Personal information | |||
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Full name | Vanisha Karishma Kumar | ||
Date of birth | 5 February 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Sydney, Australia [1] | ||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward, midfielder | ||
International career‡ | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011 | Fiji | 3 [2] [3] [4] | (0) |
2022– | Fiji | 5 | (1) |
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2011 [5] |
Vanisha Karishma Kumar (born 5 February 1995) is a footballer who plays as a forward or midfielder. [6] Born in Australia, she is a member of the Fiji women's national team. [6] In 2015 she represented Fiji in the 2015 Pacific Games. [7]
Kumar was born in Sydney, Australia and has been playing soccer since the age of 11. [8] At the age of 15 she had an opportunity to try out for the Australia national team but declined so she could play for the Fiji national team. [9]
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