Grace Dangmei

Grace Dangmei (born 5 February 1996) is an Indian women's international footballer who plays as a forward for the Indian Women's League side Gokulam Kerala and the India women's national 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]

Grace Dangmei
Personal information
Full name Grace Dangmei
Date of birth (1996-02-05) 5 February 1996
Place of birth Dimdailong, Churachandpur, Manipur, india
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Gokulam Kerala
Number 11
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 KRYPHSA 9 (8)
2019 Sethu 7 (8)
2021–2022 Gokulam Kerala 11 (4)
2022–2023 FC Nasaf 14 (4)
2023– Gokulam Kerala 9 (3)
International career‡
2014 India U19 3 (1)
2013– India 71 (20)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 September 2023

Early life

Grace Dangmei was born to Simon Dangmei and Rita Dangmei. She belongs to the Rongmei tribe from Dimdailong Village, Kangvai Sub-Division, Churachandpur District, Manipur.[7]

Club career

Dangmei played the inaugural edition of the Indian Women's League with KRYPHSA and spent another season with the club. She joined Sethu in 2019 for the 3rd edition of the IWL. During the 2018 Indian Women's League, she was awarded the Emerging Player Award.[8] She scored a brace in her first match with Sethu FC against Manipur Police Sports Club on 6 May 2019, and won the 2018–19 IWL season.

She then joined Gokulam Kerala in 2021,[9] and earned vice-captaincy. Later on July 15, 2021, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) nominated Gokulam Kerala to represent India in the AFC Women's Club Championship 2020–21 pilot tournament.[10] She appeared in the matches of the 2021 AFC Women's Club Championship. She had a brilliant performance against FC Bunyodkor (women), which is the women's team of Uzbekistan on 14 November, where her side won 3–1.[11][12][13] In that continental tournament, they achieved third place. In the 2021–22 season, her team Gokulam Kerala clinched the title and qualified for the AFC Women's Club Championship.

On July 2, 2022, it was announced Grace had signed a professional contract abroad, with the Uzbek Women's League side FC Nasaf Karshi[14][15] on a season-long deal.[16] She helped her Uzbek team win both the league and cup in that calendar year, scoring 4 goals in 14 league matches.

International career

Grace appeared with India U-19 in 2014.

From my parents to all the coaches that I have trained under, as well as the players that I have played with, I am grateful for the support that I have always received. I feel people don't realize that we are much ahead of the men's team in terms of FIFA rankings and maybe we don't get enough credit sometimes, but with us participating in more and more international competitions, that will hopefully change.

— Grace Dangmei, on her journey with football.[17]

She made her senior international debut at the AFC Qualifiers in 2013, and became a regular member ofthe women's national team.[18] In the six years with the national team, she made 37 appearances and scored 14 goals.[19] Later, at the 2019 South Asian Games, they clinched a gold, defeating Nepal. Her brace against Indonesia at the 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifier Round 2 match, gave her popular fame.[17]

Grace represented India at the 2021 International Women's Football Tournament of Manaus, where they faced teams like Brazil,[20][21] and Chile. She scored a goal against Venezuela on December 1, in their 2–1 defeat.[22]

On 7 September 2022, at the SAFF Women's Championship in Nepal, she scored a goal against Pakistan in their 3–0 win.

Career statistics
As of 24 September 2023
International caps and goals
Years Caps Goals
2013 3 0
2014 1 0
2015 2 0
2016 5 3
2017 7 1
2018 3 0
2019 26 11
2021 9 1
2022 6 3
2023 9 1
Total 71 20

International goals
Scores and results list India's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 February 2016Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong, India Sri Lanka2–05–02016 South Asian Games
2.3–0
3.27 December 2016Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri, India Afghanistan4–15–12016 SAFF Women's Championship
4.4 January 2017 Bangladesh1–03–1
5.21 January 2019Hong Kong Hong Kong1–05–2Friendly
6.2–1
7.30 January 2019Benteng Taruna Stadium, Tangerang, Indonesia Indonesia2–02–0
8.1 March 2019Alanya, Turkey Turkmenistan1–010–02019 Turkish Women's Cup
9.13 March 2019Sahid Rangasala, Biratnagar, Nepal Maldives1–06–02019 SAFF Women's Championship
10.17 March 2019 Sri Lanka1–05–0
11.22 March 2019   Nepal2–13–1
12.3 April 2019Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar Indonesia1–02–02020 Olympic Qualifiers
13.2–0
14.3 December 2019Pokhara Rangasala, Pokhara, Nepal Maldives1–05–02019 South Asian Games
15.5 December 2019 Sri Lanka5–06–0
16.1 December 2021Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil Venezuela1–01–22021 International Football Tournament of Manaus
17.7 September 2022Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal Pakistan2–03–02022 SAFF Women's Championship
18.10 September 2022 Maldives4–09–0
19.8–0
20.28 March 2023Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Uzbekistan1–13–2Friendly

Honours

India

Sethu

Gokulam Kerala

Sevinch Karshi

KRYPHSA

Manipur

Individual

See also

References
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