Sabitra Bhandari (Nepali: साबित्रा भण्डारी), popularly known as Samba,[1][2] is a Nepali professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Nepal women's national football team. She is the highest goal scorer in Nepali women's football with 45 goals.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sabitra Bhandari | ||
Date of birth | (1996-05-02) 2 May 1996 (age 26) | ||
Place of birth | Simpani, Lamjung, Nepal | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Gokulam Kerala FC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2019 | APF Club | ||
2019 | Sethu FC | 7 | (15) |
2020–2022 | Gokulam Kerala | ||
National team‡ | |||
2014– | Nepal | 39 | (40) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 February 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 06 September 2022 |
At club level, Bhandari plays for APF Club.[3] she became the best women striker of south Asia at the age of 20. In February 2017 she was invited to play the Maldives women's league.[citation needed]
She joined Indian Women's League side Sethu FC for the 2018-19 Indian Women's League season.[4][5][6] In her debut match she scored 4 goals for the club against Manipur Police Sports Club on 6 May 2019. She also awarded with women of the match in her first match with Sethu FC.[citation needed]
Bhandari represents Nepal at the international level. She participates and scores one goal against Bhutan at the 2014 SAFF Women's Championship. She represented the country during the 2016 South Asian Games, she scored two goals against Sri Lanka.[7] She scored the only goal in a friendly victory against Malaysia on 17 December 2016.[8]
Bhandari then played in Nepal's first match of the 2016 SAFF Women's Championship against Bhutan. She scored six goals as Nepal won 8–0 to open the tournament and scored 5 goals against Maldives in the 2nd group match.[9]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competititon |
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1. | 12 November 2014 | Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad, Pakistan | ![]() | 8–0 | 8–0 | 2014 SAFF Women's Championship |
2. | 13 February 2016 | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Shillong), Shillong, India | ![]() | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2016 South Asian Games |
3. | 3–0 | |||||
4. | 26 December 2016 | Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri, India | ![]() | 1–0 | 8–0 | 2016 SAFF Women's Championship |
5. | 2–0 | |||||
6. | 3–0 | |||||
7. | 5–0 | |||||
8. | 6–0 | |||||
9. | 7–0 | |||||
10. | 28 December 2016 | ![]() | 1–0 | 9–0 | ||
11. | 2–0 | |||||
12. | 3–0 | |||||
13. | 4–0 | |||||
14. | 6–0 | |||||
15. | 2 January 2017 | ![]() | 1–2 | 1–3 | ||
16. | 11 November 2018 | Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
17. | 11 February 2019 | Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, India | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2019 Women's Gold Cup |
18. | 2–0 | |||||
19. | 13 February 2019 | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–0 | ||
20. | 3–0 | |||||
21. | 9 April 2019 | Bahtoo Stadium, Mandalay, Myanmar | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
22. | 2–1 | |||||
23. | 12 March 2019 | Sahid Rangsala, Biratnagar, Nepal | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2019 SAFF Women's Championship |
24. | 16 March 2019 | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–0 | ||
25. | 20 March 2019 | ![]() | 3–0 | 4–0 | ||
26. | 22 March 2019 | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–3 | ||
27. | 5 December 2019 | Pokhara Rangasala, Pokhara, Nepal | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2019 South Asian Games |
28. | 2–0 | |||||
29. | 3–0 | |||||
30. | 8 December 2019 | Central Stadium Karakol, Kyrgyzstan | ![]() | 1–0 | 8–2 | Friendly |
31. | 2–0 | |||||
32. | 6–2 | |||||
33. | 7–2 | |||||
34. | 6 September 2022 | Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal | ![]() | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2022 SAFF Women's Championship |
35. | 2–0 | |||||
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