Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi

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Ratanbala Devi
Personal information
Full name Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi
Date of birth (1999-12-02) 2 December 1999 (age 24)[1]
Place of birth Manipur, India
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Gokulam Kerala
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 KRYPHSA 6 (7)
2018–2019 Sethu 7 (8)
2019–2020 KRYPHSA FC 7 (10)
2021– Gokulam Kerala 20 (3)
International career
2014 India U19
2017– India 38 (12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 march 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 February 2022

Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi (born 2 December 1999) is an Indian professional footballer from Manipur,[1] who plays for Gokulam Kerala and India women's national football team. She played her debut international match in the AFC Cup Qualifiers 2018.[2]

Career[edit]

Ratanbala was called up for the national team during the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers, where she scored her first goal against Hong Kong on 11 April 2017. She then became a regular member of the India women's national football team. Her second goal was against Myanmar in the 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifiers Round 1 on 13 November 2018. The 3rd was in a friendly against Hong Kong on 21 January 2019, the 4th at another friendly against Indonesia on 27 January 2019 where she scored her first hattrick for the national team.[3][4] In the 2019 Gold Cup she scored another goal against Nepal on 11 February 2019. In 2019 SAFF Women's Championship she scored 2 goals, 1 against Maldives on 13 March and another against Sri Lanka on 17 March. In the 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifiers Round 2 she scored 1 goal in a 3-3 draw against Myanmar on 9 April 2019. However, India didn't qualify for the 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifiers Round 3 because of a lower goal ratio.[5]

Career statistics[edit]

As of 10 April 2019
International Caps and goals
Years Caps Goals
2017 3 1
2018 3 1
2019 17 8
Total 23 10

International goals[edit]

Scores and results list India's goal tally first.
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 11 April 2017 Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea  Hong Kong 2–0 2–0 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers
2. 13 November 2018 Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar  Myanmar 1–1 1–2 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifiers
3. 21 January 2019 Hong Kong  Hong Kong 5–2 5–2 Friendly
4. 27 January 2019 Benteng Taruna Stadium, Tangerang, Indonesia  Indonesia 1–0 3–0
5. 2–0
6. 3–0
7. 11 February 2019 Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, India  Nepal 1–2 1–2 2019 Women's Gold Cup
8. 13 March 2019 Sahid Rangasala, Biratnagar, Nepal  Maldives 5–0 6–0 2019 SAFF Women's Championship
9. 17 March 2019  Sri Lanka 5–0 5–0
10. 9 April 2019 Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay, Myanmar  Myanmar 3–2 3–3 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifiers
11. 5 December 2019 Pokhara Rangasala, Pokhara, Nepal  Sri Lanka 3–0 6–0 2019 South Asian Games
12. 5–0

Honours[edit]

India

Sethu FC

Gokulam Kerala

KRYPHSA

Manipur

Individual

  • Indian Women's League Most Valuable Player: 2019–20
  • Indian Women's League Emerging Player: 2018–19

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Ratanbala Devi profile by AIFF". AIFF.
  2. ^ "Welcome to All India Football Federation". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  3. ^ "RATANBALA DEVI'S HATTRICK LEADS INDIA TO 3-0 WIN OVER INDONESIA". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  4. ^ Sportstar, Team. "Football: Ratanbala Devi's hat-trick leads India women to comfortable win". Sportstar. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  5. ^ "INDIAN WOMEN HELD BY MYANMAR, BOW OUT ON GOAL DIFFERENCE". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Gokulam Kerala crowned champion of IWL 2020 - As it happened". Sportstar. 13 February 2020.
  7. ^ "National Games 2022, October 10 HIGHLIGHTS: Manipur wins women's football gold; Tamil Nadu tops Group A in men's volleyball". Sportstar. 10 October 2022.

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