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{{Short description|Indian football player}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Anusha Mandala
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2008|6|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = Atmakur, [[Anantapur district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India
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| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = [[Kemp FC|Kemp]]
| clubnumber = 25
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| clubs1 = [[Kemp FC|Kemp]]
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| years2 = 2024–2025
| clubs2 = [[Tungabhadra FC|Tungabhadra]]
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| years3 = 2025–
| clubs3 = [[Kemp FC|Kemp]]
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'''Anusha Mandala''' (born 04 June 2008) is an Indian professional footballer from [[Andhra Pradesh]] who plays as a midfielder for the [[ Indian Women's League 2]] club [[Kemp FC|Kemp]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Sportstar |first=Team |date=1 January 2025 |title=Indian women’s football team coach Joakim Alexandersson makes six changes for second Maldives friendly |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football/india-womens-football-team-maldives-joakim-alexandersson-make-six-changes-debut-blue-tigresses-news/article69050661.ece |access-date=14 February 2025 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Alexandersson makes six changes in squad for second Maldives FIFA friendly |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/alexandersson-makes-six-changes-ahead-of-second-maldives-fifa-friendly |access-date=14 February 2025 |website=www.the-aiff.com}}</ref>

== Early life and career ==
Mandala is from [[Atmakur, Anantapur district|Atmakur]], Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh. She comes from a farming community. She joined [[Rural Development Trust Stadium|Anantapur Sports Academy]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 October 2023 |title=Anusha Mandala's inspiring journey from rural fields to national football arenas |url=https://thebridge.in/football/anusha-mandalas-inspiring-journey-rural-fields-national-football-arenas-44452?infinitescroll=1 |access-date=14 February 2025 |website=thebridge.in |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ash |first=Sauradeep |date=20 October 2023 |title=Anusha Mandala: Andhra girl's incredible wings for glory - from Rural fields to National Football |url=https://www.mykhel.com/football/anusha-mandala-andhra-girls-incredible-wings-for-glory-from-rural-fields-to-national-football-240111.html |access-date=14 February 2025 |website=www.mykhel.com |language=en}}</ref> She joined the Anantapur Sports Academy, a sport for development initiative of an Anantapur NGO, Rural Development Trust under Laliga Foundation in 2018.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2023-10-20 |title=From Rural Fields to National Arenas: Anusha-'s Inspirational Journey in Football {{!}} From Rural Fields to National Arenas: Anusha\'s Inspirational Journey in Football |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/201023/anusha-mandalas-selection-in-andhra-pradesh-junior-team-signals-new-b.html |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=www.deccanchronicle.com |language=en}}</ref> Laliga is India's first women's residential football academy in Andhra Pradesh.<ref name=":1" />

== Career ==
She made her Senior India debut on 2 January 2025, in the second of the two friendlies against the [[Maldives]] at [[Bengaluru]] .<ref name=":0" /> In October 2023, she was selected to play for the [[Andhra Pradesh]] state junior football team.<ref name=":1" /> After the first game, chief coach [[Joakim Alexandersson]] made six changes in the squad and including Mandala, who played the second match as a defender to make her India debut.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alexandersson makes six changes in squad for second Maldives FIFA friendly |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/football/alexandersson-makes-six-changes-in-squad-for-second-maldives-fifa-friendly20250101213100/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=ANI News |language=en}}</ref> In October 2024, she represented Andhra Pradesh senior team in the 29th Senior Women’s National Football Championship for the Rajmata Jijabai Trophy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Railways qualify for final rounds of Sr Women’s NFC for Rajmata Jijabai Trophy |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/railways-qualify-for-final-rounds-of-sr-womens-nfc-for-rajmata-jijabai-trophy |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=www.the-aiff.com}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:2005 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian women's footballers]]
[[Category:Women's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Footballers from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:People from Nellore district]]
[[Category:Kemp FC players]]
[[Category:Indian Women's League 2 players]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]

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FredricKeeton9 at 11:13, 30 March 2026