Aditi Chauhan

Aditi Chauhan (born 20 November 1992) is an Indian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. She represented the Indian national football team.^[2][3]

Aditi Chauhan

Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-11-20) November 20, 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	University of Delhi
2013–2015	Loughborough University[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015−2018	West Ham United	20	(0)
2018−2019	India Rush SC
2019−2021	Gokulam Kerala
2021	Hamar Hveragerði
2022−2023	Gokulam Kerala
2025	Sreebhumi
International career
2008−2012	India U19	4	(0)
2011−2023	India	57	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

Born into a Rajput family, Aditi with her family moved to Delhi when she was nine years old. She did her schooling from Amity International School.^[4] As a child she participated in karate and basketball, even being selected for the youth state basketball team.^[4][5] She was convinced by her coach to attend trials for the football team as a goalkeeper.^[4] Chauhan was successful and eventually, appeared on the team for the Delhi women's football team U19 squad.

Club career

She attended Loughborough University, completing an MSc in Sports Management^[6] and represented their football team.^[5] In August 2015, Chauhan joined West Ham United Ladies.^[7][8] She made her debut on 16 August 2015 in a 0–5 defeat by Coventry Ladies and in doing so became the first player from the India national women's team to play competitively in England^[9] and the first Indian woman to play in English league football.^[10] She spent two seasons with the club before returning to India in early 2018.^[11] She went on to join India Rush.^[12] For the 2019–20 Indian Women's League, she joined Gokulam Kerala FC.^[13]

International career

Chauhan was selected for trials with the India U19 side at age 17.^[4] She was a part of the India senior team that won the 2012 SAFF Women's Championship in Sri Lanka.^[14]

Career statistics

International

As of 15 February 2023

National team	Year	Caps	Goals
India	2011	1	0
	2012	5	0
	2013	0	0
	2014	3	0
	2015	0	0
	2016	7	0
	2017	2	0
	2018	3	0
	2019	22	0
	2021	8	0
	2022	5	0
	2023	1	0
Total		57	0

Honours

India

• SAFF Women's Championship: 2012, 2016, 2019
• South Asian Games Gold medal: 2016, 2019

Gokulam Kerala

• Indian Women's League: 2019–20, 2021–22
• AFC Women's Club Championship: third place 2021

Individual

• Asian Football Awards: Women in Football Award 2015^[15]

See also

• List of Indian football players in foreign leagues