Nandini Mattu
Indian footballer
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Nandini Mattu (born 6 June 2007)[1] 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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nandini Mattu | ||
| Date of birth | 6 June 2007 | ||
| Place of birth | Punjab, India | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team 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 | ||
| International career | |||
| 2023 | India U17 | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Early life and education
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.[2][3] She trained under coach Bhupinder Singh at the school.[3]
Career
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.[4] 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.[5] Then, she was selected for the under 17 team and played for India in Jordan.[6] 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.[7] 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.[3][8] 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.[5] In May 2024, she represented Chandigarh in the Senior Women’s National Football Championship for Rajmata Jijabai Trophy final round in Kolkata, West Bengal.[9][10]
She was selected among the probables for the camp ahead of the friendlies against Maldives.[11] 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.[12]
Notes
- Mattu played a forward earlier in her career.