Michel Castanha
Michel Margaret Castanha (born 23 December 1992)[1] is an Indian women's professional footballer from Goa. She plays as a defender for Gokulam Kerala FC in the Indian Women's League and represents the India women's national football team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | December 23, 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Curtorim, Goa | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Gokulam Kerala FC | ||
Early lifeEdit
Goa's Michel Castanha is from Curtorim and began her career at the age of eight playing for a Bodyline Club from Maharashtra. Her father, a former football player, reluctantly agreed to her taking up the game when coach Maria Rebelo convinced him.
Football careerEdit
Michel Castanha made her debut in the Under-17 Nationals at the age of 12 in Chandigarh in 2005. Then, there were only two junior age group Nationals, U-17 and U-19 before the Senior cap.
She represented India at the AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers 2018 in South Korea.
She joined the Pune City team in I-League.
At the Vedanta Women's Football League 2017, Michel was selected for the Panjim Dolphins team.he was part of the Indian team which withdrew from the 2022 AFC Asian Cup[2] as 12 players contracted COVID 9.
July 2023: She was selected for the Senior India camp to be held at Bhubaneshwar from July 30 for the AFC Olympic Qualifiers[3] Round II to be held at Tashkent from October 26 to November 1.
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Michel Castanha". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
- ↑ "Women's national team to start first camp since COVID-19 lockdown on December 1". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
- ↑ IANS. "Indian Women's Football Team; 34 players selected for training camp in Bhubaneswar". www.thestatesman.com. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
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