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 at the Kolsindur High School in Mymensingh and the Bangladesh women's national under-17 football team. She played all five matches at 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification in Group C held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Sanjida Akhter
Personal information
Full name Sanjida Akhter Sanji
Date of birth (2001-03-20) March 20, 2001
Place of birth Kolsindur, Dhobaura, Mymensingh
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Bashundhara Kings Women
Number 7
Youth career
2011–2013 Kalsindur Government Primary School, Mymensingh
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Bashundhara Kings 20 (7)
National team‡
2013–2015 Bangladesh U-14 4 (4)
2014–2017 Bangladesh U16 9 (4)
2018– Bangladesh U19 9 (2)
2016– Bangladesh 15 (0)
Honours
Women's football
Representing  Bangladesh
SAFF Women's Championship
Runner-up2016Bangladesh
South Asian Games
2016Bangladesh
SAFF U-18 Women's Championship
Winner2018Bangladesh U19
Bangamata U-19 Women's International Gold Cup
Winner2019Bangladesh U19
AFC U-14 Girls' Regional C'ship – South and Central
Winner2015 BangladeshBangladesh U14[1]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 March 2019

Early years

Sanjida Akter was born on 20 March 2001[2] in Kolsindur, 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
Runner-up : 2016
Bronze : 2016
Champion (1): 2018
Champion trophy shared (1): 2019
  • AFC U-14 Girls' Regional C'ship – South and Central
Bangladesh U-14 Girls'
Champion : 2015

References
  1. "Schedule & Results". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  2. Hoque, Shishir (2016-09-02). "Meet our supergirls". Dhaka Tribune. Dhaka. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  3. Parvez, Kamran (2015-08-22). "Amazing football by Kalsindur girls". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 2016-01-02. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  4. "Bangladesh, Australia through to AFC U-16 Women's C'ship 2017". Asian Football Confederation. 2016-09-04. Archived from the original on 2016-09-05. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  5. "Sanjida Akhter". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  6. "Unstoppable Kings clinch Women's Football League". Dhaka Tribune. 2020-12-06. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  7. "Bashundhara Kings retain title". The Daily Star. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
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