Sorokhaibam Ranjana Chanu

In this Meitei name, the family name is Sorokhaibam and the given name is Ranjana. "Chanu" is a name suffix.

Sorokhaibam Ranjana Chanu (born 10 March 1999)^[1] is an Indian professional footballer from Manipur. She plays as a defender for the India women's national football team^[2] and for Kickstart in the Indian Women's League.^[1]

Ranjana Chanu

Personal information
Full name	Sorokhaibam Ranjana Chanu
Date of birth	(1999-03-10) 10 March 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth	Manipur, India
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Kickstart
Number	14
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018	Kryphsa
2019–2022	Gokulam Kerala
2022	Assam Rifles
2023–2024	Gokulam Kerala	9	(1)
2024–2025	Assam Rifles
2025–	Kickstart
International career‡
2014–2016	India U20
2019–	India	42	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 June 2025

Early life

Her father was a rickshaw puller. She started playing football at school and made her junior national debut as a 15 year old. Her brother is also a football player. She started at her village club in 2009 and later shifted to Kryphsa FC, before getting selected for Assam Riffles.^[3]

Career

Chanu made her junior national debut in 2015.^[4] Within three years, she made her senior national debut against Turkmenistan. In November 2021, she played for Gokulam Kerala FC which made its debut in the AFC Women's Club Championship. She has also participated at the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.^[3] In December 2024, she played the friendlies against Maldives in Bengaluru.

International career

Chanu made her Junior India debut in the 2015 AFC Under 19 Women's Championship qualifiers, at the age of 15 years.^[1][4] She scored her first goal on debut in the 10-0 win against Turkmenistan in the Turkish Women's Cup in 2018. She played for India again on 6 November 2019 against Vietnam in a friendly match in Hanoi where she scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.^[5]

Career statistics

International

As of 3 June 2025

International caps and goals
Year	Caps	Goals
2019	13	3
2021	10	0
2022	4	0
2023	7	0
2024	7	1
2025	1	0
Total	42	4

Scores and results list India's goal tally first.

List of international goals scored by Ranjana Chanu

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	1 March 2019	Alanya, Turkey	Turkmenistan	6–0	10–0	2019 Turkish Women's Cup
2.				7–0
3.	6 November 2019	Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre, Hanoi, Vietnam	Vietnam	1–1	1–1	Friendly
4.	30 December 2024	Padukone – Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence, Bengaluru, India	Maldives	11–0	14–0

Honours

India

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

Gokulam Kerala

• Indian Women's League: 2021–22, 2022–23
• AFC Women's Club Championship: third place 2021

KRYPHSA

• Indian Women's League runner-up: 2019–20^[6]