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{{short description|Indian footballer (born 1992)}}
{{Meitei name|Yumnam|Kamala|Devi}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox football biography
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| fullname = Yumnam Kamala Devi
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|3|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Thoubal]], [[Manipur]], India
| height = {{height|m=1.57}}
| position = [[Midfielder]], [[Striker (association football)|striker]]
| currentclub = [[Eastern Sporting Union]]
| clubnumber = 9
| youthyears1 = 2004–2009
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 2013–2018
| clubs1 = Railways
| caps1 = 32
| goals1 = 43
| years2 = 2017–2019
| clubs2 = [[Eastern Sporting Union]]
| caps2 = 10
| goals2 = 15
| years3 = 2019
| caps3 = 5
| clubs3 = [[FC Kolhapur City|Kolhapur City]]
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2020
| clubs4 = [[Gokulam Kerala FC (women)|Gokulam Kerala]]
| caps4 = 5
| goals4 = 6
| years5 = 2022
| clubs5 = East Coast Railway
| caps5 = 10
| goals5 = 22
| years6 = 2023–
| clubs6 = [[Eastern Sporting Union]]
| caps6 =
| goals6 =
| nationalyears1 = 2010–2021
| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps1 = 51
| nationalgoals1 = 33
| club-update = 4 February 2020
| nationalteam-update = 2 December 2021
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'''Yumnam Kamala Devi''' (born 4 March 1992) is an Indian professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[midfielder]] and an occasional [[Striker (association football)|striker]] for the [[India women's national football team|Indian team]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Manipur's Football Culture has inspired me: Kamala Devi |url= http://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=4960 |website= the-aiff.com |date= 18 May 2013 |access-date= 1 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5119300&lang=en|title=Yumnam Kamala Devi|access-date=15 September 2014|work=www.incheon2014ag.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006171439/http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5119300&lang=en|archive-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> She currently plays for [[Eastern Sporting Union]] in the [[Indian Women's League]].

==Career==
===International career===
Kamala Devi was a part of the [[India women's national football team|Indian team]] that won the [[SAFF Women's Championship'|SAFF Championships, 2010 And' SAG]] South Asian games in [[2010 SAFF Women's Championship|2010]], [[2012 SAFF Women's Championship|2012]] and [[2014 SAFF Women's Championship|2014]]. At the 2012 tournament, she was awarded the Best Player of the Final. She finished the tournament scoring seven goals, also scoring in the final against [[Nepal women's national football team|Nepal]], in the 83rd minute.
At the [[2014 Asian Games]], she scored five goals in [[Football at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's tournament#Group A|India's first match]] against [[Maldives women's national football team|Maldives]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/FB/Result?RSC=FBW400A02&lang=en|title=Football Women's First Round Group A Match Results India vs Maldives|accessdate=15 September 2014|work=www.incheon2014ag.org}}</ref> She scored five goals and was the top-scorer at the [[2016 South Asian Games]]. It included a brace in the [[Football at the 2016 South Asian Games – Women's tournament#Gold medal match|final]] against Nepal that helped her win the gold medal.<ref>{{cite web|title=SAG: Kamala Devi stars in India's title triumph|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/south-asian-games-kamala-devi-stars-in-indias-title-triumph/article8241390.ece|work=The Hindu|accessdate=18 February 2017|date=15 February 2016}}</ref> SAFF Women's Championship 2016. Four Time SAFF -Winners' 2010,2012,2014,2016.Two Time SAG 2010,2016. ONE Time Asian games Participate'2014.

=== Club career ===
In 2016, Devi was signed by [[Eastern Sporting Union]] to play in the [[2016–17 Indian Women's League season|inaugural season]] of the [[Indian Women's League]]. She helped her team win the League scoring 15 goals in 10 games and was the joint top-scorer alongside [[Sanju Yadav]]. 12 of those goals came in the [[2016–17 Indian Women's League final round|final round]]. It included a brace in the final against Rising Student.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=7880|title=EASTERN SPORTING UNION CROWNED CHAMPIONS OF INDIAN WOMEN'S LEAGUE|date=14 February 2017|work=[[All India Football Federation]]|accessdate=18 February 2017}}</ref>

Devi also plays for Railways in various competitions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indian-womens-football-team-eyeing-last-8-finish-in-asian-games/485858-5-23.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718141337/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indian-womens-football-team-eyeing-last-8-finish-in-asian-games/485858-5-23.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 July 2014|title=Indian women's football team eyeing last 8 finish in Asian Games|date=14 July 2014|publisher=ibnlive.com|accessdate=1 October 2014}}</ref>

Devi was awarded [[All India Football Federation|AIFF]] 2017 Woman Footballer of the Year on July 23, 2018.

== Career statistics ==
===International===
{{Updated|2018}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="3" |International caps and goals
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!Year
!Caps
!Goals
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|2010
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|2012
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|2012
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|2013
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|2014
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|2015
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|2016
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|2017
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|2018
|3
|3
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!Total
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|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+List of international goals scored by Yumnam Kamala Devi
! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 7 September 2012 || rowspan=7| [[CR & FC Grounds]], [[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka]] || {{fbw|BAN}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 3–0 || rowspan=7| [[2012 SAFF Women's Championship]]
|-
| 2. || rowspan=2| 11 September 2012 || rowspan=2| {{fbw|BHU}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 11–0
|-
| 3. || align=center|'''4'''–0
|-
| 4. || rowspan=3| 14 September 2012 || rowspan=3| {{fbw|AFG}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || rowspan=3 align=center| 11–0
|-
| 5. || align=center|'''5'''–0
|-
| 6. || align=center|'''11'''–0
|-
| 7. || 16 September 2012 || {{fbw|NEP}} || align=center|'''3'''–1 || align=center| 3–1
|-
| 8. || rowspan=5| 14 September 2014 || rowspan=5| [[Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field]], [[Incheon]], [[South Korea]] || rowspan=5| {{fbw|MDV}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || rowspan=5 align=center| 15–0 || rowspan=5| [[Football at the 2014 Asian Games - Women's tournament|2014 Asian Games]]
|-
| 9. || align=center|'''5'''–0
|-
| 10. || align=center|'''7'''–0
|-
| 11. || align=center|'''9'''–0
|-
| 12. || align=center|'''12'''–0
|-
| 13. || rowspan=2| 13 November 2014 || rowspan=4| [[Jinnah Sports Stadium]], [[Islamabad]], [[Pakistan]] || rowspan=2| {{fbw|MDV}} || align=center|'''3'''–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 8–0 || rowspan=4| [[2014 SAFF Women's Championship]]
|-
| 14. || align=center|'''7'''–0
|-
| 15. || 19 November 2014 || {{fbw|SRI}} || align=center|'''5'''–0 || align=center| 5–0
|-
| 16. || 21 November 2014 || {{fbw|NEP}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 6–0
|-
| 17. || 13 March 2015 || [[Mandalarthiri Stadium]], [[Mandalay]], [[Myanmar]] || {{fbw|SRI}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 4–0 || [[2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament]]
|-
| 18. || rowspan=2| 27 December 2016 || rowspan=3| [[Kanchenjunga Stadium]], [[Siliguri]], [[India]] || rowspan=2| {{fbw|AFG}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 5–1 || rowspan=3| [[2016 SAFF Women's Championship]]
|-
| 19. || align=center|'''3'''–0
|-
| 20. || 2 January 2017 || {{fbw|NEP}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 3–1
|-
| 21. || 9 February 2016 || rowspan=5| [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Shillong)|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], [[Shillong]], India || {{fbw|SRI}} || align=center|'''4'''–0 || align=center| 5–0 || rowspan=5| [[Football at the 2016 South Asian Games - Women's tournament|2016 South Asian Games]]
|-
| 22. || rowspan=2| 13 February 2016 || rowspan=2| {{fbw|BAN}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 5–1
|-
| 23. || align=center|'''3'''–0
|-
| 24. || rowspan=2| 15 February 2016 || rowspan=2| {{fbw|NEP}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 4–0
|-
| 25. || align=center|'''2'''–0
|-
| 26. || 8 November 2018 || rowspan=3| [[Thuwunna Stadium]], [[Yangon]], [[Myanmar]] || {{fbw|NEP}} || align=center|'''1'''–1 || align=center| 1–1 || rowspan=5| [[2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament]]
|-
| 27. || rowspan=2| 11 November 2018 || rowspan=2| {{fbw|BAN}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 7–1
|-
| 28. || align=center|'''4'''–0
|-
|}

== Honours ==

'''India'''
* [[SAFF Championship]]: [[2010 SAFF Women's Championship|2010]], [[2012 SAFF Women's Championship|2012]], [[2014 SAFF Women's Championship|2014]], [[2016 SAFF Women's Championship|2016]]
* [[Football at the South Asian Games|South Asian Games]] Gold medal: [[Football at the 2010 South Asian Games – Women's tournament|2010]], [[Football at the 2016 South Asian Games – Women's tournament|2016]]

'''Eastern Sporting Union'''
* [[Indian Women's League]]: [[2016–17 Indian Women's League season|2016–17]]

'''Gokulam Kerala'''
* [[Indian Women's League]]: [[2019–20 Indian Women's League season|2019–20]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Gokulam Kerala crowned champion of IWL 2020 - As it happened |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/gokulam-kerala-vs-kryphsa-live-iwl-indian-womens-league-sabitra-bhandari-anju-tamang-ratanbala-kamala-devi-karishma-manisha-grace-football/article30813472.ece |website=Sportstar |date=13 February 2020 }}</ref>

'''Railways'''
* [[Senior Women's National Football Championship]]: [[2015–16 Senior Women's National Football Championship|2015–16]]

'''Manipur'''
* [[Senior Women's National Football Championship]]: 2008–09<ref>{{cite web |title=Manipur's monopoly continues |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/magazine/manipurs-monopoly-continues/article29705909.ece |website=Sportstar |date=28 March 2009 |access-date=30 August 2022 }}</ref>

'''Individual'''
* Indian Women's League Top Scorer: [[2016–17 Indian Women's League season|2016–17]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Eastern Sporting Union win inaugural Indian Women's League|url=http://www.espn.in/football/india/story/3060461/eastern-sporting-union-win-inaugural-indian-womens-league|work=ESPN|publisher=espn.in|accessdate=15 February 2017|date=14 February 2017}}</ref>
* AIFF Women's Footballer of the Year, 2017
* Top Scorer, [[2016 South Asian Games|South Asian Games]], 2016- 5 Goals
* Most Valuable Player of the Final, SAFF WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP, 2012.
* Top Scorer, 12 Goals, IWL, 2017
* Best Player, SENIOR WOMEN'S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, 2016.
* Top Scorer 16 Goals, U-17, NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, 2006.

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/57621 Yumnam Kamala Devi] at All India Football Federation
* {{GSA player|kamala-devi/51335}}
* [http://www.eurosport.com/football/kamala-devi-yumnam_prs403720/person.shtml Yumnam Kamala Devi] at eurosport.com

{{India squad 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup}}

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[[Category:Women's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:India women's international footballers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games]]
[[Category:1992 births]]
[[Category:Indian women's footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers from Manipur]]
[[Category:People from Thoubal district]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Manipur]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian people]]
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]
[[Category:South Asian Games gold medalists for India]]
[[Category:South Asian Games medalists in football]]
[[Category:Eastern Sporting Union players]]
[[Category:Gokulam Kerala FC Women players]]
[[Category:Indian Women's League players]]

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