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{{Short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2025}}
{{Western name order|Thingbaijam Sanjita Devi}}
{{Meitei name|Thingbaijam|Sanjita|Devi}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sanjita Devi
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| fullname = Sanjita Devi Thingbaijam
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2006|9|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Manipur]], India
| height =
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| currentclub = [[Garhwal United FC|Garhwal United]]
| clubnumber = 2
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 =
| clubs1 = NYTHC
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 =
| clubs2 = [[Garhwal United FC|Garhwal United]]
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| nationalyears1 = 2025
| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national under-20 football team|India U20]]
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2025–
| nationalteam2 = [[India women's national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| medaltemplates =
| club-update =
| nationalteam-update = 2 January 2025
}}
'''Sanjita Devi Thingbaijam''' ({{langx|mni|Thingbaijam Sanjita Devi}}, born 10 September 2006) is an Indian professional footballer from [[Manipur]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sportstar |first=Team |date=2025-01-01 |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=2025-03-29 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref> She plays as a defender for the [[Indian Women's League|Indian Women’s League]] club [[Garhwal United FC|Garhwal United]] and the [[India women's national football team|India women’s national football team]].

== Early life and career ==
Devi is from Manipur.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manipur U-17 women's team for NFC announced |url=https://www.thesangaiexpress.com/Encyc/2022/6/5/By-Our-Staff-ReporterIMPHAL-Jun-4-The-All-Manipur-Football-Association-AMFA-has-named-a-20-me.amp.html |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=www.thesangaiexpress.com |language=en}}</ref>

Devi was selected in the 23-player Indian squad by Indian coach [[Joakim Alexandersson]] and she played the second of the two FIFA international friendlies against Maldives on January 2 at the [[Padukone - Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence|Padukone-Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence]] in [[Bengaluru]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-29 |title=India women's football team coach Alexandersson announced 23-member squad for Maldives friendly |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football/india-womens-football-team-23-member-squad-maldives-friendly-full-team-venue-time/article69039441.ece |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=India complete a Maldives massacre in FIFA Women's Friendly |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/football/india-complete-a-maldives-massacre-in-fifa-womens-friendly20241230205547/ |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=ANI News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-30 |title=9 from NE in 23-member Women's India Football Squad |url=https://northeastlivetv.com/topnews/9-from-ne-in-23-member-womens-india-football-squad-to-play-friendlies-against-maldives/#google_vignette |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=Northeast Live |language=en-US}}</ref> She made her senior India debut in the second match against Maldives, off the bench.<ref>{{Cite web |title=India women beat Maldives 11-1 in second friendly contest |url=https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/sports/2025/01/02/spd13-spo-foot-wom-ind-friendly.html |access-date=2025-03-29 |website=The Week |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-02 |title=International Friendly: India score 11 past Maldives in the second FIFA friendly |url=https://theawayend.co/2025/01/02/international-friendly-india-score-11-past-maldives/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=The Away End |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In June 2022, she played for Manipur in the Hero Junior Under 17 Women's National Football Championship at Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, [[Guwahati]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Babita, Sanjana dazzle as Manipur kick off Junior Women's NFC with 14-0 demolition of Uttarakhand |url=https://www.thesangaiexpress.com/Encyc/2022/6/23/By-Our-Staff-ReporterIMPHAL-Jun-22-Oinam-Babita-hit-a-hattrick-and-Moibungkhongbam-Sanjana-Chan.html |access-date=2025-03-29 |website=www.thesangaiexpress.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-30 |title=Bihar upset Manipur in quarters; Arunachal storm into semis of Junior Women's National Football |url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/sports-news/local-sports/bihar-upset-manipur-in-quarters-arunachal-storm-into-semis-of-junior-womens-national-football-599983 |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=The Sentinel - of this Land, for its People |language=en}}</ref> In the Group A opener, she scored a goal in the 73rd minute in the 14-0 victory.<ref name=":0" /> In the next match against [[Andhra Pradesh women's football team|Andhra Pradesh]], she scored three goals in the 17-0 win.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 June 2022 |title=Hero Junior (U-17) Women's National Football Championship 2022-23 |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/match-center/cms/11794 |access-date=2025-03-29 |website=www.the-aiff.com}}</ref> She also scored against [[Uttarakhand women's football team|Uttarakhand]] in the other Group A match which Manipur won 14-0.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-06-22 |title=U-17 Women's National Football Championship: Manipur, Jharkhand earn huge wins |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/u-17-womens-national-football-championship-manipur-jharkhand-earn-huge-wins/articleshow/92395049.cms |access-date=2025-03-29 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

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

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Devi, Sanjita}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:2006 births]]
[[Category:Indian women's footballers]]
[[Category:India women's international footballers]]
[[Category:India women's youth international footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers from Manipur]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Manipur]]
[[Category:Women's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Indian Women's League 2 players]]
[[Category:Garhwal United FC players]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]

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