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Purnima Kumari

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Purnima Kumari
Personal information
Date of birth (2005-02-10) 10 February 2005 (age 20)
Place of birth Jambahar, Simdega, Jharkhand, India
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Sethu
Number 2
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Jharkhand
2021 Biratnagar Metropolitan City
2024– Sethu
International career‡
India U17
India U20
2025– India 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 February 2025

Purnima Kumari (born 10 February 2005)[1] is an Indian professional footballer from Jharkhand who plays as a defender for the Indian Women's League club Sethu and the India national football team. She has also represented Jharkhand in the senior national championships.

Early life and education

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Kumari is from Jambahar village, Thethaitanger block, Simdega district, Jharkhand.[2] Her father’s name Jeetu Manjhi and she has five sisters and a brother, Ranjit Manjhi, who is a daily wage worker. Her brother also runs a roadside cart to sell instant food. Her second eldest sister, Sanmait Kumari brought her up[3] after the death of her mother Chaiti Devi in 2006. She comes from a poor family and lives in a thatched hut. Since they do not have a TV at home, the family tried to watch her under–17 World Cup matches on a mobile phone, but bad network let them down. She learnt football playing with her brother during her childhood.[2][3]

She studied at Government Middle School, Jambahar and shifted to Ursuline Convent School in Simdega town from Class 6. In 2016, she joined a residential girls football training center in Hazaribag where she joined St. Columbus collegiate school.

Career

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Kumari represented India in the 7th FIFA U–17 Women’s World Cup 2022 at Odisha.[4][5] The Indian team played three matches against USA, Brazil and Morocco in Group A and lost all their matches.[6][7]

She took part in the School Games Federation of India games, Subroto Cup and in 2019 played the under–17 All India Federation Cup.[3] She also played in the under–17 SAFF Women's championship in Bhutan in 2019-2020, under–19 SAFF Women's championship in Bangladesh in 2021 and under–18 SAFF Women's championship in Jamshedpur in 2022.[3] She made her senior India debut against Jordan at the Al Hamriya Sports Club Stadium, Sharjah, UAE on 20 February 2025.[8]

In 2021, she played for the club Biratnagar Metropolitan City[9] in the 2021 season of the Nepal National Women's League.

Career statistics

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International

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As of 26 February 2025
International caps and goals
Year Caps Goals
2025 3 0
Total 3 0

References

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  1. ^ "AIFF Under 20 National Team - 2 Purnima Kumari". The AIFF. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  2. ^ a b "सिमडेगा की बेटी पहुंची फीफा वर्ल्ड कप, मैच देखने के लिए परिजन के पास नहीं है टीवी". Zee News Hindi (in Hindi). Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d "U-17 WC footballer Purnima's family battles acute poverty". The Times of India. 17 October 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  4. ^ "India's squad for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2022 announced". The Indian Express. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  5. ^ PTI (5 October 2022). "India announce 21-member squad for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  6. ^ "India at FIFA Women's U-17 World Cup: Meet the squad". ESPN. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  7. ^ "India U17 Scores, Stats and Highlights - ESPN (IN)". ESPN. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  8. ^ "Senior India women produce a dominant display to tame Jordan in Sharjah opener". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  9. ^ "Nepal fall to India in SAFF U-18 Women's Championship opener". the-anfa.com. ANFA. 15 March 2022. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
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