Sumati Kumari

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Sumati Kumari
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 (age 21)
Place of birth Londra, Jharkhand, India
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Gokulam Kerala
Number 10
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Sethu
2023– Gokulam Kerala
International career‡
2019 India U17
2021–2023 India U20
2021– India 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 May 2025

Sumati Kumari (born 15 January 2004) is an Indian professional footballer from Jharkhand, who plays as a forward for Gokulam Kerala FC in the Indian Women's League and represents the India women's national football team.

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Early life

Kumari is from Lundru village, Gumla district, Jharkhand. She is the youngest of six siblings. She trained at the local District Residential Sports Centre under coaches Veena Kerketta and Mohammad Rizwan. In 2019, when she was attending the National camp in Goa, her mother died. The news reached her after two days and she had decided to stay back and play for India. [1] From May 2020, she has been supported by the Jharkhand government. [2]

Career

She was scouted by AIFF coaches while playing in her village and was selected for the Junior National camp in 2016. [3]

In April 2019, she played for Jharkhand in the Junior Nationals and scored two goals in the 3-0 win in the semifinals against Gujarat. The event was also played as trials for selecting the Indian under-17 team for the 2020 U-17 World Cup. [4]

She made her junior debut in 2019 and was part of the winning Indian U-15 Women's Team at the SAFF U-15 Championship in Bhutan, where she scored three goals in four matches. [3]

In December 2019, she played the India under-17 team in the two friendlies against Thailand and Sweden. [5] In January 2022, she made her senior India debut after she was selected for the Indian team to play AFC Asian Cup. [6]

In March 2023, she was part of the Indian team in the AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers Round 1 in Vietnam. [7]

In August 2022, the Gumla district administration felicitated Sumati and other players on the National Sports Day. [8]

Career statistics

International

As of 30 May 2025
National teamYearCapsGoals
India 202120
202200
202300
202400
202510
Total30

References

  1. ↑ "Football, a life changer for two Jharkhand girls, Sumati and Amisha". ANI News. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  2. ↑ Bafna, Neelabh (12 January 2022). "Sumati Kumari: 18-Yr-Old From Jharkhand Is India's Youngest In Football Team THE NEW INDIAN". THE NEW INDIAN. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  3. 1 2 "U-20 National Team - Sumati Kumari". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  4. ↑ Vasudevan, Shyam (29 April 2019). "Junior Girls' National Football Championship semifinals: Jharkhand's Sumati Kumari stands tall among U-17 World Cup probables". Sportstar. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "U-17 football: India beat Thailand 1-0, to play Sweden in final". The Times of India. 17 December 2019. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Teen Sumati scripts a 1st for J'khand". The Times of India. 13 January 2022. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers: India blank Indonesia to maintain perfect record". The Times of India. 9 March 2023. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Gumla district admin honours athletes on National Sports Day". The Times of India. 30 August 2022. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 17 September 2023.
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