| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 March 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Sesa | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Indian Arrows | 6 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Modern Girls FC | ||
| 2022–2023 | Mata Rukmani FC | 7 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Garhwal United | 8 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Pink Panthers FC | ||
| 2024–2025 | Sribhumi | 2 | (0) |
| 2025 | Transport United | 1 | (0) |
| 2025– | Sesa | ||
| National team | |||
| 2022 | India U20 | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Anjana Thapa (born 4 March 2003) is an Indian professional footballer from Uttarakhand, who plays as a midfielder for the Indian Women's League club Sesa.[1][2] She has also represented India at the youth level internationally.
Early life and education[edit | edit source]
Thapa is from Galjiwada, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. She is the daughter of Man Bahadur Thapa, a vegetable seller.[3] Before joining Sreebhumi FC, she played for Pink Panthers FC, Garhwal United Football Club, Mata Rukmani FC (Girls), Modern Girls FC and Indian Arrows.[1] She started playing football at the local academy in Basantvihar, Dehradun and learnt her basics under her first coach Rahul Negi of Garhwal Heroes. She did her schooling at Gorkha memorial school and was a student of Gorkha Military Inter College, Dehradun.[3][4]
Career[edit | edit source]
Thapa was selected for the senior India camp in Goa in September 2024 under coach Santosh Kashyap.[5] Later, she was named among the probables for the senior India camp at Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh under chief coach Crispin Chettri, ahead of the Pink Ladies Cup in February 2025. But she could not make it to the final team.[6] In March 2022, she was included for the Under–17 camp at Jasmshedpur for the AFC Women's Champions 2022 and later under–20 camp at Jharkhand.[7][3] She played the 2022–2023 Senior Women's National Football Championship for Uttarakhand.
She played for Sreebhumi Football Club in the Indian Women's League 2024–2025.[8] Earlier, she played in the Delhi Women's League.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "AIFF - 4 Anjana Thapa". The AIFF. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ↑ Mylvahanan, Arjun (10 January 2025). "IWL 2024-25: Complete squad list of all the eight teams". thebridge.in. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 rajyasameeksha.com (26 June 2022). "देहरादून की अंजना का भारतीय फुटबॉल टीम में चयन, पिता लगाते हैं सब्जियों की ठेली". Rajya Sameeksha (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ↑ Majumdar, Rounak (13 December 2021). "The newest Thapa on the block". Enjogo Blog. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ↑ "Football: Former international player Santosh Kashyap appointed coach of Indian women's team". Scroll.in. 17 September 2024. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ↑ "Indian women's national team head coach Crispin Chettri names probables for Pink Ladies Cup in Dubai". Sportstar. 2 February 2025. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ↑ "देहरादून की अंजना ने फुटबॉल की नेशनल टीम मई बनायीं जगह". Hindustan (Hindi). 21 April 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ↑ "AIFF - IWL 2024-2025". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 23 February 2025.