Personal information | |||
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Full name | Michel Margaret Castanha | ||
Date of birth | 23 December 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Curtorim, Goa, India | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | East Bengal | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Youth career | |||
Bodyline Club | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Bodyline Club | |||
Panjim Footballers | |||
2016–2017 | Pune City | ||
2017–2018 | India Rush Soccer | ||
2018 | Churchill Brothers | ||
2019–2021 | Gokulam Kerala | ||
2021–2022 | Sethu | ||
2022–2023 | Gokulam Kerala | ||
2023 | Sesa FA | ||
2023– | East Bengal | ||
International career | |||
2009 | India U20 | ||
2018– | India | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Michel Margaret Castanha (born 23 December 1992) is an Indian professional footballer from Goa, who plays as a defender for East Bengal in the Indian Women's League and the India women's national football team. [1]
Castanha hails from Curtorim and began her career at the age of eight playing for a Bodyline Club from Maharashtra.
Castanha made her debut in the Under-17 Nationals at the age of 12 in Chandigarh in 2005. In the Indian top tier, Castanha played for Pune City and India Rush Soccer in 2016 and 2017 editions. [2] Castanha has spent two seasons with Gokulam Kerala FC in the IWL and was part of the title-winning squad in 2019 and 2022 editions. She also played for Sethu FC which finished runners-up in the 2021 season. [3]
She made her debut for the Indian national team at the AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers 2018 in South Korea. [4] She was part of the national team which won the SAFF Championship and the South Asian Games in 2019. [5] She was part of the Indian team which participated in the 2022 AFC Asian Cup [6] but withdrew due to COVID pandemic. In July 2023, she was selected for the Senior India camp to be held at Bhubaneshwar from July 30 for the AFC Olympic Qualifiers [7] Round II which was held at Tashkent.
India
Gokulam Kerala
Sethu
Panjim Footballers
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