Japan captain Kumagai helped her team to the Round of 16 of the World Cup and was an integral part of the Lyon side that won their fourth consecutive UEFA Women's Champions League.
It will be played from 5 to 22 May at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana. India, along with Singapore and Hong Kong, has been nominated for the AFC President Recognition Awards for Grassroots Football (Developing) this year, having won the award previously in 2014 as well. The club was founded on 19 August 1979 by Ahmed Waheed and his friend Ahammadhanik.
She plays for Sethu FC in Indian Women's League and India women's national football team. She has also played for New Radiant of the Dhivehi Premier League of Maldives. The nomination comes at the end of what has been a great year for Ashalata in which she led the Indian team to the second round of the 2020 Olympic qualifiers and to the 2019 SAFF Championship title. The ten teams were split into two groups of five each and the top-ranked team from each group qualified for the final rounds. In the list of nominees for the AFC Annual awards that was released on Friday, it was revealed that Ashalata will be competing for the honour along with China's Li Ying and Japan's Saki Kumagai.
The nomination coincides with the launch of the Golden Baby Leagues earlier this year, which will lay emphasis on young children between ages under 6 to under 12 as they form the golden age for learning – both for girls and boys. Sports News, Nation, (New Delhi), November 16:-India’s Loitongbam Ashalata Devi has been nominated for the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) Player of the Year in the women’s category. The Indian Women's League is the top division women's professional football league in India with the first season kicking off in Cuttack in October 2016. It has been a journey of success since we launched City Today in the month of August 2013.
", Head coach Maymol Rocky praised Ashalata on this honour, saying, "She really deserves this and it is a testament to the hard work put in by her over the years. In the list of nominees for the AFC Annual awards that was released on Friday, it was revealed that Ashalata will be competing for the honour along with China’s Li Ying and Japan’s Saki Kumagai. CNN and the CNN logo are registered marks of Cable News Network, LP LLLP, displayed with permission. The qualifiers for the league will start from 25 November 2017. Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi is a footballer from Manipur, India.
[1] Formerly she also played for Rising Student Club and Kryphsa F.C. India, along with Singapore and Hong Kong, have been nominated for the AFC President Recognition Awards for Grassroots Football (Developing) this year, having won the award previously in 2014 as well.
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Twice in 1998 and 1999 the award was not announced and re-introduced from 2000. The AIFF Player of the Year is an annual association football award presented to the best footballer in India over the previous year. In the list of nominees for the AFC Annual awards that was released on Friday, it was revealed that Ashalata will be competing for the honour along with China's Li Ying and Japan's Saki Kumagai. It was held from 26 March to 14 April at the JLN stadium in Shillong.
The most recent recipient of the award is Sunil Chhetri.