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Indian International Aditi Chauhan set for second stint with West Ham Ladies
Published at :September 25, 2016 at 11:56 AM
Modified at :September 25, 2016 at 11:56 AM
The keeper first played for the Hammers in August last year…
Goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan, who became the first Indian women’s footballer to play for an English club last August, is all set for a second stint with West Ham Ladies on started from this Sunday. Eight months after donning the West Ham Ladies jersey for the last time before her student visa expired; Aditi will be under the bar when West Ham take on Swindon Town in an English Premier League Southern Division clash on Sunday. Aditi, 24, was abruptly halted in her unprecedented journey in England when her student visa expired in January and she had to abide by the rules of English football’s governing body -a player on a student visa cannot play in the top two tiers of women’s football. The Delhi keeper, who bagged the Asian Women’s Footballer of the Year award in November 2015 -- also a first for Indian eves -- had to come back home. But thanks to her alma mater Loughborough University which offered her a part-time job in London, Aditi could again harbour hopes of a comeback. She did her master’s degree in sports management from the university. James Marrs, now coach of West Ham Ladies, helped Brighton and Hove Albion become Women’s Premier League champions at Adams Park in May this year with a 4-2 play-off win over Northern Division winners Sporting Club Albion. West Ham Ladies are now placed second from bottom in the 11-team Southern Division of the EPL. The Hammers have failed to pick up a win after five matches and only have one point to show. The London side will hope Aditi can help them improve their dismal goal difference of -12.Report by Khel Now Correspondent Rony. Sports passionate and content writer. He is big football and cricket fan.
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