Kalyan
replaced
Cyprus’ Marilena
Georgiou
in
the
60th
minute
at
the
Makareio
Stadium,
as
Apollon
Ladies
FC
beat
Latvian
top
flight
club
SFK
Rīga
3-0
in
their
UWCL
opener
on
Thursday
(August
18).
The
20-year-old
had
become
as
the
fourth
Indian
woman
footballer
to
sign
for
an
overseas
club
when
she
landed
a
multi-year
contract
with
Cypriot
top
division
winners
Apollon
Ladies.
We
congratulate
#BlueTigresses
????
attacker
@ManishaKalyan4,
who
made
her
UEFA
Women’s
Champions
League
debut
with
@AppollonLadiesFC
against
SFK
Riga
in
the
qualifiers
last
night
????Many
more
steps
to
go
????????????#ShePower
????
#IndianFootball
⚽
pic.twitter.com/LaERCWegKb—
Indian
Football
Team
(@IndianFootball)
August
19,
2022
Kalyan
had
produced
impressive
performances
for
the
national
team
and
Gokulam
Kerala
in
the
Indian
Women’s
League
(IWL).
She
was
recently
awarded
the
AIFF
Woman
Footballer
of
the
Year
for
the
2021-22
season.
Kalyan
had
shot
to
fame
last
year
when
she
scored
against
former
World
Cup
runners-up
Brazil
in
their
own
den
during
an
international
friendly.
Kalyan
is
the
second
player
from
Gokulam
Kerala
to
sign
for
an
overseas
club
after
Dangmei
Grace
joined
Uzbek
outfit
FC
Nasaf.
Apollon
Ladies
will
next
play
FC
Zurich
Frauen
on
August
21.
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