| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Elangbam Panthoi Chanu | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-02-01)1 February 1996 (age 29) | ||
| Place of birth | Keirak,Thoubal,Manipur, India | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | East Bengal | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2012 | Kakching WFA | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2019 | Eastern Sporting Union | ||
| 2019–2022 | Manipur Police | ||
| 2022–2024 | Eastern Sporting Union | ||
| 2024 | Metro United | 14 | (0) |
| 2024– | East Bengal | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010–2011 | India U16 | 2 | (0) |
| 2012–2015 | India U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2014– | India | 19 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 February 2025 | |||
Elangbam Panthoi Chanu (born 1 February 1996)[1] is an Indian professional footballer who plays as agoalkeeper for theIndian Women's League clubEast Bengal andIndia women's football team. In March 2024, she played the South Australia Women's National Premier Leagues for Metro United WFC to become the first woman from India to play the Australian Football League.[1]
Chanu is from Keirak village,Kakching district, Manipur. She started playing football at the local club, Women Football Academy Kakching. In 2012, she moved toEastern Sporting Union. She played for Union and Manipur Police in the Indian Women's League and the regionalManipur Women's League.[2][3]
Chanu first represented the Indian team in 2008 when she played for India under 13 team. Later, she played all age groups, representing India in the under 14, under 16 and under 19 teams. In December 2022, she along withBala Devi, moved to Spain where they underwent training cum trial stint at the SpanishSegunda Federación outfitMálaga.[4]
In 2024, she signed a contract with the second tierNational Premier Leagues Women's club Metro United WFC in theSouth Australian league, becoming the first Indian footballer to play professional football in Australia.[5][6][7]
| International caps and goals | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Caps | Goals |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 19 | 0 |
India
East Bengal
Eastern Sporting Union
Manipur
Individual