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{{Short description|Indian football player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2026}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2026}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sanfida Nongrum
| image =
| image_size =
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| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2005|04|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Shillong]], [[Meghalaya]] India
| height = 1.61 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 = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = [[Garhwal United FC|Garhwal United]]
| clubnumber = 10
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Kick Start FCC
| years1 =
| clubs1 = [[Royal Wahingdoh FC|Royal Wahingdoh]]
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2020–2021
| clubs2 = Bangalore United FC
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 2021–2022
| clubs3 = Sirvodem SC
| caps3 =
| goals3 =
| years4 = 2022–2023
| clubs4 = [[Sports Odisha]]
| caps4 =
| goals4 =
| years5 = 2023–
| clubs5 = [[Garhwal United FC|Garhwal United]]
| caps5 =
| goals5 =
| years6 = 2025–2026
| clubs6 = → Misaka United FC (loan)
| caps6 =
| goals6 =
| nationalyears1 = 2026–
| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| medaltemplates =
| club-update =
| nationalteam-update = 15 April 2026
}}
'''Sanfida Nongrum''' (25 April 2005) is an Indian professional footballer from [[Meghalaya]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-03-04 |title=Women’s Asian Cup: Sanfida scores on India debut but team lose to Vietnam {{!}} Highland Post |url=https://highlandpost.com/womens-asian-cup-sanfida-scores-on-india-debut-but-team-lose-to-vietnam/ |access-date=2026-03-05 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=All India Football Federation |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/53482?type=club |access-date=2026-03-05 |website=www.the-aiff.com}}</ref> who plays as a midfielder for the [[Indian Women's League]] club [[Garhwal United FC|Garhwal United]] and the [[India women's national football team]].

==Early life==
Nongrum hails from Shillong.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ka Sanfida Nongrum, sha ka Bangalore United FC|url=https://www.urupang.com/ka-sanfida-nongrum-sha-ka-bangalore-united-fc/|website=Rupang|date=16 January 2021}}</ref>

== Career ==
She was the captain of the [[Garhwal United FC|Garhwal United]] which won the Indian Women's League 2 in the 2024–25 season. She is also the captain of the Garhwal United in 2025. In 2024, she led the Laitkor club clinch the Women’s Football League title in Meghalaya.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2026-03-04 |title=Who is Sanfida Nongrum, who scored for India in AFC Women’s Asian Cup match vs Vietnam? |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football/who-is-sanfida-nongrum-india-goal-vietnam-afc-womens-asian-cup-match/article70703419.ece |access-date=2026-03-05 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref> She also played for Bangalore United, Sports Odisha and Sirvodem SC, and has also played for the Meghalaya sub-junior girls’ team. In the Senior Women's National Football Championship, she represented Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-02-23 |title=Sanfida Nongrum Named in India Squad for AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 - Shillong Today News |url=https://shillongtoday.com/sanfida-nongrum-named-in-india-squad-for-afc-womens-asian-cup-2026/ |access-date=2026-03-05 |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2025–26 season of the [[Karnataka Women's League|Karnataka Women’s League]], she was named Player of the Tournament being the top scorer with 15 goals.<ref name=":0" />

===International===
She made her senior India debut in the [[AFC Women's Asian Cup|AFC Women's Asia Cup]] at [[Perth]], Australia on 4 March 2026 and scored a goal in the debut match against [[Vietnam]] in the first match of Group C.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sagar |first=Sunaadh |date=2026-03-04 |title=AFC Women's Asian Cup: Vietnam hand India late pain, but hope springs anew |url=https://www.espn.in/football/story/_/id/48098317/afc-women-asian-cup-2026-vietnam-hand-india-late-pain-hope-springs-anew-amelia-valverde-manisha-kalyan-sanfida-nongrum |access-date=2026-03-05 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref> Thus, she became the first player from Meghalaya to earn a senior India cap.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blue Tigresses suffer injury-time defeat against Vietnam in opening AFC Women’s Asian Cup match |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/blue-tigresses-suffer-injury-time-defeat-against-vietnam-in-opening-afc-womens-asian-cup-match |access-date=2026-03-05 |website=www.the-aiff.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-03-04 |title=Sanfida scores on dream Indian debut but team lose to Vietnam in Women’s Asian Cup {{!}} The Sports Room |url=https://thesportsroom.in/2026/03/04/dream-debut-for-sanfida-nongrum-as-she-scores-for-india-in-afc-womens-asian-cup/ |access-date=2026-03-05 |language=en-US}}</ref>

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

:''Scores and results list India's goal tally first.''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+List of international goals scored by Sanfida Nongrum
! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 4 March 2026 || [[Perth Rectangular Stadium]], [[Perth]], Australia || {{fbw|VIE}} || align=center|'''1'''–1 || align=center| 1–2 || [[2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup Group C|2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup]]
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/53482?type=club Sanfida Nongrum] at All India Football Federation

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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nongrum, Sanfida}}
[[Category:2005 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian women's footballers]]
[[Category:India women's international footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers from Meghalaya]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Meghalaya]]
[[Category:People from Shillong]]
[[Category:Women's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Indian Women's League players]]
[[Category:Indian Women's League 2 players]]
[[Category:Sports Odisha players]]
[[Category:Garhwal United FC players]]
[[Category:2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup players]]

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