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	\| birth_date = {{Birth year and age\|1955}}<ref name=BYA>{{cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/the-turf-has-changed-but-the-flashes-of-brilliance-continue/articleshow/58438759.cms\|title=The turf has changed, but the flashes of brilliance continue\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|date=30 April 2017}}</ref>		\| birth_date = {{Birth year and age\|1955}}<ref name=BYA>{{cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/the-turf-has-changed-but-the-flashes-of-brilliance-continue/articleshow/58438759.cms\|title=The turf has changed, but the flashes of brilliance continue\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|date=30 April 2017}}</ref>
	\| birth_place = [[Calangute]], [[Goa]], [[Portuguese India]] (now India)		\| birth_place = [[Calangute]], [[Goa]], [[Portuguese India]] (now India)
	\| position = [[Forward (association football)#Centre-forward\|Centre-forward]]<ref name="STP_HatTrickQueen">{{Cite web \|title=Who Is Yolanda D'Souza: The 'Hat-trick Queen' Of Indian Football \|url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/womens-firsts/who-is-yolanda-dsouza-hat-trick-queen-4362572 \|website=SheThePeople \|date=28 September 2024}}</ref><ref name="NewsClick_Portrait">{{Cite web \|title=Heart and Hat-tricks: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Footballer \|url=https://www.newsclick.in/heart-and-hat-tricks-portrait-artist-young-footballer-indian-womens-football-history-special-series \|website=NewsClick \|date=25 December 2022}}</ref>		\| position = [[Forward (association football)#Centre-forward\|Centre-forward]]<ref name="STP_HatTrickQueen">{{Cite web \|title=Who Is Yolanda D'Souza: The 'Hat-trick Queen' Of Indian Football \|url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/womens-firsts/who-is-yolanda-dsouza-hat-trick-queen-4362572 \|website=SheThePeople \|date=28 September 2024 \|access-date=2 October 2026}}</ref><ref name="NewsClick_Portrait">{{Cite web \|title=Heart and Hat-tricks: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Footballer \|url=https://www.newsclick.in/heart-and-hat-tricks-portrait-artist-young-footballer-indian-womens-football-history-special-series \|website=NewsClick \|date=25 December 2022 \|access-date=2 October 2026}}</ref>
	~~\| youthyears1 =~~		\| youthclubs1 = Calangute Women's FC<ref name="TOI_Magic">{{Cite web \|title=Turning on the magic \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/turning-on-the-magic/articleshow/61519231.cms \|website=The Times of India \|date=5 November 2017 \|access-date=2 October 2026}}</ref>
	\| youthclubs1 = Calangute ~~Women’s~~ FC<ref name="TOI_Magic">{{Cite web \|title=Turning on the magic \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/turning-on-the-magic/articleshow/61519231.cms \|website=The Times of India \|date=5 November 2017}}</ref>
	\| years1 = 1975–1979		\| years1 = 1975–1979
	\| clubs1 = Calcutta Women's FC<ref name="TOI_Magic"/>		\| clubs1 = Calcutta Women's FC<ref name="TOI_Magic"/>
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	\| nationalyears1 = 1976–1981		\| nationalyears1 = 1976–1981
	\| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national football team\|India]]		\| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national football team\|India]]
	~~\| nationalcaps1 =~~
	~~\| nationalgoals1 =~~
	}}		}}

	'''Yolanda de Sousa Kammermeier''' (born 1955)<ref name=BYA/> is an Indian former [[association football\|footballer]] and artist, who played as a [[Forward (association football)#Centre-forward\|centre-forward]] for the [[India women's national football team\|Indian national team]].<ref name="STP_HatTrickQueen"/><ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/> She ~~was the captain of~~ the Indian team that finished as runners-up in the [[1980 AFC Women's Championship]].<ref name="BS_Trailblazers">{{Cite web \|title=Trailblazers go down memory lane as India hosts AFC Women's Asian Cup \|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/sports/trailblazers-go-down-memory-lane-as-india-hosts-afc-women-s-asian-cup-122011400015_1.html \|website=Business Standard \|date=14 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/>		'''Yolanda de Sousa Kammermeier''' (born 1955)<ref name=BYA/> is an Indian former [[association football\|footballer]] and artist who played as a [[Forward (association football)#Centre-forward\|centre-forward]] for the [[India women's national football team\|Indian national team]].<ref name="STP_HatTrickQueen"/><ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/> She captained the Indian team that finished as runners-up at the [[1980 AFC Women's Championship]].<ref name="BS_Trailblazers">{{Cite web \|title=Trailblazers go down memory lane as India hosts AFC Women's Asian Cup \|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/sports/trailblazers-go-down-memory-lane-as-india-hosts-afc-women-s-asian-cup-122011400015_1.html \|website=Business Standard \|date=14 January 2022 \|access-date=2 October 2026}}</ref><ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/>

	De Sousa is widely known ~~for being~~ the first Indian woman to score an international [[hat-trick]]~~.<ref name="STP_HatTrickQueen"/> She~~ achieved ~~this feat~~ in 1978 during a tournament in Calcutta against Singapore.<ref name="STP_HatTrickQueen"/><ref name="BS_Trailblazers~~"/> She is nicknamed the "Hat-trick Queen" for this accomplishment.<ref name="STP_HatTrickQueen~~"/>		De Sousa is widely known as the first Indian woman to score an international [[hat-trick]], a feat she achieved in 1978 during a tournament in Calcutta against Singapore, earning her the nickname "Hat-trick Queen".<ref name="STP_HatTrickQueen"/><ref name="BS_Trailblazers"/>

	==Football ~~career~~==		== Early life ==
			De Sousa is from [[Calangute]] in [[Goa]].<ref name="TOI_Magic"/> She grew up with seven sisters and one brother in a family that strongly supported her playing football; her brother would wake her for practice, prepare her kit, and attend her matches.<ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/> She played hockey before taking up football, and began her playing career with the Calangute Women's Football Club.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=16 January 2023 \|title=With hockey as an excuse, veterans meet on pitch to relive old memories \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/with-hockey-as-an-excuse-veterans-meet-on-pitch-to-relive-old-memories/articleshow/97012785.cms \|access-date=11 November 2025 \|work=The Times of India \|issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref name="TOI_Magic"/>

	==~~=Domestic~~ career===		== Football career ==
	De Sousa is from [[Calangute]] in [[Goa]].<ref name="TOI_Magic"/> She grew up with seven sisters and one brother, and her family was very supportive of her playing football.<ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/> Her brother, in particular, would wake her for practice, prepare her football kit, and attend her matches.<ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/> She began her career playing for the Calangute Women's Football Club.<ref name="TOI_Magic"/>

	In 1975, ~~she~~ moved to [[Calcutta]] (now Kolkata) and joined the Calcutta Women's Football Club (CWFC).<ref name="TOI_Magic"/><ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/> With CWFC, she won the Stafford Challenge Cup in 1976, ~~where her team defeated~~ a club from Pune in the final.<ref name="TOI_Magic"/><ref name="STP_HatTrickQueen"/>		=== Domestic career ===
			In 1975, de Sousa moved to Calcutta (now Kolkata) and joined the Calcutta Women's Football Club (CWFC).<ref name="TOI_Magic"/><ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/> With CWFC, she won the Stafford Challenge Cup in 1976, defeating a club from Pune in the final.<ref name="TOI_Magic"/><ref name="STP_HatTrickQueen"/>

	She also represented the state teams of [[Goa women's football team\|Goa]] and [[West Bengal women's football team\|Bengal]] ~~in domestic competitions.<ref name="STP_HatTrickQueen"/> She captained the Goan team~~ to their first victory in the women's national championships.<ref name="TOI_Magic"/><ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/>		She also represented the state teams of [[Goa women's football team\|Goa]] and [[West Bengal women's football team\|Bengal]], captaining Goa to their first victory in the women's national championships.<ref name="STP_HatTrickQueen"/><ref name="TOI_Magic"/><ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/>

	===International career===		=== International career ===
	De Sousa ~~played as a centre-forward for~~ the [[India women's national football team\|Indian national team]] ~~and served~~ as ~~its captain~~.<ref name="TOI_Magic"/><ref name="BS_Trailblazers"/>		De Sousa captained the [[India women's national football team\|Indian national team]] as a centre-forward.<ref name="TOI_Magic"/><ref name="BS_Trailblazers"/> In 1978, playing in the Women's International Football Tournament in Calcutta, described as an unofficial Asian Cup, she scored the first international hat-trick by an Indian woman, against Singapore.<ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/><ref name="STP_HatTrickQueen"/><ref name="BS_Trailblazers"/>

	~~In 1978, she participated in~~ the Women's ~~International Football Tournament~~ in ~~Calcutta, which has been described as an unofficial Asian Cup.<ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/> During this tournament, she scored the first-ever international~~ [[~~hat-trick~~]] ~~by an Indian woman~~, ~~in a match against Singapore~~.<ref name="~~STP_HatTrickQueen~~"/><ref name="BS_Trailblazers"/>		She later captained India at the [[1980 AFC Women's Championship]] in [[Kozhikode\|Calicut]], where the team finished as runners-up; de Sousa was the tournament's joint top scorer.<ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/><ref name="BS_Trailblazers"/>

	De Sousa ~~later captained the Indian team at~~ the [[~~1980 AFC Women's Championship]] in [[Kozhikode\|Calicut~~]].<ref name="~~NewsClick_Portrait~~"/><ref name="~~BS_Trailblazers~~"/> ~~India finished~~ the ~~tournament as runners-up, earning a silver medal~~.<ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/> ~~De Sousa was the joint top~~-~~scorer~~ of ~~the tournament~~.<ref name="~~NewsClick_Portrait~~"/>		== Personal life and art career ==
			De Sousa retired from football in 1979 and was subsequently employed by the [[Sports Authority of Goa]].<ref name="TOI_Magic"/><ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/> She is also a professional artist, working under her married name, Yolanda de Sousa Kammermeier, and runs the art gallery Galeria de Belas Artes at Castelo Vermelho in Calangute.<ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Art Chamber, Panjim, India - Reviews, Ratings, Tips and Why You Should Go \|url=https://wanderlog.com/place/details/9282965/art-chamber \|access-date=3 March 2026 \|website=Wanderlog \|language=en}}</ref> As of 2017, she resided in her hometown of Calangute with her husband, Mahendra.<ref name="TOI_Magic"/>

	==~~Personal life and art career~~==		== Honours ==
	De Sousa retired from football in 1979.<ref name="TOI_Magic"/><ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/> Following her playing career, she was employed by the [[Sports Authority of Goa]] (SAG).<ref name="TOI_Magic"/><ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/>		;Calcutta Women's FC
			* Stafford Challenge Cup: 1976

	~~She is also a professional artist and is known by her married name, Yolanda de Sousa Kammermeier.<ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/> As of 2017, she resides in her hometown of~~ [[~~Calangute~~]]~~, Goa.<ref name="TOI_Magic"/> Her husband is named Mahendra.<ref name="TOI_Magic"/>~~		;India
			* [[1980 AFC Women's Championship]] runner-up: 1980

	~~De Sousa played hockey before she played football.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2023-01-16 \|title=With hockey as an excuse~~, veterans meet on pitch to relive old memories \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/with-hockey-as-an-excuse-veterans-meet-on-pitch-to-relive-old-memories/articleshow/97012785.cms \|access-date=2025-11-11 \|work=The Times of India \|issn=0971-8257}}</ref>		;Individual
			* Joint top scorer, 1980 AFC Women's Championship

	She runs the art gallery, Galeria de Belas Artes at Castelo Vermelho in Calangute, Goa.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Art Chamber, Panjim, India - Reviews, Ratings, Tips and Why You Should Go \|url=https://wanderlog.com/place/details/9282965/art-chamber \|access-date=2026-03-03 \|website=Wanderlog \|language=en}}</ref>		== Career statistics ==

	==Career statistics==
	=== International goals ===		=== International goals ===
	:''Scores and results list India's goal tally first.''		:''Scores and results list India's goal tally first.''
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	! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Result !! Competition		! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Result !! Competition
	\|-		\|-
	\| 1. \|\| 12 January 1980 \|\| [[Kozhikode Corporation EMS Stadium\|Calicut EMS Stadium]], [[Calicut]], [[India]] \|\| {{fbw\|HKG\|1959}} \|\| align=center\| 2–0 \|\| [[1980 AFC Women's Championship]]		\| 1. \|\| 12 January 1980 \|\| [[Kozhikode Corporation EMS Stadium\|Calicut EMS Stadium]], [[Calicut]], India \|\| {{fbw\|HKG\|1959}} \|\| align=center\| 2–0 \|\| [[1980 AFC Women's Championship]]
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2. \|\| 19 January 1980 \|\| [[Kozhikode Corporation EMS Stadium\|Calicut EMS Stadium]], [[Calicut]], [[India]] \|\| {{fbw\|HKG\|1959}} \|\| align=center\| 3–1 \|\| [[1980 AFC Women's Championship]]		\| 2. \|\| 19 January 1980 \|\| [[Kozhikode Corporation EMS Stadium\|Calicut EMS Stadium]], [[Calicut]], India \|\| {{fbw\|HKG\|1959}} \|\| align=center\| 3–1 \|\| [[1980 AFC Women's Championship]]
	\|}		\|}

	==References==		== See also ==
			* [[India women's national football team]]
			* [[Women's football in India]]

			== References ==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}

	==External links==		== External links ==
	* {{Official website\|http://yolandasousa.com/}}		* {{Official website\|http://yolandasousa.com/}}

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{{Short description|Indian footballer and artist}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Yolanda de Sousa
| fullname = Yolanda de Sousa Kammermeier
| image = Yolanda de Sousa.jpg
| caption= de Sousa in 2025
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1955}}<ref name=BYA>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/the-turf-has-changed-but-the-flashes-of-brilliance-continue/articleshow/58438759.cms|title=The turf has changed, but the flashes of brilliance continue|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=30 April 2017}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Calangute]], [[Goa]], [[Portuguese India]] (now India)
| position = [[Forward (association football)#Centre-forward|Centre-forward]]<ref name="STP_HatTrickQueen">{{Cite web |title=Who Is Yolanda D'Souza: The 'Hat-trick Queen' Of Indian Football |url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/womens-firsts/who-is-yolanda-dsouza-hat-trick-queen-4362572 |website=SheThePeople |date=28 September 2024}}</ref><ref name="NewsClick_Portrait">{{Cite web |title=Heart and Hat-tricks: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Footballer |url=https://www.newsclick.in/heart-and-hat-tricks-portrait-artist-young-footballer-indian-womens-football-history-special-series |website=NewsClick |date=25 December 2022}}</ref>
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Calangute Women’s FC<ref name="TOI_Magic">{{Cite web |title=Turning on the magic |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/turning-on-the-magic/articleshow/61519231.cms |website=The Times of India |date=5 November 2017}}</ref>
| years1 = 1975–1979
| clubs1 = Calcutta Women's FC<ref name="TOI_Magic"/>
| clubs2 = [[Goa women's football team|Goa]]
| clubs3 = [[West Bengal women's football team|Bengal]]<ref name="STP_HatTrickQueen"/>
| nationalyears1 = 1976–1981
| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
}}

'''Yolanda de Sousa Kammermeier''' (born 1955)<ref name=BYA/> is an Indian former [[association football|footballer]] and artist, who played as a [[Forward (association football)#Centre-forward|centre-forward]] for the [[India women's national football team|Indian national team]].<ref name="STP_HatTrickQueen"/><ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/> She was the captain of the Indian team that finished as runners-up in the [[1980 AFC Women's Championship]].<ref name="BS_Trailblazers">{{Cite web |title=Trailblazers go down memory lane as India hosts AFC Women's Asian Cup |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/sports/trailblazers-go-down-memory-lane-as-india-hosts-afc-women-s-asian-cup-122011400015_1.html |website=Business Standard |date=14 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/>

De Sousa is widely known for being the first Indian woman to score an international [[hat-trick]].<ref name="STP_HatTrickQueen"/> She achieved this feat in 1978 during a tournament in Calcutta against Singapore.<ref name="STP_HatTrickQueen"/><ref name="BS_Trailblazers"/> She is nicknamed the "Hat-trick Queen" for this accomplishment.<ref name="STP_HatTrickQueen"/>

==Football career==

===Domestic career===
De Sousa is from [[Calangute]] in [[Goa]].<ref name="TOI_Magic"/> She grew up with seven sisters and one brother, and her family was very supportive of her playing football.<ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/> Her brother, in particular, would wake her for practice, prepare her football kit, and attend her matches.<ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/> She began her career playing for the Calangute Women's Football Club.<ref name="TOI_Magic"/>

In 1975, she moved to [[Calcutta]] (now Kolkata) and joined the Calcutta Women's Football Club (CWFC).<ref name="TOI_Magic"/><ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/> With CWFC, she won the Stafford Challenge Cup in 1976, where her team defeated a club from Pune in the final.<ref name="TOI_Magic"/><ref name="STP_HatTrickQueen"/>

She also represented the state teams of [[Goa women's football team|Goa]] and [[West Bengal women's football team|Bengal]] in domestic competitions.<ref name="STP_HatTrickQueen"/> She captained the Goan team to their first victory in the women's national championships.<ref name="TOI_Magic"/><ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/>

===International career===
De Sousa played as a centre-forward for the [[India women's national football team|Indian national team]] and served as its captain.<ref name="TOI_Magic"/><ref name="BS_Trailblazers"/>

In 1978, she participated in the Women's International Football Tournament in Calcutta, which has been described as an unofficial Asian Cup.<ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/> During this tournament, she scored the first-ever international [[hat-trick]] by an Indian woman, in a match against Singapore.<ref name="STP_HatTrickQueen"/><ref name="BS_Trailblazers"/>

De Sousa later captained the Indian team at the [[1980 AFC Women's Championship]] in [[Kozhikode|Calicut]].<ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/><ref name="BS_Trailblazers"/> India finished the tournament as runners-up, earning a silver medal.<ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/> De Sousa was the joint top-scorer of the tournament.<ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/>

==Personal life and art career==
De Sousa retired from football in 1979.<ref name="TOI_Magic"/><ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/> Following her playing career, she was employed by the [[Sports Authority of Goa]] (SAG).<ref name="TOI_Magic"/><ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/>

She is also a professional artist and is known by her married name, Yolanda de Sousa Kammermeier.<ref name="NewsClick_Portrait"/> As of 2017, she resides in her hometown of [[Calangute]], Goa.<ref name="TOI_Magic"/> Her husband is named Mahendra.<ref name="TOI_Magic"/>

De Sousa played hockey before she played football.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-16 |title=With hockey as an excuse, veterans meet on pitch to relive old memories |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/with-hockey-as-an-excuse-veterans-meet-on-pitch-to-relive-old-memories/articleshow/97012785.cms |access-date=2025-11-11 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

She runs the art gallery, Galeria de Belas Artes at Castelo Vermelho in Calangute, Goa.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Art Chamber, Panjim, India - Reviews, Ratings, Tips and Why You Should Go |url=https://wanderlog.com/place/details/9282965/art-chamber |access-date=2026-03-03 |website=Wanderlog |language=en}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
=== International goals ===
:''Scores and results list India's goal tally first.''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+List of international goals scored by Yolanda de Sousa
! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 12 January 1980 || [[Kozhikode Corporation EMS Stadium|Calicut EMS Stadium]], [[Calicut]], [[India]] || {{fbw|HKG|1959}} || align=center| 2–0 || [[1980 AFC Women's Championship]]
|-
| 2. || 19 January 1980 || [[Kozhikode Corporation EMS Stadium|Calicut EMS Stadium]], [[Calicut]], [[India]] || {{fbw|HKG|1959}} || align=center| 3–1 || [[1980 AFC Women's Championship]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://yolandasousa.com/}}

{{India squad 1980 AFC Women's Championship}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:de Sousa, Yolanda}}
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