com. All India Football Federation. 21 May 2023. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  11. "Indian Women's League 2023: Gokulam Kerala thrash Kickstart FC 5–0 to win third consecutive title". sportstar.thehindu.com. Chennai: Sportstar. 21 May 2023. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.