Chaoba Devi
Personal information
Full name Langam Chaoba Devi
Date of birth (1973-04-24) 24 April 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth Manipur, India
Position(s) Defender[1]
International career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1999 India
Managerial career
2017–2020 KRYPHSA
2022– Kickstart
2024– India (women)

Langam Chaoba Devi (born 24 April 1973) is an Indian football coach and former footballer from Manipur. She took up coaching and served as the assistant coach of the Indian women's team.[2][3][4] She also coaches the club Kickstart FC in the Indian Women's League.[5][6][7] She is currently serving as the head coach of the India women's football team.[8][9]

Early life

Langam from Naoremthong Laishram Leikai, Imphal is a coach with the Youth Affairs and Sports department, Manipur. Her parents are Langam Angou and Kumudini. She is the youngest of the six siblings.[10] Her parents were reluctant to let Langam play the game and they came to know about her football only when they saw her name in the newspapers after she got selected for the Manipur. She did her schooling in Kebol Girls High School and later went to the Manipur University.

Langam passed the NIS Coaching Diploma from SAI Kolkata and in 2014, she completed the AFC 'A ' certificate.[11]

Career

References

  1. ^ "IOA finalises 22 disciplines for Asiad". The Indian Express. 11 November 1998. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  2. ^ "AIFF wants Langam Chaoba Devi as national team scout : 21st jun22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines". e-pao.net. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  3. ^ "Chaoba Devi turns attention to FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup". www.business-standard.com. 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  4. ^ Sportstar, Team (2019-04-26). "Chaoba Devi: We have seen unpolished diamonds among junior girls". Sportstar. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  5. ^ "IWL: Gokulam complete inevitable title hat-trick in style". ESPN. 2023-05-21. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  6. ^ Reporter, I. S. N. (2023-05-11). "Kickstart FC holds former Champions for a goalless draw in their sixth group-stage match of the IWL". www.indiansportsnews.com. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  7. ^ "Indian Women's League: We are really happy with our performance, says Kickstart FC owner Laxman Bhattarai - Articles". ZEE5. 2023-05-26. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  8. ^ "India to participate in Turkish Women's Cup 2024 in Alanya". the-aiff.com. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  9. ^ PTI. "AIFF technical committee recommends L Chaoba Devi as head coach of Indian women's team". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
  10. ^ a b Dunn, Carrie (2016), "Introduction: The Women's World Cup", Football and the Women’s World Cup: Organisation, Media and Fandom, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 1–4, doi:10.1057/9781137567338_1, ISBN 978-1-349-84954-3, retrieved 2023-09-20
  11. ^ "Eleven candidates pass AFC A certificate course". The Times of India. 2014-07-08. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-09-20.

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