Manisha Kalyan

Manisha Kalyan
Personal information
Full name Manisha Kalyan
Date of birth (2001-11-27) 27 November 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Muggowal, Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 PAOK
Number 16
Youth career
2016–2017 Sethu
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Sethu 3 (2)
2018–2022 Gokulam Kerala 24 (21)
2022–2024 Apollon 36 (14)
2024– PAOK 0 (0)
International career‡
2018 India U17 4 (1)
2018 India U18 4 (1)
2018 India U19 3 (3)
2019– India 36 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 February 2024

Manisha Kalyan (born 27 November 2001) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greek A Division club PAOK and the India women's national team.[1][2] She won the 2020–21 AIFF Women's Emerging Footballer of the Year and the 2022–23 AIFF Women's Player of the Year awards.[3][4] She is the first Indian footballer to play in the UEFA Women's Champions League.[5]

  1. ^ "Manisha Kalyan — Player Profile". the-aiff.com. All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  2. ^ "WOMEN'S TEAM". gokulamkeralafc.com. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Bala Devi, Manisha Kalyan named winners of annual AIFF Awards". www.the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Indian Football News: Chhangte and Manisha Kalyan win the AIFF Player Of the Year award". sportzpoint.com. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Who is Manisha Kalyan? The first Indian to play in UEFA Champions League". business-standard.com. Business Standard. 20 August 2022. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2023.