Sanjida Akhter
Sanjida Akhter (born 20 March 2001) is a Bangladeshi women's football player, who plays as a midfielder for Bashundhara Kings Women and the Bangladesh women's national football team. She was the member of AFC U-14 Girls' Regional Championship – South and Central winning Bangladesh U-14 held in Nepal in 2015. She currently plays football for Bangladesh women's football team, and Bashundhara King's Women. She played all five matches at 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification in Group C held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She is a well known woman footballer in the history of Bangladesh women's football team.
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sanjida Akhter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | March 20, 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kolsindur, Dhobaura, Mymensingh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right winger, Attaking Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Bashundhara Kings Women | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Kalsindur Government Primary School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Bashundhara Kings | 29 | (12) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Bangladesh U-14 | 4 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Bangladesh U16 | 9 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Bangladesh U19 | 9 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016– | Bangladesh | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 September 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Early years
Sanjida Akter was born on 20 March 2001[2] in Kalsindur, Dhobaura, Mymensingh district.
Playing career
Sanjida first played in 2011 Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Gold Cup Football Tournament for Kolsindur Govt. Primary School.
International
Sanjida was selected to the Bangladesh girls' U-17 team for the 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification – Group B matches in 2014.[3] She also played AFC U-14 Girls' Regional Championship – South and Central held in Nepal in 2015, where Bangladesh U-14 Girls' became Champion. She played in 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification – Group C matches. She capped 9 times for the U-17 nationals and scored 4 goals. Being group C champion, Bangladesh have qualified for the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship in Thailand in September 2017.[4]
She later played in 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification and the 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[5]
Club career
Sanjida joined Bangladesh Women's Football league team Bashundhara Kings Women in 2019 and made appearances for the club as their starting midfielder during the 2019-20 Bangladesh Women's Football League season.
Honours
Club
Bashundhara Kings Women
International
- Bronze : 2016
- Champion (1): 2018
- Champion trophy shared (1): 2019 She was the best player in the tournament.
- AFC U-14 Girls' Regional C'ship – South and Central
- Bangladesh U-14 Girls'
- Champion : 2015
References
- ^ "Schedule & Results". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
- ^ Den, islam (2016-09-02). "Meet our supergirls". Dhaka Tribune. Dhaka. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
- ^ Parvez, Kamran (2015-08-22). "Amazing football by Kalsindur girls". Prothom Alo. from the original on 2016-01-02. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
- ^ "Bangladesh, Australia through to AFC U-16 Women's C'ship 2017". Asian Football Confederation. 2016-09-04. from the original on 2016-09-05. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
- ^ "Sanjida Akhter". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Unstoppable Kings clinch Women's Football League". Dhaka Tribune. 2020-12-06. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- ^ "Bashundhara Kings retain title". The Daily Star. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
External links
- Sanjida Akhter at Global Sports Archive