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Sasmita Malik
It was love at first sight for Sasmita Malik – that too at the age of 11 -- she fell in love with the ‘Beautiful Game’. It all happened when she went with her father to watch a local tournament. And there was no looking back from there.
Her addiction for the game made her one of the most potent striker in the annals of Women’s Football in the country. So much so, that at the age of 22, Sasmita has been named as the Captain of the National Women’s Football Team which is slated to play Bahrain in a couple of International Friendlies later this month.
“Everyone dreams of leading the country. I am lucky in that sense. The matches are of utmost importance. We have to win them at any cost,” an elated Sasmita told <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.the-aiff.com"; onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">www.the-aiff.com</a><!-- w -->.
Sasmita, who with her deft feints can make any rival defender go the wrong way, was born in a small village called Aloha in the Kendrapara district in Orissa. “Football was my first love and I used to play a lot of local tournaments in Bhubaneswar,” she added.
“Orissa has a strong tradition in women’s football in the country and that helped. Later, I joined the Bhubaneswar Sports Hostel which laid the platform for me to join the National Side.”
Her first break came in 2004 when glimpses of her exceptional talent impressed all; Team India was then touring China.
Ask her about her favourite player and it’s not very hard to guess. “Bhaichung Bhutia and Lionel Messi,” she smiles. “One retired from International Football some weeks back while the other just visited Kolkata for an International Friendly. I was unlucky to miss the action at the Salt Lake. But there’s always a next time,” she adds.
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It was love at first sight for Sasmita Malik – that too at the age of 11 -- she fell in love with the ‘Beautiful Game’. It all happened when she went with her father to watch a local tournament. And there was no looking back from there.
Her addiction for the game made her one of the most potent striker in the annals of Women’s Football in the country. So much so, that at the age of 22, Sasmita has been named as the Captain of the National Women’s Football Team which is slated to play Bahrain in a couple of International Friendlies later this month.
“Everyone dreams of leading the country. I am lucky in that sense. The matches are of utmost importance. We have to win them at any cost,” an elated Sasmita told <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.the-aiff.com"; onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">www.the-aiff.com</a><!-- w -->.
Sasmita, who with her deft feints can make any rival defender go the wrong way, was born in a small village called Aloha in the Kendrapara district in Orissa. “Football was my first love and I used to play a lot of local tournaments in Bhubaneswar,” she added.
“Orissa has a strong tradition in women’s football in the country and that helped. Later, I joined the Bhubaneswar Sports Hostel which laid the platform for me to join the National Side.”
Her first break came in 2004 when glimpses of her exceptional talent impressed all; Team India was then touring China.
Ask her about her favourite player and it’s not very hard to guess. “Bhaichung Bhutia and Lionel Messi,” she smiles. “One retired from International Football some weeks back while the other just visited Kolkata for an International Friendly. I was unlucky to miss the action at the Salt Lake. But there’s always a next time,” she adds.
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Comments
<br><div><br></div><div>I would love to meet her. Hopefully more people do as well. Ex-captain and All-Star! If the Women's World Cup was around back in the 70s and 80s we would have made it every year.</div>
<br><div><br></div><div>Yep, the 70s were groovy times indeed.
India chould be in the next round of AFC U-19 Women’s Championship 2013 - Qualifiers with a victory for the Uzbeks against Bangladesh on monday with out playing any more games where they will join Thailand and Vietnam. The eight teams will be divided into twogroups of four and play a round-robin league in a centralised format with the top two teams meeting in a play-off to determine who advances to next year's AFC U-19 Women's Championship. btw india play UZBEKISTAN on 24 nov. by then we chould be in the round 2 of qualificationg
Speaking of Women's football, whatever happened to that planned football league for Women?
> Arsenalkid700 said:
> Speaking of Women's football, whatever happened to that planned football league for Women?