Yumnam Kamala Devi

The native form of this personal name is Yumnam Kamala Devi.This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

In this Meitei name, the family name is Yumnamand the given name is Kamala."Devi" is a name suffix.

Kamala Devi

Personal information
Full name	Kamala Devi Yumnam
Date of birth	(1992-03-04) 4 March 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth	Thoubal, Manipur, India
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder, striker
Team information
Current team	Nita FA
Number	37
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2024	Railways	44	(73)
2017–2019	Eastern Sporting Union	10	(15)
2019	Kolhapur City	5	(2)
2020	Gokulam Kerala	5	(6)
2022	East Coast Railway	10	(22)
2023–2024	Eastern Sporting Union	5	(3)
2024–	Nita FA
International career‡
2010–2021	India	51	(36)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 February 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 December 2021

Kamala Devi Yumnam (Meitei : Yumnam Kamala Devi, born 4 March 1992) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and an occasional striker for the Indian Women's League club Nita FA. She also played for Eastern Sporting Union in the Indian Women's League and represented the India women's national football team. ^{[1] [2]}

Career

International career

Kamala Devi was a part of the Indian team that won the SAFF Women's Championship 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016-17 and the South Asian Games in 2010, 2016. At the 2012 tournament, she was awarded the Best Player of the Final. She finished the tournament scoring seven goals, also scoring in the final against Nepal, in the 83rd minute. At the 2014 Asian Games, she scored five goals in India's first match against Maldives. ^[3] She scored five goals and was the top-scorer at the 2016 South Asian Games. This included a brace in the final against Nepal that helped her win the gold medal. ^[4]

Club career

In 2016, Devi was signed by Eastern Sporting Union to play in the inaugural season of the Indian Women's League. She helped her team win the League scoring 15 goals in 10 games and was the joint top-scorer alongside Sanju Yadav. 12 of those goals came in the final round. It included a brace in the final against Rising Student. ^[5]

Devi also plays for the Railways in various competitions. ^[6]

Devi was awarded the AIFF title 2017 Woman Footballer of the Year on 23 July 2018.

Career statistics

International

As of 2018

International caps and goals
Year	Caps	Goals
2010		0
2011		0
2012		7
2013		0
2014		9
2015		1
2016		7
2017		1
2018	3	3
Total		28

List of international goals scored by Yumnam Kamala Devi

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	7 September 2012	CR & FC Grounds, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	1–0	3–0	2012 SAFF Women's Championship
2.	11 September 2012		Bhutan	2–0	11–0
3.				4–0
4.	14 September 2012		Afghanistan	1–0	11–0
5.				5–0
6.				11–0
7.	16 September 2012		Nepal	3–1	3–1
8.	14 September 2014	Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field, Incheon, South Korea	Maldives	2–0	15–0	2014 Asian Games
9.				5–0
10.				7–0
11.				9–0
12.				12–0
13.	13 November 2014	Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad, Pakistan	Maldives	3–0	8–0	2014 SAFF Women's Championship
14.				7–0
15.	19 November 2014		Sri Lanka	5–0	5–0
16.	21 November 2014		Nepal	1–0	6–0
17.	13 March 2015	Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay, Myanmar	Sri Lanka	1–0	4–0	2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
18.	27 December 2016	Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri, India	Afghanistan	1–0	5–1	2016 SAFF Women's Championship
19.				3–0
20.	2 January 2017		Nepal	1–0	3–1
21.	9 February 2016	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong, India	Sri Lanka	4–0	5–0	2016 South Asian Games
22.	13 February 2016		Bangladesh	1–0	5–1
23.				3–0
24.	15 February 2016		Nepal	1–0	4–0
25.				2–0
26.	8 November 2018	Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar	Nepal	1–1	1–1	2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
27.	11 November 2018		Bangladesh	1–0	7–1
28.				4–0

Honours

India

• SAFF Championship: 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016
• South Asian Games Gold medal: 2010, 2016

Eastern Sporting Union

• Indian Women's League: 2016–17

Gokulam Kerala

• Indian Women's League: 2019–20 ^[7]

Railways

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

Manipur

• Senior Women's National Football Championship: 2008–09 ^[8]

Individual

• Indian Women's League Top Scorer: 2016–17 ^[9]
• AIFF Women's Footballer of the Year, 2017
• Top Scorer, South Asian Games, 2016- 5 Goals
• Most Valuable Player of the Final, SAFF Women's Championships, 2012.
• Top Scorer, 12 Goals, IWL, 2017
• Best Player, Senior Women's National Championships, 2016.
• Top Scorer 16 Goals, U-17, National Championships, 2006.

References

1. "Manipur's Football Culture has inspired me: Kamala Devi". the-aiff.com. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
2. "Yumnam Kamala Devi". www.incheon2014ag.org. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
3. "Football Women's First Round Group A Match Results India vs Maldives". www.incheon2014ag.org. Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
4. "SAG: Kamala Devi stars in India's title triumph". The Hindu. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
5. "EASTERN SPORTING UNION CROWNED CHAMPIONS OF INDIAN WOMEN'S LEAGUE". All India Football Federation . 14 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
6. "Indian women's football team eyeing last 8 finish in Asian Games". ibnlive.com. 14 July 2014. Archived from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
7. "Gokulam Kerala crowned champion of IWL 2020 - As it happened". Sportstar. 13 February 2020.
8. "Manipur's monopoly continues". Sportstar. 28 March 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
9. "Eastern Sporting Union win inaugural Indian Women's League". ESPN. espn.in. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.

External links

• Yumnam Kamala Devi at All India Football Federation
• Yumnam Kamala Devi at Global Sports Archive
• Yumnam Kamala Devi at eurosport.com