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{{short description|Indian football player and coach}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sradhanjali Samantaray
| image = Sradhanjali.jpg
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| fullname = Sradhanjali Samantaray
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|5|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Banapur]], [[Orissa]], India
| height = 
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| position = [[Forward (association football)#Striker|Striker]]
| youthyears1 =
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| years1 =
| clubs1 = [[Odisha women's football team|Odisha]]
| caps1 =
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| nationalyears1 = 1997–2007
| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps1 = ?
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| manageryears1 = 2015
| managerclubs1 = [[Odisha women's football team|Odisha]]
| manageryears2 = 2017–2018
| managerclubs2 = [[Rising Students Club|Rising Students]] (assistant)
| manageryears3 = 2018
| managerclubs3 = [[India women's national under-17 football team|India U17]] (assistant)
| manageryears4 = 2022
| managerclubs4 = [[Odisha Police]]
| manageryears5 = 2022
| managerclubs5 = [[Odisha women's football team|Odisha]] (assistant)
| manageryears6 = 2023–
| managerclubs6 = [[India women's national under-20 football team|India U20]] (assistant)
}}

'''Sradhanjali Samantaray''' (born 7 May 1978 in [[Banapur]], [[Odisha]]) is an Indian football coach and former footballer. She currently serves as the assistant coach of the [[India women's national under-20 football team]]. She was the first footballer from Odisha to represent and captain the [[India women's national football team]].<ref name="ss" >{{cite web |title=Sradhanjali Samantaray |url=https://orisports.com/PersonDetails.aspx?pId=NTc3MA== |website=Orisports |access-date=16 February 2022 |archive-date=16 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216054859/http://orisports.com/PersonDetails.aspx?pId=MTY= |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=BIJU PATNAIK AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN SPORTS & GAMES FOR THE CURRENT YEAR 2005-2006 MISS. SRADHANJALI SAMANTARAY |url=https://magazines.odisha.gov.in/orissaannualreference/ORA-2005/pdf/bijupatnaik_award-2005.pdf |website=ORISSA REFERENCE ANNUAL |date=2005 |access-date=29 September 2024 }}</ref>

==Coaching career==
She has served as the head coach of Odisha Police in the [[2021–22 Indian Women's League]] and as the assistant coach of the [[Odisha women's football team]] in the national tournaments. She is a former [[India]]n international footballer and has served as the captain of the [[India women's national football team]].<ref name="ss" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.womanodisha.com/shradhanjali-samantaray-former-captain-of-indian-national-women-team/|title=Shradhanjali Samantaray former captain of Indian national women team - Woman Odisha|author=|date=|website=www.womanodisha.com|accessdate=17 June 2017|archive-date=23 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223120939/http://www.womanodisha.com/shradhanjali-samantaray-former-captain-of-indian-national-women-team/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2014, she was appointed as assistant coach of India's U-16 Girls Football team for the 2015 [[Asian Football Confederation]] Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orissapost.com/sradhanjali-appointed-india-assistant-coach/|title=Sradhanjali appointed India assistant coach - Orissa Post|author=|date=|website=www.orissapost.com|accessdate=17 June 2017|archive-date=19 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719132625/http://www.orissapost.com/sradhanjali-appointed-india-assistant-coach/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2022, she has completed long 31 years in the field of football in various capacities.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/locality/cuttack/shradhanjali-samantaray-appointed-coach-u-16-girls-football-team-41054|title=Shradhanjali Samantaray appointed coach for U-16 girls football team|date=2014-08-14|work=dna|access-date=2017-06-11|language=en-US|archive-date=22 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622170646/https://www.dnaindia.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==International goals==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 12 June 2005 || [[Mỹ Đình National Stadium]], [[Hanoi]], [[Vietnam]] || {{fbw|GUM}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 10–0 || [[2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification|2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers]]
|}

==Honours==

'''Orissa'''
* [[Rajmata Jijabai Trophy]]: 2010–11,<ref>{{cite web |title=Orissa win maiden title in Senior Women NFC |url=https://orisports.com/NewsDetails.aspx?nId=MjcyOQ== |website=Orisports |date=18 May 2011 |access-date=22 November 2022 }}</ref> runner-up: 2001–02, 2009–10<ref name="ss" />
* [[National Games of India|National Games]] Gold medal: [[2011 National Games of India|2011]], Bronze medal: 2002<ref name="ss" />

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.the-aiff.com/coaches/profile/2017JAN166 Sradhanjali Samantaray] at AIFF

{{India squad 2003 AFC Women's Championship}}

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[[Category:1978 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Khordha district]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Odisha]]
[[Category:Footballers from Odisha]]
[[Category:Indian women's footballers]]
[[Category:India women's international footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games footballers for India]]
[[Category:Women's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Indian football coaches]]
[[Category:Indian women's football managers]]
[[Category:2003 AFC Women's Championship players]]

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