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Mariyammal Balamurugan
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-04-14) 14 April 2003 (age 23)
Place of birth Salem, Tamil Nadu, India
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Kickstart
Number 34
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Sethu
2022–2023 Kickstart
2023–2024 East Bengal
2024– Kickstart
National team‡
2020 India U17
2018–2021 India U20
2021– India 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 September 2023

Mariyammal Balamurugan (born 14 April 2003) is an Indian professional footballer from Tamil Nadu, who plays as a midfielder for Kickstart in the Indian Women's League and the India women's national football team. She has also played for Sethu FC and East Bengal.

Early life[edit | edit source]

Mariyammal hails from Salem district, Tamil Nadu and hails from a family of farmers.[1][2] She started playing football at a young age and was scouted from the 2018 Khelo Indian Games.[3][4]

Career[edit | edit source]

Mariyammal has represented India in the U16 and U19 AFC qualifiers. She made her senior international debut in the 2021 International Women's Football Tournament of Manaus against Brazil.[3] In January 2022, she was named in the Indian team to play AFC Women's Asian Cup.[5]

Honours[edit | edit source]

Kickstart

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Mariyammal Balamurugan". the-aiff.com. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Meet Tamil Nadu's belles of the ball". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bontra, Soumya (20 January 2022). "Meet the 23 players who can create history for Indian football". thebridge.in. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "These TN women footballers dribble past challenges and make it to the national team". The Times of India. 9 March 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Hosts India name 23-member squad for AFC Women's Asian Cup, recovering Bala Devi misses out". English.Mathrubhumi. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2023.

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