Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi

{{short description|Indian association football player}}

{{Meitei name|Nongmaithem|Ratanbala|Devi}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}

{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ratanbala Devi

| birth_place = Manipur, India

| image = Ratanbala Devi.jpg

| caption =

| fullname = Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age |1999|12|2|df=y}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Gokulam Kerala

| clubnumber = 7

| years1 = 2017–2018

| clubs1 = KRYPHSA

| caps1 = 6

| goals1 = 7

| clubs2 = Sethu

| years2 = 2018–2019

| caps2 = 7

| goals2 = 8

| years3 = 2019–2020

| clubs3 = KRYPHSA FC

| caps3 = 7

| goals3 = 10

| years4 = 2021–

| clubs4 = Gokulam Kerala

| caps4 = 34

| goals4 = 3

| nationalyears1 = 2014

| nationalteam1 = India U19

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

| nationalyears2 = 2017–

| nationalteam2 = India

| nationalcaps2 = 41

| nationalgoals2 = 12

| club-update = 18 April 2025

| nationalteam-update = 26 February 2025

}}

Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi (born 2 December 1999) is an Indian professional footballer from Manipur, who plays for as a midfielder for the Indian Women's League club Gokulam Kerala and India women's national football team.{{cite web |title=Ratanbala Devi profile by AIFF |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/29988 |publisher=AIFF}} She played her debut international match in the AFC Cup Qualifiers 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=8016|title=Welcome to All India Football Federation|website=www.the-aiff.com|access-date=2018-11-18}}

Career

Ratanbala was called up for the national team during the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers, where she scored her first goal against Hong Kong on 11 April 2017. She then became a regular member of the India women's national football team. Her second goal was against Myanmar in the 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifiers Round 1 on 13 November 2018. The 3rd was in a friendly against Hong Kong on 21 January 2019, the 4th at another friendly against Indonesia on 27 January 2019 where she scored her first hattrick for the national team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=9452|title=RATANBALA DEVI'S HATTRICK LEADS INDIA TO 3-0 WIN OVER INDONESIA|website=www.the-aiff.com|access-date=2019-04-04}}{{Cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/india-women-football-team-indonesia-friendly-ratanbala-devi/article26104455.ece|title=Football: Ratanbala Devi's hat-trick leads India women to comfortable win|last=Sportstar|first=Team|website=Sportstar|language=en|access-date=2019-04-10}} In the 2019 Gold Cup she scored another goal against Nepal on 11 February 2019. In 2019 SAFF Women's Championship she scored 2 goals, 1 against Maldives on 13 March and another against Sri Lanka on 17 March. In the 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifiers Round 2 she scored 1 goal in a 3-3 draw against Myanmar on 9 April 2019. However, India didn't qualify for the 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifiers Round 3 because of a lower goal ratio.{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=9578|title=INDIAN WOMEN HELD BY MYANMAR, BOW OUT ON GOAL DIFFERENCE|website=www.the-aiff.com|access-date=2019-04-10}}

Career statistics

=International=

{{Updated|26 February 2025}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

! colspan="3" |International caps and goals

Year

!Caps

Goals
2017

|4

|1

2018

|3

|1

2019

|25

|10

2021

|0

|0

2022

|6

|0

2023

|0

|0

2024

|0

|0

2025

|3

|0

Total

!41

!12

:Scores and results list India's goal tally first.

class="wikitable"
+List of international goals scored by Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi

! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition

1.11 April 2017Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea{{fbw|HKG}}align=center|2–0align=center| 2–02018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers
2.13 November 2018Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar{{fbw|MYA}}align=center|1–1align=center| 1–22020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifiers
3.21 January 2019Hong Kong{{fbw|HKG}}align=center|5–2align=center| 5–2rowspan=4| Friendly
4.rowspan=3| 27 January 2019rowspan=3| Benteng Taruna Stadium, Tangerang, Indonesiarowspan=3| {{fbw|INA}}align=center|1–0rowspan=3 align=center| 3–0
5.align=center|2–0
6.align=center|3–0
7.11 February 2019Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, India{{fbw|NEP}}align=center|1–2align=center| 1–22019 Women's Gold Cup
8.13 March 2019rowspan=2| Sahid Rangasala, Biratnagar, Nepal{{fbw|MDV}}align=center|5–0align=center| 6–0rowspan=2| 2019 SAFF Women's Championship
9.17 March 2019{{fbw|SRI}}align=center|5–0align=center| 5–0
10.9 April 2019Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay, Myanmar{{fbw|MYA}}align=center|3–2align=center| 3–32020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifiers
11.rowspan=2| 5 December 2019rowspan=2| Pokhara Rangasala, Pokhara, Nepalrowspan=2| {{fbw|SRI}}align=center|3–0rowspan=2 align=center| 6–0rowspan=2| 2019 South Asian Games
12.align=center|5–0

Honours

India

Sethu

Gokulam Kerala

KRYPHSA

  • Indian Women's League runner-up: 2019–20{{cite web|title=Gokulam Kerala crowned champion of IWL 2020 – As it happened |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/gokulam-kerala-vs-kryphsa-live-iwl-indian-womens-league-sabitra-bhandari-anju-tamang-ratanbala-kamala-devi-karishma-manisha-grace-football/article30813472.ece |website=Sportstar |date=13 February 2020 }}

Manipur

  • Senior Women's National Football Championship: 2023–24{{cite web |title=Manipur champions for the 22nd time in Sr Women's NFC for Rajmata Jijabai Trophy |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/manipur-champions-for-the-22nd-time-in-sr-womens-nfc-for-rajmata-jijabai-trophy |website=AIFF |date=15 May 2024 }}
  • National Games gold medal: 2022{{cite web |title=National Games 2022, October 10 HIGHLIGHTS: Manipur wins women's football gold; Tamil Nadu tops Group A in men's volleyball |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/national-games/national-games-2022-october-10-live-updates-results-highlights-gujarat/article65991366.ece |website=Sportstar |date=10 October 2022 }}

Individual

  • Indian Women's League Most Valuable Player: 2019–20
  • Indian Women's League Emerging Player: 2018–19

References

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