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{{Short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Western name order|Sorokhaibam Ranjana Chanu}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ranjana Chanu
| caption =
| fullname = Ranjana Chanu Sorokhaibam
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|3|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Manipur]], India
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| currentclub = [[Kickstart FC (women)|Kickstart]]
| clubnumber = 14
| years1 = 2018
| clubs1 = [[KRYPHSA FC|Kryphsa]]
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2019–2022
| clubs2 = [[Gokulam Kerala FC (Women's)|Gokulam Kerala]]
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 2022
| clubs3 = [[Assam Rifles football team|Assam Rifles]]
| caps3 =
| goals3 =
| clubs4 = [[Gokulam Kerala FC (women)|Gokulam Kerala]]
| years4 = 2023–2024
| caps4 = 9
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2024–2025
| clubs5 = [[Assam Rifles football team|Assam Rifles]]
| caps5 =
| goals5 =
| years6 = 2025–
| clubs6 = [[Kickstart FC (women)|Kickstart]]
| caps6 =
| goals6 =
| nationalyears1 = 2014–2016
| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national under-20 football team|India U20]]
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| nationalyears2 = 2019–
| nationalteam2 = [[India women's national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps2 = 47
| nationalgoals2 = 4
| club-update = 21 May 2023
| nationalteam-update = 27 October 2025
}}
{{Meitei name|Sorokhaibam|Ranjana|[[Chanu (name suffix)|Chanu]]}}

'''Ranjana Chanu Sorokhaibam''' ({{langx|mni|Sorokhaibam Ranjana Chanu}}, born 10 March 1999)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=AIFF - 14 Sorokhaibam Ranjana Chanu |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/30004?type=club |access-date=13 February 2025 |website=The AIFF}}</ref> is an Indian professional [[Women's association football|footballer]] from [[Manipur]]. She plays as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]] for the [[India women's national football team]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=9552|title=WEATHER WON'T AFFECT PERFORMANCE: MAYMOL ROCKY|website=www.the-aiff.com|access-date=2019-05-14}}</ref> and for [[Kickstart FC (women)|Kickstart]] in the [[Indian Women's League]].<ref name=":0" />

== Early life ==
Her father was a [[rickshaw]] puller. She started playing football at school and made her junior national debut as a 15 year old. Her brother is also a football player. She started at her village club in 2009 and later shifted to [[KRYPHSA FC|Kryphsa FC]], before getting selected for [[Assam Rifles football team|Assam Riffles]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Gani |first=Abdul |date=2024-10-21 |title=Ranjana Chanu: A story of football, family, and fighting through adversity |url=https://assamtribune.com/sports/ranjana-chanu-a-story-of-football-family-and-fighting-through-adversity-1555396 |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=assamtribune.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==
Chanu made her junior national debut in 2015.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=India Announce Squad for AFC U-19 Women's Championship Qualifiers {{!}} Football News |url=https://sports.ndtv.com/football/india-announce-squad-for-afc-u-19-women-s-championship-qualifiers-1510382 |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=NDTVSports.com |language=en |archive-date=13 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250213184609/https://sports.ndtv.com/football/india-announce-squad-for-afc-u-19-women-s-championship-qualifiers-1510382 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Within three years, she made her senior national debut against [[Turkmenistan women's national football team|Turkmenistan]]. In November 2021, she played for [[Gokulam Kerala FC (women)|Gokulam Kerala FC]] which made its debut in the [[AFC Women's Club Championship]]. She has also participated at the [[2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup]].<ref name=":1" /> In December 2024, she played the friendlies against [[Maldives women's national football team results|Maldives]] in [[Bengaluru]].

==International career==
Chanu made her Junior India debut in the 2015 AFC Under 19 Women's Championship qualifiers, at the age of 15 years.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> She scored her first goal on debut in the 10-0 win against Turkmenistan in the [[Turkish Women's Cup]] in 2018. She played for India again on 6 November 2019 against [[Vietnam women's national football team|Vietnam]] in a friendly match in [[Hanoi]] where she scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.<ref>{{Cite web |title=INDIAN WOMEN PLAY OUT A 1–1 DRAW WITH STRONG VIETNAM |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=10003 |access-date=2019-11-11 |website=www.the-aiff.com}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===International===
{{Updated|27 October 2025}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!National team!!Year!!Caps!!Goals
|-
| rowspan=6|[[India women's national football team|India]]
|2019
|15
|3
|-
|2021
|10
|0
|-
|2022
|4
|0
|-
|2023
|7
|0
|-
|2024
|7
|1
|-
|2025
|4
|0
|-
! colspan=2|Total
!47
!4
|}

:''Scores and results list India's goal tally first.''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+List of international goals scored by Ranjana Chanu
! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || rowspan=2| 1 March 2019 || rowspan=2| [[Alanya]], [[Turkey]] || rowspan=2| {{fbw|TKM}} || align=center|6–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 10–0 || rowspan=2| [[2019 Turkish Women's Cup]]
|-
| 2. || align=center|7–0
|-
| 3. || 6 November 2019 || Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre, [[Hanoi]], [[Vietnam]] || {{fbw|VIE}} || align=center|1–1 || align=center| 1–1 || rowspan=2| [[Exhibition match|Friendly]]
|-
| 4. || 30 December 2024 || Padukone – Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence, [[Bengaluru]], [[India]] || {{fbw|MDV}} || align=center|11–0 || align=center| 14–0
|-
|}

==Honours==

'''India'''
* [[SAFF Women's Championship]]: [[2019 SAFF Women's Championship|2019]]
* [[Football at the South Asian Games|South Asian Games]] Gold medal: [[Football at the 2019 South Asian Games – Women's tournament|2019]]

'''Gokulam Kerala'''
*[[Indian Women's League]]: [[2021–22 Indian Women's League season|2021–22]], [[2022–23 Indian Women's League season|2022–23]]
*[[AFC Women's Club Championship]]: third place [[2021 AFC Women's Club Championship|2021]]

'''KRYPHSA'''
*[[Indian Women's League]] runner-up: [[2019–20 Indian Women's League season|2019–20]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Gokulam Kerala crowned champion of IWL 2020 - As it happened |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/gokulam-kerala-vs-kryphsa-live-iwl-indian-womens-league-sabitra-bhandari-anju-tamang-ratanbala-kamala-devi-karishma-manisha-grace-football/article30813472.ece |website=Sportstar |date=13 February 2020 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/30004 Sorokhaibam Ranjana Chanu] at All India Football Federation

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[[Category:South Asian Games gold medalists for India]]
[[Category:South Asian Games medalists in football]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 2022 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games footballers for India]]
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TanjaFreese at 20:12, 10 November 2025