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{{Tamil name|Balamurugan|Mariyammal}}<br />
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| birth_place = [[Salem district|Salem]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
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| position = [[Midfielder]]<br />
| currentclub = [[Kickstart FC (women)|Kickstart]]<br />
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'''Mariyammal Balamurugan''' (born 14 April 2003) is an Indian professional [[Association football|footballer]] from Tamil Nadu, who plays as a midfielder for [[Kickstart FC (women)|Kickstart]] in the [[Indian Women's League]] and the [[India women's national football team]]. She has also played for [[Sethu FC]] and [[East Bengal FC (women)|East Bengal]].<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Mariyammal hails from [[Salem district]], [[Tamil Nadu]] and hails from a family of farmers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mariyammal Balamurugan |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/103911 |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=the-aiff.com }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Meet Tamil Nadu’s belles of the ball |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/meet-tamil-nadus-belles-of-the-ball/articleshow/88970031.cms |access-date=2022-01-18 |website=The Times of India }}</ref> She started playing football at a young age and was scouted from the 2018 Khelo Indian Games.<ref name="bridge">{{Cite web |last=Bontra |first=Soumya |date=2022-01-20 |title=Meet the 23 players who can create history for Indian football |url=https://thebridge.in/football/asian-cup-2022-indian-womens-football-players-28507 |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=thebridge.in |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-03-09 |title=These TN women footballers dribble past challenges and make it to the national team |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/these-tn-women-footballers-dribble-past-challenges-and-make-it-to-the-national-team/articleshow/90091475.cms |access-date=2023-09-18 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Mariyammal has represented India in the U16 and U19 AFC qualifiers. She made her senior international debut in the [[2021 International Women's Football Tournament of Manaus]] against Brazil.<ref name="bridge"/> In January 2022, she was named in the Indian team to play AFC Women's Asian Cup.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-11 |title=Hosts India name 23-member squad for AFC Women's Asian Cup, recovering Bala Devi misses out |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/sports/football/indfblafc-1.6350283 |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=English.Mathrubhumi |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Honours==<br />
'''Kickstart'''<br />
* [[Karnataka Women's League]]: 2023–24<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/103911?type=club Mariyammal Balamurugan] at AIFF<br />
* {{GSA player|b-mariyammal/288424}}<br />
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{{India squad 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup}}<br />
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[[Category:2003 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian women's footballers]]<br />
[[Category:People from Salem district]]<br />
[[Category:Sportswomen from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Footballers from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:India women's international footballers]]<br />
[[Category:India women's youth international footballers]]<br />
[[Category:Women's association football midfielders]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Women's League players]]<br />
[[Category:Sethu FC players]]<br />
[[Category:Kickstart FC players]]<br />
[[Category:East Bengal FC Women players]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]<br />
[[Category:2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup players]]</div>Realsouravbiswas