| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ranjana Chanu Sorokhaibam | ||
| Date of birth | 10 March 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Manipur, India | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Kickstart | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018 | Kryphsa | ||
| 2019–2022 | Gokulam Kerala | ||
| 2022 | Assam Rifles | ||
| 2023–2024 | Gokulam Kerala | 9 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | Assam Rifles | ||
| 2025– | Kickstart | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014–2016 | India U20 | ||
| 2019– | India | 47 | (4) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 October 2025 | |||
Ranjana Chanu Sorokhaibam (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist., born 10 March 1999)[1] is an Indian professional footballer from Manipur. She plays as a defender for the India women's national football team[2] and for Kickstart in the Indian Women's League.[1]
Early life[edit | edit source]
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, before getting selected for Assam Riffles.[3]
Career[edit | edit source]
Chanu made her junior national debut in 2015.[4] Within three years, she made her senior national debut against Turkmenistan. In November 2021, she played for 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.[3] In December 2024, she played the friendlies against Maldives in Bengaluru.
International career[edit | edit source]
Chanu made her Junior India debut in the 2015 AFC Under 19 Women's Championship qualifiers, at the age of 15 years.[1][4] 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 in a friendly match in Hanoi where she scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.[5]
Career statistics[edit | edit source]
International[edit | edit source]
- As of 27 October 2025
| National team | Year | Caps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2019 | 15 | 3 |
| 2021 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 47 | 4 | |
- Scores and results list India's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1 March 2019 | Alanya, Turkey |  Turkmenistan |
6–0 | 10–0 | 2019 Turkish Women's Cup |
| 2. | 7–0 | |||||
| 3. | 6 November 2019 | Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre, Hanoi, Vietnam |  Vietnam |
1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 4. | 30 December 2024 | Padukone – Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence, Bengaluru, India |  Maldives |
11–0 | 14–0 |
Honours[edit | edit source]
India
- SAFF Women's Championship: 2019
- South Asian Games Gold medal: 2019
Gokulam Kerala
- Indian Women's League: 2021–22, 2022–23
- AFC Women's Club Championship: third place 2021
KRYPHSA
- Indian Women's League runner-up: 2019–20[6]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "AIFF - 14 Sorokhaibam Ranjana Chanu". The AIFF. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ↑ "WEATHER WON'T AFFECT PERFORMANCE: MAYMOL ROCKY". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gani, Abdul (21 October 2024). "Ranjana Chanu: A story of football, family, and fighting through adversity". assamtribune.com. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "India Announce Squad for AFC U-19 Women's Championship Qualifiers | Football News". NDTVSports.com. Archived from the original on 13 February 2025. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ↑ "INDIAN WOMEN PLAY OUT A 1–1 DRAW WITH STRONG VIETNAM". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ↑ "Gokulam Kerala crowned champion of IWL 2020 - As it happened". Sportstar. 13 February 2020.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Sorokhaibam Ranjana Chanu at All India Football Federation
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