Millie Chandarana aiming to provide real-life ‘Bend It Like Beckham’ role model
by Phil Medlicott
Apr 26, 2024
3 minutes
Blackburn’s Millie Chandarana hopes she can help the growth of British South Asian representation in women’s football and is in no doubt as to the importance of role models.
Manchester-born midfielder Chandarana, whose father is Indian and mother is English, has said she was the only Asian girl playing football that she knew of growing up – aside from the lead character in the 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham.
In November announced the 27-year-old was the recipient of
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