Anjana Thapa

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Anjana Thapa
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-03-04) 4 March 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Sribhumi
Number 16
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2022 Indian Arrows
2022 Modern Girls FC
Mata Rukmani FC
2023–2024 Garhwal United
2024 Pink Panthers FC
2024– Sribhumi
International career
2022 India U20
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anjana Thapa (born 4 March 2003) [1] is an Indian football player from Uttarakhand, who plays as a midfielder for the Indian Women's League club Sreebhumi. [2] She has also represented India at the youth level internationally.

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Early life and education

Thapa is from Galjiwada, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. She is the daughter of Man Bahadur Thapa, a vegetable seller. [3] Before joining Sreebhumi FC, she played for Pink Panthers FC, Garhwal United Football Club, Mata Rukmani FC (Girls), Modern Girls FC and Indian Arrows. [1] She started playing football at the local academy in Basantvihar, Dehradun and learnt her basics under her first coach Rahul Negi of Garhwal Heroes. She did her schooling at Gorkha memorial school and was a student of Gorkha Military Inter College, Dehradun. [3] [4]

Career

Thapa was selected for the senior India camp in Goa in September 2024 under coach Santosh Kashyap. [5] Later, she was named among the probables for the senior India camp at Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh under chief coach Crispin Chettri, ahead of the Pink Ladies Cup in February 2025. But she could not make it to the final team. [6] In March 2022, she was included for the Under17 camp at Jasmshedpur for the AFC Women's Champions 2022 and later under20 camp at Jharkhand. [7] [3] She played the 20222023 Senior Women's National Football Championship for Uttarakhand.

She played for Sreebhumi Football Club in the Indian Women's League 2024–2025. [8] Earlier, she played in the Delhi Women's League.

References

  1. 1 2 "AIFF - 4 Anjana Thapa". The AIFF. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  2. Mylvahanan, Arjun (10 January 2025). "IWL 2024-25: Complete squad list of all the eight teams". thebridge.in. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 rajyasameeksha.com (26 June 2022). "देहरादून की अंजना का भारतीय फुटबॉल टीम में चयन, पिता लगाते हैं सब्जियों की ठेली". Rajya Sameeksha (in Hindi). Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  4. Majumdar, Rounak (13 December 2021). "The newest Thapa on the block". Enjogo Blog. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  5. "Football: Former international player Santosh Kashyap appointed coach of Indian women's team". Scroll.in. 17 September 2024. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  6. "Indian women's national team head coach Crispin Chettri names probables for Pink Ladies Cup in Dubai". Sportstar. 2 February 2025. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  7. "देहरादून की अंजना ने फुटबॉल की नेशनल टीम मई बनायीं जगह". Hindustan (Hindi). 21 April 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  8. "AIFF - IWL 2024-2025". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 23 February 2025.