Martina Thokchom
Indian football player
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Martina Devi Thokchom (Meitei: Thokchom Martina Devi, born 13 July 2004) is an Indian professional footballer from Manipur, who plays as a midfielder for the club Sethu in the Indian Women's League and represents the India women's national football team.[2]
Full name
Martina Devi Thokchom
Date of birth
13 July 2004
Place of birth
Yourbung, Imphal East, Manipur, India
Height
1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Martina Devi Thokchom | ||
| Date of birth | 13 July 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Yourbung, Imphal East, Manipur, India | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sethu | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Eastern Sporting Union | |||
| KRYPHSA | |||
| 2021–2022 | Indian Arrows Women | ||
| 2022–2025 | Gokulam Kerala | 18 | (0) |
| 2025– | Sethu | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2020 | India U17 | ||
| 2023 | India U20 | ||
| 2021– | India | 18 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 April 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 March 2026 | |||
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 when she was 10-years old.[3] 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.[3]
- 2020: She was part of the Junior India team that player U-17 Women's Football Friendly Tournament in Mumbai against Sweden.[4]
- 2021: In April, she was selected for the friendlies against Belarus and Uzbekistan.[5]
- 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.[6][7]
- 2022: She played in the two friendly matches against Jordan and Egypt in Zarqa, Jordan.[8]
- 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.[9][10]
Career statistics
International
- As of 10 March 2026
| National team | Year | Caps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2021 | 6 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 0 | |