Krishna Rani Sarkar
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| Full name | Srimoti Krishna Rani Sarkar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | January 1, 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | North Pathalia, Gopalpur, Tangail, Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Transport United FC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–13 | Suti V. M. Pilot Model High School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Sethu FC | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Bashundhara Kings | 25 | (50) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Nasrin Sporting Club | 8 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Transport United Ladies | 7 | (22) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Bangladesh U-14[1] | 8 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Bangladesh U-16 | 10 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Bangladesh U-19 | 9 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Bangladesh | 33 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 4 December 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Krishna Rani Sarkar (Bengali: কৃষ্ণা রানী সরকার; born 1 January 2001)[3] is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Bangladesh women's national football team. She has also played for the Bangladesh women's national futsal team.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Transport United FC
[edit | edit source]In 2025, Krishna joined Bhutan Women's National League club Transport United FC.[4]
International career
[edit | edit source]Krishna was selected to the Bangladesh women's U-17 team for the 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification – Group B matches in 2014. She played four matches and scored one goal in that tournament. She was also an integral member of the team that won the AFC U-14 Girls' Regional Championship – South and Central in 2015.
She was named as captain for the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification – Group C matches. She played tremendously in the tournament, scoring 8 goals in 5 matches. Being group C champion, Bangladesh qualified for the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship.[5]
International goals
[edit | edit source]- Scores and results list Bangladesh's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 13 November 2014 | Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad, Pakistan | File:Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg Afghanistan | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2014 SAFF Women's Championship |
| 2 | 3–1 | |||||
| 3 | 5–1 | |||||
| 4 | 7 February 2016 | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong, India | File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2016 South Asian Games |
| 5 | 2–1 | |||||
| 6 | 11 November 2018 | Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar | File:Flag of India.svg India | 1–7 | 1–7 | 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
| 7 | 23 June 2022 | BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh | File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia | 6–0 | 6–0 | Friendly Match |
| 8 | 13 September 2022 | Dasharath Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal | File:Flag of India.svg India | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2022 SAFF Women's Championship |
| 9 | 16 September 2022 | Dasharath Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal | File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan | 3–0 | 8–0 | |
| 10 | 19 September 2022 | Dashrath Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal | File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
| 11 | 3–1 |
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Honours
[edit | edit source]Bashundhara Kings Women
Bangladesh
- SAFF Women's Championship: 2022; runner-up: 2016
- South Asian Games bronze medal: 2016
Bangladesh U-19
Bangladesh U-14
- AFC U-14 Girls' Regional C'ship – South and Central: 2015
Education
[edit | edit source]As of 2022, she was an undergraduate student at American International University-Bangladesh.[8]
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- 2001 births
- Living people
- Bangladeshi women's footballers
- 21st-century Bangladeshi sportswomen
- Bangladesh women's international footballers
- Bashundhara Kings Women players
- Bangladesh Women's Football League players
- Women's association football forwards
- People from Tangail District
- Bangladeshi Hindus
- Sethu FC players
- Bangladeshi expatriate women's footballers
- Expatriate women's footballers in India
- Bangladeshi expatriate sportspeople in India
- Bangladeshi women's futsal players
- South Asian Games bronze medalists for Bangladesh
- South Asian Games medalists in football
- Indian Women's League players
- Footballers from Dhaka Division
- American International University-Bangladesh alumni