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.

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. She mainly trained with her village and India national team. 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. 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.
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. 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. 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.

International goals

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Honours

International