Maymol Rocky
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maymol Nedugadan Rocky | ||
| Date of birth | 19 May 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Angamaly,[1] Kerala, India | ||
| Position(s) | Right Back | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2007 | India | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2017 | India Women (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2021 | India Women | ||
Maymol Rocky is an Indian former footballer and football coach.[1] She was the first female coach to be appointed the head coach of India women's national football team.[2] Her first assignment was the 2018 COTIF Tournament.
Career
Maymol started her sports career in Athletics. She also developed a love for football, and in 2000 represented Goa in the National Championships.[3] The next year, Maymol made her International debut for the Indian Women's Senior Team as a right back.[4] Her first international tournament was Asian Football Confederation Women's Championship 2001 held in Chinese Taipei when she was only 17 years. Maymol continued playing till 2012.
As a coach, Maymol and an AFC ‘A’ Coaching Certificate and is also an instructor for the AIFF ‘D’ License Instructors Course. Before, being appointed as the head coach of the Indian Senior Women's National Team, the All India Football Federation had tasked Maymol with the role of coaching the junior teams from 2012, after which she graduated to the senior ranks as an assistant coach.[4]
Maymol works with the Sports Authority of Goa as a football coach, when she is not with the Indian Teams on coaching duty.
On 19 July 2021, Maymol resigned from the post of Indian Women's head coach citing personal reasons.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Maymol Rocky". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ "Newly appointed Indian women's football coach Maymol Rocky wants more games for her players".
- ^ "Goa's Maymol is the Rocky of Female soccer". oHeraldo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Indian women's football coach Maymol Rocky: Breaking glass ceiling one at a time". dna. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ "Foreign coach likely for women's team as Maymol quits". The Times Of India. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
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