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Nandini Mattu
Personal information
Full name Nandini Mattu
Date of birth (2007-06-06) 6 June 2007 (age 19)
Place of birth Punjab, India
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Forward[lower-alpha 1]
Club information
Current team
 Sethu
Number 1
Youth career
GMSSS Chandigarh
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022 Bengaluru FC
2022 Eves SC
2025 Odisha
2025– Sethu
National team
2023 India U17
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Nandini Mattu (born 6 June 2007)[2] is an Indian professional footballer from Punjab. She plays as a midfielder or goalkeeper for the Indian Women's League club Sethu. She has represented India at the youth level internationally.

Early life and education[edit | edit source]

Nandini is from Chandigarh, Punjab. Her father Vijay Kumar is a Class IV employee at Udyog Bhavan in Sector 17, and her mother, Bharti, works as a domestic help. She did her schooling at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 22, Chandigarh.[3][4] She trained under coach Bhupinder Singh at the school.[4]

Career[edit | edit source]

Nandini started as a forward but later decided to become a goalkeeper following the suggestion from their coaches and senior players to take advantage of her height.[5] She played the Under 17 Women’s National Football Championship at Assam and based on her performance, she was selected among the 21 member Indian probable for the camp.[6] Then, she was selected for the under 17 team and played for India in Jordan.[7] In the Chandigarh Under 13 League, she was selected as the Best Player of the Tournament and in January 2022, she joined the Bengaluru Football Club’s residential academy on a four month contact.[8] That led to her playing the Karnataka State Football Association's Women's A Division League and she scored a hattrick in her very first match against GRK Girls Football Club.[4][9] In July 2022, she was the top scorer in the pre-Subroto Cup tournament in Chandigarh and was part of the GMSSS 22 which qualified for the main Subroto Cup.[6] In May 2024, she represented Chandigarh in the Senior Women’s National Football Championship for Rajmata Jijabai Trophy final round in Kolkata, West Bengal.[10][11]

She was selected among the probables for the camp ahead of the friendlies against Maldives.[12] She made it to the senior India team in the first FIFA friendly against Maldives at the Padukone-Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence on 1 January 2025 but did not get a chance to get into the playing XI and sat on the bench. She was replaced by Ribansi Jamu for the second match.[13]

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Mattu played a forward earlier in her career.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup Squad Lists" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  2. ↑ "AIFF Under 17 National Team -Nandini". The AIFF. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "From ace striker to goalkeeper, Nandini eyes place in national team". The Tribune. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "International Youth Day: फुटबॉल का ऐसा जुनून... 16 साल में नंदिनी बन गईं भारतीय टीम की सदस्य". Amar Ujala (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  5. ↑ Sharda, Deepankar (3 December 2024). "From ace striker to goalkeeper, Nandini eyes place in national team". The Tribune. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Chandigarh striker Nandini Kumar gets shot in the arm". The Tribune. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  7. ↑ Sharda, Deepankar (23 January 2023). "Chandigarhs Nandini gets call for U-17 football probables camp". The Tribune. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "14-yr-old Nandini beats the odds to join pro football club". The Tribune. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "Chandigarh News: इंडियन महिला लीग में ओडिशा एफसी के लिए खेलेंगी शहर की फुटबॉलर नंदिनी". Amar Ujala (in हिन्दी). 11 February 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  10. ↑ "Senior Women's National Football Championship 2023/24 Final Round: Squad List". Chase Your Sport. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  11. ↑ IANS (9 May 2024). "Sr women's football nationals: Tamil Nadu remain on top of Group A as Bengal storm back". The Statesman. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  12. ↑ "India women's football team coach Alexandersson announced 23-member squad for Maldives friendly". Sportstar. 29 December 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  13. ↑ Sportstar, Team (1 January 2025). "Indian women's football team coach Joakim Alexandersson makes six changes for second Maldives friendly". Sportstar. Retrieved 5 April 2025.

External links[edit | edit source]

  • Nandini at All India Football Federation.
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