Grace Dangmei

Grace Dangmei (born 5 February 1996) is an Indian footballer, who plays as a forward for the India Women's National Football Team.[1] She was part of the team at the 2014 Asian Games[2] and at the 2016 South Asian Games where she scored two goals against Sri Lanka.[3][4] During the 2016 SAFF Women's Championship, she scored a goal in the first half of the final, helping India clinch its fourth consecutive title at the tournament.[5][6] During the 2018 Indian Women's League she was awarded as Emerging Player Award.

Grace Dangmei
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-02-05) 5 February 1996[1]
Place of birth Manipur
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Sethu FC
Number 11
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016-18 KRYPHSA 9 (8)
2019 Sethu FC 7 (8)
National team‡
2014 India U19 3 (1)
2013– India 39 (13)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 May 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 April 2019 After Myanmar match of 2020 Olympic Qualifiers

Early life

Grace Dangmei was born to Simon Dangmei and Rita Dangmei and belongs to Rongmei Tribe from Dimdailong Village, Kangvai Sub-Division, Churachandpur District, Manipur.

Career

International career

Grace played her debut international match in AFC Qualifiers on 2013.Then she becomes regular members of women's national team.

Club career

Dangmei played the inaugural edition of Indian Women's League with Kryphsa F.C. and also 2nd edition. She joined Sethu FC in 2019 for 3rd edition of IWL. She scored a brace in her first match with Sethu FC against Manipur Police Sports Club on 6 May 2019.

Career statistics
As of 10 April 2019
International caps and goals
Years Caps Goals
2013 2 0
2014 0 0
2015 2 0
2016 7 3
2017 7 1
2018 3 0
2019 18 9
Total 39 13

References
  1. "Dangmei Grace profile". AIFF. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  2. "Dangmei Grace felicitated". The Sangai Express. 14 December 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  3. "South Asian Games 2016: Full squad for India Men and Women football team". Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  4. "Sri Lankan men and women fastest in South Asia". The Telegraph. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  5. "Indian women win 4th consecutive SAAF Women's Championship". ESPN. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  6. "Football: India march to fourth SAFF Women's Championship title with 3-1 win against Bangladesh". Scroll.in. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.


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