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{{Short description|Indian footballer}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Rimpa Haldar
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2005|2|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hanspukuria, [[Nadia district|Nadia]], [[West Bengal]], India
| height = 1.52 m<ref name="AFC-squad-list">{{cite web |title=2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup Squad Lists |url=https://assets.the-afc.com/2026_AFC_Womens_Asian_Cup/Finals/Squad_Lists/AFC-Women's-Asian-Cup-Australia-2026%E2%84%A2-Final-Registration---Feb-25upd.pdf?source=url |publisher=Asian Football Confederation |access-date=27 February 2026 }}</ref>
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| currentclub = [[Sribhumi FC|Sribhumi]]
| clubnumber = 7
| years1 =
| clubs1 = Nadia DSA
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| years2 = 2019–2020
| clubs2 = Police AC
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| clubs3 = Sarojini Naidu Orient SC
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| clubs4 = Lord's FA Kochi
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| years5 = 2022–2023
| clubs5 = [[East Bengal FC (women)|East Bengal]]
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| years6 = 2023–
| clubs6 = [[Sribhumi FC|Sribhumi]]
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| nationalyears1 = 2024–
| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps1 = 14
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| club-update =
| nationalteam-update = 15 April 2026
}}
'''Rimpa Haldar''' (born 6 February 2005)<ref>{{Cite web |title=All India Football Federation - 15 Rimpa Haldar |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/92717?type=club |access-date=9 February 2025 |website=The AIFF}}</ref> is an Indian professional footballer from [[West Bengal]] who plays as a forward for the [[Indian Women's League]] club [[Sribhumi FC|Sribhumi]] and the [[India women's national football team]].

== Early life and career ==
Haldar is from Haspukuria village, [[Palashipara]] in Nadia district.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rimpa Haldar: The Haspukur swan ready to dip in national team success |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/rimpa-haldar-the-haspukur-swan-ready-to-dip-in-national-team-success |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=www.the-aiff.com}}</ref> Her father Shrivas Haldar is a daily wage labourer.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=হালদার |first=সাগর |title=দেশের হয়ে খেলবেন রিম্পা, স্বপ্নের উড়ান |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/nadia-murshidabad/rimpa-halder-daughter-of-a-daily-waged-worker-got-selected-to-play-for-senior-indian-football-team/cid/1529382 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805211858/https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/nadia-murshidabad/rimpa-halder-daughter-of-a-daily-waged-worker-got-selected-to-play-for-senior-indian-football-team/cid/1529382 |archive-date=5 August 2024 |access-date=2025-02-09 |language=bn |url-status=live }}</ref> She did her schooling at Haspukuria Vidyalaya. She began with athletics and specialized in 100m and 200m sprints. Then she took up football on the suggestion of her coach Aveek Biswas, and joined the Sporting Union Club in her village where she learnt her basics. She is the only girl from the region to make it to the National team. In 2019, she moved to Kolkata and joined the Kolkata Police Club.

== Career ==
She made her senior India debut in the [[SAFF Women's Championship]] in October 2024 at Kathmandu, Nepal. Earlier, she played for different clubs including East Bengal FC, Lord's FA, Kochi, Sarojini Naidu Orient Sports Club, Police Athletic Club and Nadia district sports authority team. She first took part in the [[Kanyashree Cup]] in Kolkata after joining Sarojini Naidu Club. Soon she was selected for the [[West Bengal]] Under–17 team and she captained the squad. She went on to play for the Under–19 team. She also took part in the [[IFA Shield]] competition, [[National Games of India|National Games]] and [[Khelo India Youth Games|Khelo India games]].<ref name=":0" />

She played the Kolkata women's football league and was the top scorer for two years. She represents Sreebhumi FC in the 2024–2025 season of the [[Indian Women's League]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=East Bengal FC leave it late to snatch full points |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/football/east-bengal-fc-leave-it-late-to-snatch-full-points20250115185239/ |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=ANI News |language=en}}</ref> In 2023–2024, she played the IWL 2.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-30 |title=Nita Football Academy (NFA) makes history, qualifies for coveted Indian Women's League (IWL) 2024-25 |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/sports/nita-football-academy-nfa-makes-history-qualifies-for-coveted-indian-womens-league-iwl-2024-25/3507618/ |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=Financialexpress |language=en}}</ref> In December 2024, she played the senior international friendlies against Maldives at the [[Padukone - Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence|Padukone-Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence]] in Bengaluru.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sportstar |first=Team |date=2024-12-30 |title=India women's team thrashes Maldives 14-0 in international friendly |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football/india-womens-team-beats-maldives-14-0-fifa-international-friendly-pyari-xaxa-hat-trick/article69043307.ece |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===International===
{{Updated|15 April 2026}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!National team!!Year!!Caps!!Goals
|-
| rowspan=3|[[India women's national football team|India]]
|2024
|3
|1
|-
|2025
|7
|1
|-
|2026
|4
|0
|-
! colspan=2|Total
!14
!2
|}

:''Scores and results list India's goal tally first.''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+List of international goals scored by Rimpa Haldar
! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 30 December 2024 || Padukone – Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence, [[Bengaluru]], [[India]] || {{fbw|MDV}} || align=center|13–0 || align=center| 14–0 || [[Exhibition match|Friendly]]
|-
| 2. || 23 June 2025 || [[700th Anniversary Stadium]], [[Chiang Mai]], [[Thailand]] || {{fbw|MNG}} || align=center| 9–0 || align=center| 13–0 || [[2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification]]
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/92717?type=club Rimpa Haldar] at All India Football Federation.

{{India squad 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
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[[Category:Indian women's footballers]]
[[Category:India women's international footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from West Bengal]]
[[Category:People from Nadia district]]
[[Category:Women's association football forwards]]
[[Category:East Bengal FC Women players]]
[[Category:Sribhumi FC players]]
[[Category:Indian Women's League players]]
[[Category:Indian Women's League 2 players]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]
[[Category:2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup players]]

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Shikha Jha at 16:26, 15 April 2026