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{{short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox football biography
| embed =
| name = Kamala Devi
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| fullname = Yumnam Kamala Devi
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|3|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Thoubal]], [[Manipur]], India
| height = {{height|m=1.57}}
| position = [[Midfielder]], [[Striker (association football)|striker]]
| currentclub = [[Gokulam Kerala FC (women)|Gokulam Kerala FC]]
| clubnumber = 9
| youthyears1 = 2004–09
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 2013–18
| clubs1 = Railways
| caps1 = 32
| goals1 = 43
| years2 = 2017–19
| clubs2 = [[Eastern Sporting Union]]
| caps2 = 10
| goals2 = 15
| nationalyears1 = 2010–
| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps1 = 61
| nationalgoals1 = 41
| medaltemplates =
| club-update = 4 February 2020
| nationalteam-update =
| years3 = 2019
| caps3 = 5
| clubs3 = FC Kolhapur City
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2020
| clubs4 = [[Gokulam Kerala FC (women)|Gokulam Kerala FC]]
| caps4 = 5
| goals4 = 6
}}
'''Yumnam Kamala Devi''' (born 4 March 1992) is an Indian professional [[footballer]] who plays as a [[midfielder]] and an occasional [[Striker (association football)|striker]] for the [[India women's national football team|Indian team]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Manipur's Football Culture has inspired me: Kamala Devi |url= http://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=4960 |website= the-aiff.com |date= 18 May 2013 |accessdate= 1 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5119300&lang=en|title=Yumnam Kamala Devi|accessdate=15 September 2014|work=www.incheon2014ag.org|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006171439/http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5119300&lang=en|archivedate=6 October 2014}}</ref> She plays for [[Gokulam Kerala FC (women)|Gokulam Kerala FC]] in [[Indian Women's League]].

==Career==
===International career===
Kamala Devi was a part of the [[India women's national football team|Indian team]] that won the [[SAFF Women's Championship'|SAFF Championships, 2010 And' SAG]] South Asian games in [[2010 SAFF Women's Championship|2010]], [[2012 SAFF Women's Championship|2012]] and [[2014 SAFF Women's Championship|2014]]. At the 2012 tournament, she was awarded the Best Player of the Final. She finished the tournament scoring seven goals, also scoring in the final against [[Nepal women's national football team|Nepal]], in the 83rd minute.
At the [[2014 Asian Games]], she scored five goals in [[Football at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's tournament#Group A|India's first match]] against [[Maldives women's national football team|Maldives]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/FB/Result?RSC=FBW400A02&lang=en|title=Football Women's First Round Group A Match Results India vs Maldives|accessdate=15 September 2014|work=www.incheon2014ag.org}}</ref> She scored five goals and was the top-scorer at the [[2016 South Asian Games]]. It included a brace in the [[Football at the 2016 South Asian Games – Women's tournament#Gold medal match|final]] against Nepal that helped her win the gold medal.<ref>{{cite web|title=SAG: Kamala Devi stars in India's title triumph|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/south-asian-games-kamala-devi-stars-in-indias-title-triumph/article8241390.ece|work=The Hindu|accessdate=18 February 2017|date=15 February 2016}}</ref> SAFF Women's Championship 2016. Four Time SAFF -Winners' 2010,2012,2014,2016.Two Time SAG 2010,2016. ONE Time Asian games Participate'2014.

=== Club career ===
In 2016, Devi was signed by [[Eastern Sporting Union]] to play in the [[2016–17 Indian Women's League season|inaugural season]] of the [[Indian Women's League]]. She helped her team win the League scoring 15 goals in 10 games and was the joint top-scorer alongside [[Sanju Yadav]]. 12 of those goals came in the [[2016–17 Indian Women's League final round|final round]]. It included a brace in the final against Rising Student.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=7880|title=EASTERN SPORTING UNION CROWNED CHAMPIONS OF INDIAN WOMEN'S LEAGUE|date=14 February 2017|work=[[All India Football Federation]]|accessdate=18 February 2017}}</ref>

Devi also plays for Railways in various competitions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indian-womens-football-team-eyeing-last-8-finish-in-asian-games/485858-5-23.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718141337/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indian-womens-football-team-eyeing-last-8-finish-in-asian-games/485858-5-23.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 July 2014|title=Indian women's football team eyeing last 8 finish in Asian Games|date=14 July 2014|publisher=ibnlive.com|accessdate=1 October 2014}}</ref>

Devi was awarded [[All India Football Federation|AIFF]] 2017 Woman Footballer of the Year on July 23, 2018.

== Career statistics ==
{{Updated|2018}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="3" |Intercontinental caps and goals
|-
!Year
!Caps
!Goals
|-
|2010
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|2012
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|2012
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|-
|2013
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|-
|2014
|
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|2015
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|-
|2016
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|-
|2017
|
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|-
|2018
|3
|3
|-
!Total
!
!
|}

== Honours ==
Women's Football
Representing🇮🇳 India

1.SOUTH ASIAN GAMES

GOAL MEDAL(2): 2010, 2016

2. SAFF Championship

GOLD MEDAL(4): 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016

3. WINNER, Match Series

BAHRAIN: 2011,2013
MALAYSIA: 2017

4. ASIAN GAMES

2014: Participated

5. FIFA Women's Olympic Qualifiers

ROUND 1,

2015 : Participated

2018 : Participated

6. AFC Women's ASIAN CUP Qualifiers

2013: Participated

7. AFC U-19 Women's Qualiers

2008: Participated

2010: Participated ( U-19' Indian Team Captain)

8. XXXV COTIF, Spain

2018: Participated

9.[[Gokulam Kerala FC (women)|Gokulam Kerala]]
*[[Indian Women's League]]
**[[Indian Women's League|2019-20]]

=== AWARDS ===
1. AIFF WOMAN FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR, 2017

2. TOP Scorer, [[2016 South Asian Games|South Asian Games]], 2016- 5 Goals

3. MOST VALUABLE PLAYER OF THE FINAL, SAFF WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP, 2012.

4. Top Scorer, 12 Goals, IWL, 2017

5. BEST PLAYER, SENIOR WOMEN'S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, 2016.

6. Top Scorer 16 Goals, U-17, NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, 2006.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.eurosport.com/football/kamala-devi-yumnam_prs403720/person.shtml Kamala Devi profile] at eurosport.com

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[[Category:Women's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:India women's international footballers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games]]
[[Category:1992 births]]
[[Category:Indian women's footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers from Manipur]]
[[Category:People from Thoubal district]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Manipur]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian people]]
[[Category:South Asian Games gold medalists for India]]
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]
[[Category:South Asian Games medalists in football]]

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