Young striker Manisha Kalyan has grow to be the primary Indian footballer to play on the UEFA Women’s Champions League when she made her debut for Apollon Ladies FC within the European Club competitors in Engomi, Cyprus.
Kalyan changed Cyprus’ Marilena Georgiou within the sixtieth minute on the Makareio Stadium, as Apollon Ladies FC beat Latvian prime flight membership SFK Riga 3-0 of their UWCL opener on Thursday.
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The 20-year-old had emerged because the fourth Indian girls’s worldwide footballer to signal for an abroad membership when she landed a multi-year contract with Cypriot prime division winners Apollon Ladies.
Kalyan had produced spectacular performances for the nationwide workforce and Gokulam Kerala within the Indian Women’s League (IWL). She was lately awarded the AIFF Women’s Footballer of the Year for the 2021-22 season.
Kalyan had shot to fame final yr when she scored in opposition to former World Cup runners-up Brazil in their very own den throughout a world pleasant. She is the second participant from Gokulam Kerala to signal for an abroad membership after Dangmei Grace joined Uzbek outfit FC Nasaf.
Apollon Ladies will subsequent play FC Zurich Frauen on August 21.
