Priya Parathi Valappil is an Indian football coach and former footballer, who is currently the head coach of the India women's U17 team and also is the assistant coach of the India women's football team.
[1] She is the first female coach from Kerala to hold the AFC A-licence and India’s first woman to hold AFC Pro License.
[6] After getting a masters in physical education from Calicut University, she later took a diploma in coaching from the National Institute of Sport, Patiala.
Her first achievement as a coach came in 2012 as she led the under-14 India women team to win the AFC under-14 Championship.
[7] Later, she became the first women from Kerala to get the AFC-A license in coaching.