Sasmita Mallik

Sasmita Mallik (born 10 April 1989) is an Indian former footballer who played as a left winger for India women's national football team. With 36 goals in 42 matches, she is the second highest all-time goal-scorer for the Indian women's national team after Bala Devi.

Career Mallik was born in the village Goudapatana near Aali in the Kendrapara district in Odisha. She was scouted and encouraged to pursue football by Devendra Sharma, the then MLA of Aul. She used to play a lot of local tournaments in Bhubaneswar. Later, she joined the Bhubaneswar Sports Hostel which laid the platform for her to join the National Side. Her first break came in 2004 when glimpses of her exceptional talent impressed all; Team India was then touring China.

She has been playing for the Senior National Team since 2007 and was part of the 2010 South Asian Games and back to back SAFF Women's Championship winning squads. She has also captained India women's national football team several times.

Career statistics International stats

International goals No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 29 January 2010 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh ?–0 8–1 2010 South Asian Games 2. 31 January 2010 1–0 6–0 2010 South Asian Games 3. 5–0 4. 4 February 2010 ?–0 5–0 2010 South Asian Games 5. ?–0 6. 13 December 2010 Cox's Bazar Stadium, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh ?–0 18–0 2010 SAFF Women's Championship 7. ?–0 8. ?–0 9. ?–0 10. ?–0 11. ?–0 12. ?–0 13. 15 December 2010 2–0 7–0 14. 3–0 15. 4–0 16. 17 December 2010 ?–0 6–0 17. ?–0 18. 20 December 2010 ?–0 8–0 19. 23 December 2010 1–0 1–0 20. 17 September 2011 Al Ahli Stadium, Manama, Bahrain ?–0 2–1 Friendly 21. ?–0 22. 11 September 2012 CR & FC Grounds, Colombo, Sri Lanka 4–0 11–0 2012 SAFF Women's Championship 23. 14 September 2012 4–0 11–0 24. 9–0 25. 23 May 2013 Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram, Palestine 1–1 1–2 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification 26. 25 May 2013 1–0 1–1 27. 14 September 2014 Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field, Incheon, South Korea 1–0 15–0 2014 Asian Games 28. 4–0 29. 6–0 30. 14–0 31. 15–0 32. 9 February 2016 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong, India 5–0 5–0 2016 South Asian Games 33. 27 December 2016 Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri, India 2–0 5–1 2016 SAFF Women's Championship 34. 2 January 2017 3–1 3–1 35. 4 January 2017 2–1 3–1 36. 11 April 2017 Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea 1–0 2–0 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification

Honours India SAFF Women's Championship: 2010, 2012, 2016 South Asian Games Gold medal: 2010, 2016

Orissa Rajmata Jijabai Trophy: 2010–11, runner-up: 2007–08, 2009–10 National Games Gold medal: 2011

Railways Rajmata Jijabai Trophy: 2015–16

Individual AIFF Women's Player of the Year: 2016