Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi

Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi (born 2 December 1999) is an Indian professional footballer from Manipur,[1] who plays for Gokulam Kerala and India women's national football team. She played her debut international match in the AFC Cup Qualifiers 2018.[2]

In this Meitei name, the family name is Nongmaithem and the given name is Ratanbala. "Devi" is a name suffix.

Ratanbala Devi
Personal information
Full name Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi
Date of birth (1999-12-02) 2 December 1999[1]
Place of birth Manipur, India
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Gokulam Kerala
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 KRYPHSA 6 (7)
2018–2019 Sethu 7 (8)
2019–2020 KRYPHSA FC 7 (10)
2021– Gokulam Kerala 20 (3)
International career‡
2014 India U19
2017– India 38 (12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 September 2022

Career

Ratanbala was called up for the national team during the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers, where she scored her first goal against Hong Kong on 11 April 2017. She then became a regular member of the India women's national football team. Her second goal was against Myanmar in the 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifiers Round 1 on 13 November 2018. The 3rd was in a friendly against Hong Kong on 21 January 2019, the 4th at another friendly against Indonesia on 27 January 2019 where she scored her first hattrick for the national team.[3][4] In the 2019 Gold Cup she scored another goal against Nepal on 11 February 2019. In 2019 SAFF Women's Championship she scored 2 goals, 1 against Maldives on 13 March and another against Sri Lanka on 17 March. In the 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifiers Round 2 she scored 1 goal in a 3-3 draw against Myanmar on 9 April 2019. However, India didn't qualify for the 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifiers Round 3 because of a lower goal ratio.[5]

Career statistics

International
As of 16 September 2022
International caps and goals
Year CapsGoals
2017 4 1
2018 3 1
2019 25 10
2021 0 0
2022 6 0
Total 38 12
Scores and results list India's goal tally first.
List of international goals scored by Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 April 2017Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea Hong Kong2–02–02018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers
2.13 November 2018Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar1–11–22020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifiers
3.21 January 2019Hong Kong Hong Kong5–25–2Friendly
4.27 January 2019Benteng Taruna Stadium, Tangerang, Indonesia Indonesia1–03–0
5.2–0
6.3–0
7.11 February 2019Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, India Nepal1–21–22019 Women's Gold Cup
8.13 March 2019Sahid Rangasala, Biratnagar, Nepal Maldives5–06–02019 SAFF Women's Championship
9.17 March 2019 Sri Lanka5–05–0
10.9 April 2019Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay, Myanmar Myanmar3–23–32020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifiers
11.5 December 2019Pokhara Rangasala, Pokhara, Nepal Sri Lanka3–06–02019 South Asian Games
12.5–0

Honours

India

Sethu FC

Gokulam Kerala

KRYPHSA

Manipur

Individual

  • Indian Women's League Most Valuable Player: 2019–20
  • Indian Women's League Emerging Player: 2018–19

References
  1. "Ratanbala Devi profile by AIFF". AIFF.
  2. "Welcome to All India Football Federation". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  3. "RATANBALA DEVI'S HATTRICK LEADS INDIA TO 3-0 WIN OVER INDONESIA". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  4. Sportstar, Team. "Football: Ratanbala Devi's hat-trick leads India women to comfortable win". Sportstar. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  5. "INDIAN WOMEN HELD BY MYANMAR, BOW OUT ON GOAL DIFFERENCE". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  6. "Gokulam Kerala crowned champion of IWL 2020 - As it happened". Sportstar. 13 February 2020.
  7. "Manipur champions for the 22nd time in Sr Women's NFC for Rajmata Jijabai Trophy". AIFF. 15 May 2024.
  8. "National Games 2022, October 10 HIGHLIGHTS: Manipur wins women's football gold; Tamil Nadu tops Group A in men's volleyball". Sportstar. 10 October 2022.
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