Ratanbala Devi Nongmaithem
Indian female football player
Ratanbala Devi Nongmaithem (Meitei: Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi, born 2 December 1999) is an Indian professional footballer from Manipur, who plays for as a midfielder for the Indian Women's League club Sribhumi and India women's national football team. She played her debut international match in the AFC Cup Qualifiers 2018.
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. 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.
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