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{{Short description|Indian association football player}}
'''Martina Thokchom''' (born 13 July 2004) is an Indian women's professional [[Association football|footballer]] from Manipur. She plays as a midfielder for [[Gokulam Kerala FC]] in the [[Indian Women's League]] and represents the [[India women's national football team]].

== 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.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Talnikar |first=Neil |date=2019-12-11 |title=Martina Thokchom: I want to make my nation and family proud |url=https://khelnow.com/football/u-17-womens-football-tournament-2019-india-martina-thokchom-interview |url-status=live |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=www.khelnow.com}}</ref> Later, she joined KRYHPSA club and trained under Coach Chaoba Devi.

== Career ==

* 2017: She was part of the Under-17 Women's Football Tournament.
* 2019: She represented Manipur in the Hero Junior Women's National Football Championship in April.<ref name=":1" />
* 2020: She was part of the Junior India team that player U-17 Women's Football Friendly Tournament in Mumbai against Sweden.<ref name=":0" />
* 2021: In April, she was selected for the friendlies against Belarus and Uzbekistan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=2021-04-03 |title=Indian women's football team hoping to get valuable experience from friendlies |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-women-football-hope-experience-friendlies/article34230596.ece |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=sportstar.thehindu.com |language=en}}</ref>
* 2021: She was selected for Indian team to take part in the AFC Women's Asian Cup 2022 in India.
* 2021: She made her Senior India debut against UAE in a friendly match which India won 4–1.
* 2021: In December, she played the International Women's Football Tournament in Brazil against Venezuela.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Martina Thokchom (Thokchom M.) - Player Profile - Flashscore.in |url=https://www.flashscore.in/player/thokchom-martina/rqExVJ5p/ |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=www.flashscore.in |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Martina Thokchom - India Midfielder |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/331022/martina-thokchom |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref>
* 2022: She played in the two friendly matches against Jordan and Egypt in Zarqa, Jordan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Olympics |date=2022-04-04 |title=India women to play international football friendlies vs Egypt and Jordan - watch live streaming |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/india-women-football-team-international-friendlies-2022-vs-egypt-jordan-live |url-status=live |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=www.olympics.com}}</ref>
* 2023: In February, Martina captained the Indian team at the [[SAFF U-20 Women's Championship]] in Dhaka. Bangladesh and Nepal are the other teams.<ref>{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=2023-02-02 |title=SAFF U-20 Women's Championships: Indian Team Opens Campaign Against Bhutan |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/sports/saff-u-20-women-s-championships-indian-team-opens-campaign-against-bhutan-news-258946 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=www.outlookindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chaudhuri |first=Arunava |date=2023-02-03 |title=VIDEO: India begin SAFF U-20 Women’s Championship against Bhutan! |url=https://www.arunfoot.com/video-india-begin-saff-u-20-womens-championship-against-bhutan/ |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=Arunava about Football |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Awards ==

* 2022: AIFF Awards 2021-22: Women's Emerging Footballer of the Year.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=2022-08-09 |title=Indian Football Awards: Sunil Chhetri, Manisha Kalyan Win AIFF Footballer Of The Year 2021-22 Honours |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/sports/indian-football-awards-sunil-chhetri-manisha-kalyan-win-aiff-footballer-of-the-year-2021-22-honours-news-215190 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=www.outlookindia.com}}</ref>

== References ==

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== External links ==
* [https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/82024 Official website]

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[[Category:2004 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian women's footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers from Manipur]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Manipur]]
[[Category:India women's youth international footballers]]
[[Category:India women's international footballers]]

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