Sasmita Mallik

Sasmita Mallik

Personal information
Date of birth	(1989-04-10) 10 April 1989 (age 36)
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	42	(36)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sasmita Mallik (born 10 April 1989) is an Indian former 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

International stats

International caps and goals
Year	Caps	Goals
2007	2	0
2010	10	19
2011	2	2
2012	5	3
2013	5	2
2014	3	5
2015	2	0
2016	7	2
2017	6	3
Total	42	36

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	13 December 2010	Cox's Bazar Stadium, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh	Bhutan	?–0	18–0	2010 SAFF Women's Championship
2.				?–0
3.				?–0
4.				?–0
5.				?–0
6.				?–0
7.				?–0
8.	15 December 2010		Sri Lanka	2–0	7–0
9.				3–0
10.				4–0
11.	17 December 2010		Bangladesh	?–0	6–0
12.				?–0
13.	20 December 2010		Pakistan	?–0	8–0
14.	23 December 2010		Nepal	1–0	1–0
15.	11 September 2012	CR & FC Grounds, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Bhutan	4–0	11–0	2012 SAFF Women's Championship
16.	14 September 2012		Afghanistan	4–0	11–0
17.				9–0
18.	23 May 2013	Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram, Palestine	Chinese Taipei	1–1	1–2	2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
19.	25 May 2013		Palestine	1–0	1–1
20.	14 September 2014	Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field, Incheon, South Korea	Maldives	1–0	15–0	2014 Asian Games
21.				4–0
22.				6–0
23.				14–0
24.				15–0
25.	9 February 2016	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong, India	Sri Lanka	5–0	5–0	2016 South Asian Games
26.	27 December 2016	Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri, India	Afghanistan	2–0	5–1	2016 SAFF Women's Championship
27.	2 January 2017		Nepal	3–1	3–1
28.	4 January 2017		Bangladesh	2–1	3–1
29.	11 April 2017	Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea	Hong Kong	1–0	2–0	2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification

Honours

India

• SAFF Women's Championship: 2010, 2012, 2016
• South Asian Games Gold medal: 2010, 2016 ^[4]

Orissa

• Senior Women's National Football Championship: 2010–11, ^[5] runner-up: 2007–08, 2009–10 ^[1]
• National Games Gold medal: 2011 ^[1]

Railways

• Senior Women's National Football Championship: 2015–16

Individual

• AIFF Women's Player of the Year: 2016

References

1. "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.