Sasmita Mallik
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-04-10) 10 April 1989
Place of birth Aul, Kendrapara, Odisha
Position(s) Left winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Odisha
2016–2017 Rising Students 11 (9)
International career
2006 India U19
2007–2017 India 38 (40)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sasmita Mallik (born 10 April 1989, in Aul, Kendrapara) is an Indian women's footballer who played as a left winger for India women's national football team.[1] With 40 goals in 38 matches, she is the second highest all-time goalscorer for the Indian women's national team after Bala Devi.

Career

Mallik was born in a small village called Aali in the Kendrapara district in Odisha. She was discovered and encouraged to pursue football by Shri Devendra Sharma, the present MLA of Aul. She used to play a lot of local tournaments in Bhubaneswar. Later, she joined the Bhubaneswar Sports Hostel which laid the platform for her to join the National Side. Her first break came in 2004 when glimpses of her exceptional talent impressed all; Team India was then touring China.[2]

She has been playing for the Senior National Team since 2007 and was part of the 2010 South Asian Games and back to back SAFF Women's Championship winning squads.[3] She has also captained India women's national football team several times.

Career statistics

As of 11 April 2017
Appearances and Goals by year
YearAppsGoals
2007
2010 10 16
2011
2012 5 3
2013 5 2
2014 3 5
2015 2 7
2016 7 4
2017 6 3
Total3840

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.13 December 2010Cox's Bazar Stadium, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh Bhutan?–018–02010 SAFF Women's Championship
2.?–0
3.?–0
4.?–0
5.?–0
6.?–0
7.?–0
8.15 December 2010 Sri Lanka2–07–0
9.3–0
10.4–0
11.17 December 2010 Bangladesh?–06–0
12.?–0
13.20 December 2010 Pakistan?–08–0
14.23 December 2010 Nepal1–01–0
15.11 September 2012CR & FC Grounds, Colombo, Sri Lanka Bhutan4–011–02012 SAFF Women's Championship
16.14 September 2012 Afghanistan4–011–0
17.9–0
18.23 May 2013Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram, Palestine Chinese Taipei1–11–22014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
19.25 May 2013 Palestine1–01–1
20.14 September 2014Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field, Incheon, South Korea Maldives1–015–02014 Asian Games
21.4–0
22.6–0
23.14–0
24.15–0
25.9 February 2016Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong, India Sri Lanka5–05–02016 South Asian Games
26.27 December 2016Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri, India Afghanistan2–05–12016 SAFF Women's Championship
27.2 January 2017 Nepal3–13–1
28.4 January 2017 Bangladesh2–13–1
29.11 April 2017Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea Hong Kong1–02–02018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification

Honours

India

Orissa

Railways

Individual

  • AIFF Women's Player of the Year: 2016

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Sasmita Mallik". Orisports. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Orissa girl Sasmita Mallick appointed captain of Indian Women Football Team". Orissa Diary.
  3. ↑ "Sasmita Malik". THE AIFF.
  4. ↑ "20 selected in Indian squad for 12th South Asian Games". AIFF. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Orissa win maiden title in Senior Women NFC". Orisports. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2022.


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