Sanju Yadav

Sanju Yadav is an Indian footballer who plays as a forward for Gokulam Kerala FC in the Indian Women's League and represents the India women's national football team.

Sanju Yadav
Personal information
Full name Sanju Yadav
Date of birth (1997-12-09) 9 December 1997
Place of birth Alakhpura, Haryana, India
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Gokulam Kerala
Number 8
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–17 Alakhpura FC 10 (15)
2017-18 Rising Student's Club 8 (3)
2019- Gokulam Kerala FC 5 (2)
National team‡
2014–2015 India U19 3 (0)
2016– India 28 (11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 May 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 April 2019

Career

Born in the village of Alakhpura, Yadav began playing football at the age of ten in order to gain scholarships and money for her family.[1] She mainly trained with her village and India national team.[2] In October 2016, Sanju was part of the Alakhpura side that took part in the preliminary round of the Indian Women's League. On 17 October 2016 she scored a hattrick for the club against Bodyline. This helped her side win 4–0.[3] She was emerge as top scorer at league's preliminary round phase. Netting 11 times and thus help her team to qualify tournament's final round proper. At the final round of women's league proper she help her team to qualify in semi finale with scoring three times.

On 21 December 2016, after her performances for both club and country, Yadav was named as the AIFF Emerging Player of the Year.[4]

She then joined Rising Student's Club for 2017-18 Indian Women's League and scored 2 goalsfor club in Final Round. In 2019 she joined Gokulam Kerala FC.

International

In February 2016, Yadav was selected as part of the 20-woman India squad that would participate in the 2016 South Asian Games.[5] She made her debut and scored her first goal internationally on 13 February 2016 against Bangladesh. Her goal in the 74th minute was the fourth as India won 5–1 and moved into the gold medal match.[6] Two days later she came on as a substitute in the 69th minute as India won the tournament, defeating Nepal 4–0 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Shillong.[7]

International goals
# Date No. Of Goals Location Opponent Score Result Competition
1 13 February 2016 1 Shillong, Meghalaya, India  Bangladesh 4–1 5–1 2016 South Asian Games
2 27 December 2016 1 Siliguri,

India

 Afghanistan 5-1 2016 SAFF Women's Championship
3 11 November 2018 1 Yangon,

Myanmar

  Bangladesh 7-1 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
4 21 January 2019 1 Hong Kong  Hong Kong 5-2 Friendly Match
5 30 January 2019 1 Tangerang,

Indonesia

 Indonesia 2-0 Friendly Match
6 1 March 2019 3 Alanya,

Turkey

 Turkmenistan 10-0 2019 Turkish Women's Cup
7 13 March 2019 2 Biratnagar,

Nepal

 Maldives 4-0 6-0 2019 SAFF Women's Championship
8 9 April 2019 1 Myanmar Myanmar 3-3 2020 Olympic Qualifiers Round 2

Goals Year
  • As of 9 April 2019
Year Caps Goals
2016 2 2
2017 5 0
2018 3 1
2019 18 8
Total 28 11

Honours

International

Individual
  • AIFF Women's Emerging Player of the Year: 2016

References
  1. Sural, Ajay (27 December 2016). "Alakhpura village labourer's daughter to play for Indian women's soccer team today". Times of India. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  2. Sural, Ajay (18 September 2016). "These footballers get a kick by beating odds". Times of India. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  3. "India Women's League Preliminary Round Kicks-off in Odisha". The All India Football Federation. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  4. "Jeje Lalpekhlua is 2016 AIFF Player of the Year". The All India Football Federation. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  5. "20 selected in Indian squad for 12th South Asian Games". The All India Football Federation. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  6. "'Hardships made me a better Player'". The All India Football Federation. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  7. "Indian Women win Gold in South Asian Games". The All India Football Federation. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.


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