{"id":18234,"date":"2026-07-26T07:07:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T07:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/26\/indian-football-star-manisha-kalyan-joins-aek-athens-greek-city-times\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T07:07:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T07:07:52","slug":"indian-football-star-manisha-kalyan-joins-aek-athens-greek-city-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/26\/indian-football-star-manisha-kalyan-joins-aek-athens-greek-city-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian football star Manisha Kalyan joins AEK Athens \u2013 Greek City Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"I\">\n<h4 id=\"h-indian-international-manisha-kalyan-has-signed-with-greek-top-flight-women-s-club-aek-athens-marking-another-significant-milestone-in-her-trailblazing-career\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Indian international <strong>Manisha Kalyan<\/strong> has signed with Greek top-flight women\u2019s club <strong>AEK Athens<\/strong>, marking another significant milestone in her trailblazing career.<\/h4>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 24-year-old forward arrives in Greece after building an impressive r\u00e9sum\u00e9 across Europe and South America. Kalyan has previously played for leading clubs in <strong>Cyprus<\/strong> and <strong>Peru<\/strong>, gaining valuable experience in domestic leagues and continental competition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kalyan made history as the <strong>first Indian women\u2019s footballer to compete in the UEFA Women\u2019s Champions League<\/strong>, a landmark achievement that established her as one of India\u2019s most accomplished football exports. Her breakthrough has inspired a new generation of female footballers and highlighted the growing presence of Indian talent on the international stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Widely regarded as one of India\u2019s brightest attacking players, Kalyan is expected to strengthen AEK Athens\u2019 frontline as the club prepares for the upcoming Greek Women\u2019s A Division season. Her pace, technical ability and goalscoring instincts are expected to add another dimension to the squad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move also represents another important step in Kalyan\u2019s career as she continues to compete at the highest levels of women\u2019s football, while further strengthening the connection between Indian football and the European game.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<\/footer><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2026\/07\/26\/manisha-kalyan-joins-aek-athens\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian international Manisha Kalyan has signed with Greek top-flight women\u2019s club AEK Athens, marking another significant milestone in her trailblazing career. The 24-year-old forward arrives in Greece after building an impressive r\u00e9sum\u00e9 across Europe and South America. Kalyan has previously played for leading clubs in Cyprus and Peru, gaining valuable experience in domestic leagues and &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Indian football star Manisha Kalyan joins AEK Athens \u2013 Greek City Times\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/26\/indian-football-star-manisha-kalyan-joins-aek-athens-greek-city-times\/#more-18234\" aria-label=\"Read more about Indian football star Manisha Kalyan joins AEK Athens \u2013 Greek City Times\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/HOIbVLBbYAAfoWM-e1785046843540.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}