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{{Short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sanju Yadav
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| fullname = Sanju Yadav
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|12|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = Alakhpura, [[Haryana]], India
| height = 
| currentclub = [[Gokulam Kerala FC (Women's)|Gokulam Kerala]]
| clubnumber = 8
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 2016–17
| clubs1 = Alakhpura FC
| caps1 = 10
| goals1 = 15
| years2 = 2017-18
| clubs2 = [[Rising Student's Club]]
| caps2 = 8
| goals2 = 3
| years3 = 2019-
| clubs3 = [[Gokulam Kerala FC]]
| caps3 = 5
| goals3 = 2
| nationalyears1 = 2014–2015
| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national under-19 football team|India U19]]
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2016–
| nationalteam2 = [[India women's national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps2 = 34
| nationalgoals2 = 11
| club-update = 16 May 2019
| ntupdate = 2 December 2021
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Competition | [[Football at the South Asian Games|South Asian Games]] }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[2016 South Asian Games|2016 India]] | [[Football at the 2016 South Asian Games – Women's tournament|Team]] }}
}}

'''Sanju Yadav'''  is an Indian [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[forward (association football)|forward]] for [[Gokulam Kerala FC]] in the [[Indian Women's League]] and represents the [[India women's national football team]].

==Career==
Born in the village of Alakhpura, Yadav began playing football at the age of ten in order to gain scholarships and money for her family.<ref name="AVL">{{cite news|last1=Sural|first1=Ajay|title=Alakhpura village labourer's daughter to play for Indian women's soccer team today|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/w/picAlakhpura-village-labourers-daughter-to-play-for-Indian-womens-soccer-team-today/articleshow/56191791.cms|access-date=27 December 2016|work=Times of India|date=27 December 2016}}</ref> She mainly trained with her village and India national team.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sural|first1=Ajay|title=These footballers get a kick by beating odds|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/These-footballers-get-a-kick-by-beating-odds/articleshow/54387675.cms|access-date=27 December 2016|work=Times of India|date=18 September 2016}}</ref> In October 2016, Sanju was part of the Alakhpura side that took part in the [[2016–17 Indian Women's League preliminary round|preliminary round]] of the [[Indian Women's League]]. On 17 October 2016 she scored a hattrick for the club against Bodyline. This helped her side win 4–0.<ref>{{cite news|title=India Women's League Preliminary Round Kicks-off in Odisha|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=7531|access-date=27 December 2016|work=The All India Football Federation|date=17 October 2016}}</ref> She was emerge as top scorer at league's preliminary round phase. Netting 11 times and thus help her team to qualify tournament's final round proper. At the final round of women's league proper she help her team to qualify in semi finale with scoring three times.

On 21 December 2016, after her performances for both club and country, Yadav was named as the [[All India Football Federation|AIFF]] Emerging Player of the Year.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jeje Lalpekhlua is 2016 AIFF Player of the Year|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=7722|access-date=27 December 2016|work=The All India Football Federation|date=21 December 2016}}</ref>

She then joined [[Rising Student's Club]] for [[2017-18 Indian Women's League final round|2017-18 Indian Women's League]] and scored 2 goalsfor club in Final Round. In 2019 she joined [[Gokulam Kerala FC]].

==International==
In February 2016, Yadav was selected as part of the 20-woman [[India women's national football team|India]] squad that would participate in the [[Football at the 2016 South Asian Games – Women's tournament|2016 South Asian Games]].<ref>{{cite news|title=20 selected in Indian squad for 12th South Asian Games|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6972|access-date=27 December 2016|work=The All India Football Federation|date=1 February 2016}}</ref> She made her debut and scored her first goal internationally on 13 February 2016 against [[Bangladesh women's national football team|Bangladesh]]. Her goal in the 74th minute was the fourth as India won 5–1 and moved into the gold medal match.<ref>{{cite news|title='Hardships made me a better Player'|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=7037|access-date=27 December 2016|work=The All India Football Federation|date=1 March 2016}}</ref> Two days later she came on as a substitute in the 69th minute as India won the tournament, defeating [[Nepal women's national football team|Nepal]] 4–0 at the [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Shillong)|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]] in [[Shillong]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Indian Women win Gold in South Asian Games|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=7013|access-date=27 December 2016|work=The All India Football Federation|date=15 February 2016}}</ref>

===International goals===
{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
! #
! Date
!No. Of Goals
! Location
! Opponent
! Score
! Result
! Competition
|-
| 1
| {{dts|13 February 2016}}
|1
| [[Shillong]], [[Meghalaya]], India
| {{fbw|Bangladesh}}
| style="text-align: center;" |4–1
| style="text-align: center;" |5–1
| [[Football at the 2016 South Asian Games – Women's tournament|2016 South Asian Games]]
|-
|2
|27 December 2016
|1
|[[Siliguri]],

India
|{{Flag|Afghanistan|2013}}
|
|5-1
|[[2016 SAFF Women's Championship]]
|-
|3
|11 November 2018
|1
|[[Yangon]],
Myanmar
|{{Flag|Bangladesh}}
|
|7-1
|[[2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament]]
|-
|4
|21 January 2019
|1
|[[Hong Kong]]
|{{Flag|Hong Kong}}
|
|5-2
|[[Friendly Match]]
|-
|5
|30 January 2019
|1
|[[Tangerang]],
Indonesia
|{{Flag|Indonesia}}
|
|2-0
|[[Friendly Match]]
|-
|6
|1 March 2019
|3
|[[Alanya]],
Turkey
|{{Flag|Turkmenistan}}
|
|10-0
|[[2019 Turkish Women's Cup]]
|-
|7
|13 March 2019
|2
|[[Biratnagar]],
Nepal
|{{Flag|Maldives}}
|4-0
|6-0
|[[2019 SAFF Women's Championship]]
|-
|8
|9 April 2019
|1
|Myanmar
|{{Flagicon|Myanmar}}[[Myanmar women's national football team|Myanmar]]
|
|3-3
|[[2020 Olympic|2020 Olympic Qualifiers Round 2]]
|}

=== Goals Year ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
* ''<sub>As of 9 April 2019</sub>''
!Year
!Caps
!Goals
|-
|2016
|2
|2
|-
|2017
|5
|0
|-
|2018
|3
|1
|-
|2019
|18
|8
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''28'''
|'''11'''
|}

==Honours==
===International===
* [[South Asian Games]]:
: {{Gold1}} '''Gold (1)''' [[2016 South Asian Games|2016]]
*[[SAFF Women's Championship]]:
**[[2016 SAFF Women's Championship|2016]]
**[[2019 SAFF Women's Championship|2019]]

===Individual===
* AIFF Women's Emerging Player of the Year: 2016

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yadav, Sanju}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian women's footballers]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Haryana]]
[[Category:Footballers from Haryana]]
[[Category:India women's international footballers]]
[[Category:Women's association football forwards]]
[[Category:South Asian Games gold medalists for India]]
[[Category:1997 births]]
[[Category:South Asian Games medalists in football]]
[[Category:Gokulam Kerala FC Women players]]

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