Anai Mogini ( bn, আনাই মগিনি; born 1 March 2003) is a Bangladeshi
women's football defender who plays as a
right-back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.
Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
for
Bashundhara Kings Women
Bashundhara Kings Women ( bn, বসুন্ধরা কিংস নারী দল) is a Bangladeshi women's football club affiliated with Bashundhara Kings. The team plays Bangladesh Women's Football League. Though the name of the club i ...
. She currently plays at the
Bangladesh women's national under-17 football team. She was a member of the AFC U-14 Girls' Regional Championship – South and Central winning team in 2016 in
Tajikistan
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.
She scored a goal in that tournament. She is the older twin sister of
Anuching Mogini
Anuching Mogini ( bn, আনুচিং মগিনি; born 1 March 2003) is a Bangladeshi women's football forward. She currently plays at the Bangladesh women's national under-17 football team. She was a member of the AFC U-14 Girls' Regi ...
, who also plays football.
Early years
Anai Mogini was born in 2003 in
Khagrachhari district
Khagrachari ( bn, খাগড়াছড়ি) is a district in the Chittagong Division of Southeastern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chittagong Hill Tracts region.
History
The Chittagong Hill Tracts was under the reign of the Tripura St ...
. Her father, Ripru Magh, is a farmer. He sells traditional herbal medicine. Her mother's name is Apruma Mogini.
She studied at Ghagra Bohumukhi High School in
Rangamati district
Rangamati Hill District ( Chakma:𑄢𑄋𑄟𑄖𑄴𑄳𑄠 ;) is a district in south-eastern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chattogram Division, and the town of Rangamati serves as the headquarters of the district. By area, Rangamati is ...
.
Playing career
Mogini started playing football in 2011.
National
She played in the Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Gold Cup Football Tournament for Mogachori Primary School, Rangamati. This is an annual national youth football for girls. The team became the champion in 2012.
She represented Rangamati in the KFC national women's championship in 2014 as her home district, Khagrachhari, was not taking part in the competition.
Anai Mogini now plays for her school, Ghagra Bohumukhi High School. She helped her team to become runners-up in Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Gold Cup Football Tournament in 2013, 2014, and 2015.
International
Anai Mogini was selected to the
Bangladesh women's U-17 team for the
2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification – Group C matches. She played for the first time at the tournament in the match against
Kyrgyzstan women's U-17 on 31 August 2016.
Being group C champion, Bangladesh have qualified for the
2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
The 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 7th edition of the AFC U-16 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-16 national teams o ...
in Thailand in September 2017.
Honours
; AFC U-14 Girls' Regional C'ship – South and Central
: Bangladesh U-14 Girls'
* ''Champion'': 2016
References
External links
"Anuching, Anai to become the first twins to represent Bangladesh women's football"in ''
Daily Star'', 26 April 2016
মগিনি বোনদের দুরন্ত ছুটে চলা on ''Bangla Tribune'', 1 September 2016
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2003 births
Living people
Bangladeshi women's footballers
Bangladesh Women's Football League players
Women's association football defenders
People from Khagrachhari District
Marma people
Bangladeshi Buddhists
Bangladeshi women's futsal players
South Asian Games bronze medalists for Bangladesh
South Asian Games medalists in football
Sportspeople from Chittagong Division