Sanjida Akhter

Sanjida Akter (born 20 March 2001) is a Bangladeshi women's football midfielder. She was the member of AFC U-14 Girls' Regional Championship – South and Central winning Bangladesh U-14 held in Nepal in 2015. She currently plays football at the Kolsindur High School in Mymensingh and the Bangladesh women's national under-17 football team. She played all five matches at 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification in Group C held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Sanjida Akter
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-03-20) March 20, 2001
Place of birth Kolsindur, Dhobaura, Mymensingh
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Bashundhara Kings Women
Youth career
Team
Kolsindur High School, Mymensingh
National team‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Bangladesh U14 4 (4)
2014–2017 Bangladesh U16 9 (4)
Bangladesh U19
Bangladesh
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 25, 2016

Early years

Sanjida Akter was born in 20 March 2001[2] in Kolsindur, Dhobaura, Mymensingh district.

Playing career

Akter first played in 2011 Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Gold Cup Football Tournament for Kolsindur Govt. Primary School.

International

Akhter was selected to the Bangladesh girls' U-17 team for the 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification – Group B matches in 2014.[3] She also played AFC U-14 Girls' Regional Championship – South and Central held in Nepal in 2015, where Bangladesh U-14 Girls' became Champion. She played in 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification – Group C matches. She capped 9 times for the U-17 nationals and scored 4 goals. Being group C champion, Bangladesh have qualified for the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship in Thailand in September 2017.[4]

She later played in 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification and the 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[5]

Honours
AFC U-14 Girls' Regional C'ship – South and Central
Bangladesh U-14 Girls'
  • Champion: 2015

References
  1. "Schedule & Results". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  2. Hoque, Shishir (2016-09-02). "Meet our supergirls". Dhaka Tribune. Dhaka. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  3. Parvez, Kamran (2015-08-22). "Amazing football by Kalsindur girls". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 2016-01-02. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  4. "Bangladesh, Australia through to AFC U-16 Women's C'ship 2017". Asian Football Confederation. 2016-09-04. Archived from the original on 2016-09-05. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  5. "Sanjida Akhter". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 8 December 2020.


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