Sandhiya Ranganathan (born 20 May 1998) is an Indian professional

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who plays as a

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for Gokulam Kerala in the

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and the India women's national team.

International career

She scored her first goal in 2018 in the

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. Then she scored her second goal against

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in the

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on 17 March 2019. In 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Round 2 she scored another important goal for the national team against

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on 6 April 2019.

Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list India's goal tally first.''

Honours

India *

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Gold medal:

Sethu *

: 2018–19 Gokulam Kerala *

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Tamil Nadu *

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* National Games Bronze medal:

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Individual * Indian Women's League Most Valuable Player: 2018–19

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