East Bengal FC striker Soumya Guguloth believes that successful the 2025 AIFF Women’s Player of the Year award is a reward for all her efforts to rise by way of the ranks to this point.
“After so many years of hard work and having dealt with injuries, it’s good to get my hands on this award. It is my first individual award. I will forever remember this and I hope to win many more in the future,” Soumya advised The Hindu.
With 9 targets, Soumya was the third-highest objective scorer in the not too long ago concluded version of the IWL, an achievement she appears to be like again on proudly.
“It felt very good to secure the title for East Bengal. It also feels good that a girl from Telangana has scored the goals to help the team secure the win,” the 23-year-old remarked.
The Nizamabad native’s 67th-minute strike towards defending champion Odisha FC in the penultimate match of the season helped the Kolkata big clinch the crown, a objective she picked out as her favorite second of the marketing campaign.
“The goal that helped East Bengal become the champion stands out for me. If we had drawn that, it would have been difficult for us as we were set to play Gokulam Kerala in the final match,” she mentioned.
Published – May 02, 2025 08:51 pm IST
