Maria Manda Sangma (born 10 May 2003) is a Bangladeshi professional women's footballer who plays as a

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for both the

Bangladesh Women's Football League The Bangladesh Women's Football League (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ ওমেন্স ফুটবল লিগ) simply known as WFL and officially as Bashundhara Group Women's Football League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest level ...

club

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 ...

and the

Bangladesh women's national football team The Bangladesh women's national football team is the women's national association football team of Bangladesh controlled by the Bangladesh Football Federation under the supervision of the women's football committee. It is a member of the Asian ...

. Previously she played for the Kalsindur High School team in Mymensingh. She was a member of the Bangladesh Under-14 team that won the 2015 AFC U-14 Women's Regional Championship - South and Central in

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and the 2016 AFC U-14 Women's Regional Championship - South and Central in

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. As a defensive midfield player, she played in the

2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification The 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification was a women's under-16 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship. A total of 24 teams entered the qualification tournament, which deci ...

which held in

Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city i ...

under Bangladesh U16.

Early years

Maria Manda Sangma was born on 10 May 2003 in Mandirgona village, Dhobaura,

Mymensingh Mymensingh ( bn, ময়মনসিংহ) is the capital of Mymensingh Division, Bangladesh. Located on the bank of Brahmaputra River, about north of the national capital Dhaka, it is a major financial center and educational hub of north ...

. She belongs to Garo tribe.

Playing career

Maria became involved in football in 2011. In 2013, they became the first champion for the famous

Kalsindur Government Primary School Kalsindur Government Primary School is a government-funded primary school situated in Kalsindur village of Dhobaura Upazila in Mymensingh District, Bangladesh. Boys and girls ages at the range of 6-11 years old study there from class I-V. Sports T ...

in Dhobaura, Maria was a member of that group. Maria Manda was the captain of Bangladesh U-15 team. Under her leadership, Bangladesh became the undefeated champion after defeating India. Maria was called up to the Under-14 national team in 2014. Bangladesh won the AFC U-14 Regional Championship in

under her co-captaincy. Maria was also the co-captain of the undefeated champion team in the AFC U-16 qualifiers. Then she took place in the

. Maria's contribution in becoming the runners-up of SAFF for Bangladesh held in

Siliguri Siliguri, ) is a major tier-II city in West Bengal. It forms twin cities, "Twin Cities" with the neighboring district capital of Jalpaiguri. The city spans areas of the Darjeeling district, Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts in the Indian sta ...

is not less. As a result, Bangladesh under-15 armband was tied to her arm in the safe. The whole of

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

saw the next story. Bangladesh is the undefeated champion holding the hand of Maria. In

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n football, the empire-building India lost twice in the same tournament. She was selected to the Bangladesh U16 team for the 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification – Group B matches in 2014. Bangladesh participated in the AFC U-14 Girls' Regional Championship – South and Central held in Nepal in 2015. Bangladesh women's national U16 football team played the qualifier for the

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. And, she played in 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification – Group C matches where Bangladesh became group C champion. Being group C champion, Bangladesh have qualified for the

in Thailand in September 2017. She was the member of the Bangladesh U19 team who won the 2018 SAFF U-18 Women's Championship and

Bangamata U-19 Women's International Gold Cup The Bangamata U-19 Women's International Gold Cup is an international football tournament organised by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) as a tribute to Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, the wife of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father o ...

in 2019. She later played in the 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification. Maria was selected to

for

2016 South Asian Games The 2016 South Asian Games, officially the XII South Asian Games, is a major multi-sport event which took place from 5 February to 16 February 2016 in Guwahati and Shillong, India. A total of 2,672 athletes competed in 226 events over 22 sports ...

, where they became third in the women's football category and won

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. Also she was in the team for 2016 SAFF Women's Championship.Bangladesh were in the

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. She played two of the group B matches and being group B unbeaten champion,

demolish

Maldives Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...

6–0 to barge in the semi-final into SAFF Championship final where they lost against India and became Runner-up. And in 2018, she also played in the

2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament The 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 5th edition of the AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine which women ...

. She played in

2019 SAFF Women's Championship The 2019 SAFF Women's Championship was the 5th edition of the SAFF Women's Championship, the biennial international women's football championship contested by the national teams of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). Initially, scheduled ...

for

where they became semi-finalist.

Honours

Club

Bashundhara Kings Women *

Winners (2): 2019–20,

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International

SAFF Women's Championship The SAFF Women's Championship, also called the ''South Asian Football Federation Women's Cup'', is the main association football competition of the women's national football teams, governed by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). All seve ...

:Winner :

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:Runner-up :

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:Bronze :

SAFF U-18 Women's Championship The SAFF U-18/U-19/U-20 Women's Championship is a biennial international association football tournament for women's national football teams under the age of 18/19/20, governed by the South Asian Football Federation, South Asian Football Federati ...

:Champion (2):

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:Champion trophy shared (1):

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*AFC U-14 Girls' Regional C'ship – South and Central :Bangladesh U-14 Girls' :Champion : 2015

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maria, Manda 2003 births Living people Bangladeshi women's footballers Bangladesh women's international footballers Bashundhara Kings players Bangladesh Women's Football League players Women's association football midfielders People from Mymensingh District Bangladeshi Christians Kalsindur Government Primary School alumni Garo people South Asian Games bronze medalists for Bangladesh South Asian Games medalists in football