Isabella Bandoja

Early life Bandoja was born on March 30, 2001. At 14 years old, Bandoja was admitted by the Tuloy sa Don Bosco; a foundation for abandoned and indigent children ran by Catholic priest Rocky Evangelista. Football was initially just a hobby for Bandoja but she was able to pursue the sport more seriously after the foundation established a football program for girls.

Career Club Bandoja became part of Tuloy around 2014 or 2015. She played for her foundation's club Tuloy F.C. in the PFF Women's League. She was the top scorer for the 2018 and 2019–20 seasons.

Her career went into hiatus in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Along with Dela Salle's Angelica Teves, Bandoja was named co-awardee of the golden boot with both women 19 goals each for the season.

In 2025, Bandoja joined the Pinay5 Futsal Club to play in the High 5 Futsal League.

In January 2026, Bandoja joined Hong Kong club TSL coming in from Tuloy.

International Bandoja has been part of pool of the Philippines women's national team since 2019. She has been invited to take part in the team's training camp at least thrice; the latest being in 2023. She has yet to make her first international cap. and later for the pair of friendlies against South Korea in April 2024.

She has played for the Philippines national futsal team at the 2023 PFF Women's Tri Nations Futsal Invitational where the team finished second. She was the team's top scorer, making two out of four goals.

In December 2024, Bandoja along with three fellow players resigned from the national futsal team after the PFF relieved Vic Hermans as head coach and announced a mandatory camp on short notice ahead of the 2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup qualifiers citing that the women's futsal is disorganized.

However, Bandoja is among the players announced in April 2025 to have received a call-up for the 2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup competition proper, which the Philippines managed to qualify for. She also played in the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup and scored the only goal of host Philippines in their 1–5 defeat to Argentina in the group stage.

Career statistics International Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bandoja goal.

+Philippine women's national futsal team goals No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. October 19, 2023 Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Manila, Philippines 2–5 4–9 PFF Women's Tri Nation Futsal Invitational 2. October 22, 2023 1–2 2–5 3. November 16, 2024 Philsports Arena, Pasig, Philippines 1–0 2–2 2024 ASEAN Women's Futsal Championship 4. November 20, 2024 1–0 1–2 5. May 11, 2025 Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot, China 3–7 3–7 2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup 6. November 27, 2025 Philsports Arena, Pasig, Philippines 1–5 1–5 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup

Honors Individual PFF Women's League Golden Boot: 2018, 2019–20, 2023