Yumnam Kamala Devi (born 4 March 1992) is an Indian professional

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who plays as a midfielder and an occasional

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for the Indian team. She currently plays for

Eastern Sporting Union Eastern Sporting Union, generally known as ESU in Manipur, is an Indian professional association football, football club based in Imphal, Manipur. It's women's team competed in the Indian Women's League. Eastern Sporting Union is one of the mos ...

in the

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Career

International career

Kamala Devi was a part of the Indian team that won the SAFF Championships, 2010 And' SAG South Asian games in

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and

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. At the 2012 tournament, she was awarded the Best Player of the Final. She finished the tournament scoring seven goals, also scoring in the final against Nepal, in the 83rd minute. At the

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

, she scored five goals in India's first match against Maldives. She scored five goals and was the top-scorer at the

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 ...

. It included a brace in the final against Nepal that helped her win the gold medal. SAFF Women's Championship 2016. Four Time SAFF -Winners' 2010,2012,2014,2016.Two Time SAG 2010,2016. ONE Time Asian games Participate'2014.

Club career

In 2016, Devi was signed by

to play in the inaugural season of the

. She helped her team win the League scoring 15 goals in 10 games and was the joint top-scorer alongside Sanju Yadav. 12 of those goals came in the final round. It included a brace in the final against Rising Student. Devi also plays for Railways in various competitions. Devi was awarded

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2017 Woman Footballer of the Year on July 23, 2018.

Career statistics

International

Honours

India *

SAFF Championship The South Asian Football Federation Championship, commonly known as SAFF Championship (previously known as ''South Asian Association of Regional Co-operation Gold Cup'' and ''South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup''), is the main international ...

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* South Asian Games Gold medal:

Eastern Sporting Union *

: 2016–17 Gokulam Kerala *

: 2019–20 Railways *

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: 2015–16 Manipur *

: 2008–09 Individual * Indian Women's League Top Scorer: 2016–17 * AIFF Women's Footballer of the Year, 2017 * Top Scorer, South Asian Games, 2016- 5 Goals * Most Valuable Player of the Final, SAFF WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP, 2012. * Top Scorer, 12 Goals, IWL, 2017 * Best Player, SENIOR WOMEN'S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, 2016. * Top Scorer 16 Goals, U-17, NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, 2006.

References

External links

Yumnam Kamala Devi
at All India Football Federation *
Yumnam Kamala Devi
at eurosport.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Devi, Kamala Women's association football midfielders India women's international footballers Living people Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games 1992 births Indian women's footballers Footballers from Manipur People from Thoubal district Sportswomen from Manipur 21st-century Indian women 21st-century Indian people Asian Games competitors for India South Asian Games gold medalists for India South Asian Games medalists in football Eastern Sporting Union players Gokulam Kerala FC Women players Indian Women's League players