Sumitra Marandi (born 25 October 1996) is an Indian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a defender for SSB Women Football Club. She has been a member of the India women's national team.

Club career

Playing for West Bengal, Sumitra scored an

own goal An own goal, also called a self goal, is where a player performs actions that result in them or their team scoring a goal on themselves, often resulting in a point for the opposing team, such as when a football player kicks a ball into their own ...

during the semifinal match of the

2017–18 Senior Women's National Football Championship The 2017–18 Senior Women's National Football Championship is the 23rd edition of the Senior Women's National Football Championship, the premier competition in India for women's teams representing regional and state football associations. Manip ...

against eventual champions Tamil Nadu.

International career

Sumitra capped for India at senior level during the

2014 SAFF Women's Championship The 2014 SAFF Women's Championship was an association football tournament for women's national teams organised by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). It was the third edition of the tournament since the first one in 2010. The competition w ...

Honours

India *

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 ...

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References

1996 births Footballers from Jharkhand Living people India women's international footballers Indian women's footballers People from Dhanbad district Sportswomen from Jharkhand Women's association football defenders {{India-women-footy-bio-stub