Martina Thokchom (born 13 July 2004) is an Indian women's professional footballer from Manipur. She plays as a midfielder for Gokulam Kerala FC in the Indian Women's League and represents the India women's national football team.
Early life
Martina hails from Yourbung in Manipur. Her father was a football player, who played at the state level. Both her father, Thokchom Sanatomba, and mother encouraged her to play football and enrolled her in the local grassroots training programme whe she was 10-years old. Later, she joined KRYHPSA club and trained under Coach Chaoba Devi.
Career
2017: She was part of the Under-17 Women's Football Tournament. 2019: She represented Manipur in the Hero Junior Women's National Football Championship in April. 2020: She was part of the Junior India team that player U-17 Women's Football Friendly Tournament in Mumbai against Sweden. 2021: In April, she was selected for the friendlies against Belarus and Uzbekistan. 2021: She was selected for Indian team to take part in the AFC Women's Asian Cup 2022 in India. 2021: She made her Senior India debut against UAE in a friendly match which India won 4–1. 2021: In December, she played the International Women's Football Tournament in Brazil against Venezuela. 2022: She played in the two friendly matches against Jordan and Egypt in Zarqa, Jordan. 2023: In February, Martina captained the Indian team at the SAFF U-20 Women's Championship in Dhaka. Bangladesh and Nepal are the other teams.
Awards
2022: AIFF Awards 2021-22: Women's Emerging Footballer of the Year.