India's Aditi Chauhan Asian woman footballer of year in England

Courtesy: Twitter (‏@tommywathen)

New Delhi: India's Aditi Chauhan on Thursday added another feather to her cap, as she won the Woman in Football Award at the third Asian Football Awards in London.

A massive well done to our very own @aditi03chauhan who has won the Women In Football Award at @AFootballAwards. Well done Adi!!

— West Ham Ladies (@westhamladies) November 19, 2015

LADIES: @bbcasiannetwork host & @whufc_official fan @TommySandhu announces @aditi03chauhan as the winner last night! pic.twitter.com/6JViIpkv9w

— Tommy Wathen (@tommywathen) November 20, 2015

In doing so, the Delhi girl handed herself the perfect birthday present, which she celebrated a day later on Friday.

Couldn't have asked for better birthday gift!Winning 'Woman in Football' award and coming home to this. #blessed pic.twitter.com/K654REpVKT

— Aditi Chauhan (@aditi03chauhan) November 20, 2015

The 23-year-old's competition for the award included Tanvie Hans and Monica Sharma Fulham and London Bari LFC captain Sabah Mahmoud.

The Delhi girl plays as a goalkeeper for West Ham Ladies in England's FA Women's Premier League.

Three months ago, Aditi became the first Indian to feature in a FA Women's Premier League club when she was signed up by West Ham Ladies.