Yumnam Kamala Devi

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Kamala Devi
Personal information
Full name Yumnam Kamala Devi
Date of birth (1992-03-04) 4 March 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Thoubal, Manipur, India
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, striker
Team information
Current team
 Nita FA
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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, correct as of 4 February 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 December 2021

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

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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
YearCapsGoals
20100
20110
20127
20130
20149
20151
20167
20171
201833
Total28
List of international goals scored by Yumnam Kamala Devi
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 September 2012 CR & FC Grounds, Colombo, Sri Lanka Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 1–03–0 2012 SAFF Women's Championship
2.11 September 2012Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 2–011–0
3.4–0
4.14 September 2012Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 1–011–0
5.5–0
6.11–0
7.16 September 2012Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 3–13–1
8.14 September 2014 Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field, Incheon, South Korea Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 2–015–0 2014 Asian Games
9.5–0
10.7–0
11.9–0
12.12–0
13.13 November 2014 Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad, Pakistan Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 3–08–0 2014 SAFF Women's Championship
14.7–0
15.19 November 2014Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 5–05–0
16.21 November 2014Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 1–06–0
17.13 March 2015 Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay, Myanmar Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1–04–0 2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
18.27 December 2016 Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri, India Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 1–05–1 2016 SAFF Women's Championship
19.3–0
20.2 January 2017Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 1–03–1
21.9 February 2016 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong, IndiaFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 4–05–0 2016 South Asian Games
22.13 February 2016Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 1–05–1
23.3–0
24.15 February 2016Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 1–04–0
25.2–0
26.8 November 2018 Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 1–11–1 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
27.11 November 2018Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 1–07–1
28.4–0

Honours

India

Eastern Sporting Union

Gokulam Kerala

Railways

Manipur

Individual

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References

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  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. 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.
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