 Bhandari in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sabitra Bhandari | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 May 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hometown: Lamjung | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | En Avant Guingamp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2019 | APF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Sethu | 7 | (15) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Gokulam Kerala | 7 | (16) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Gokulam Kerala | 10 | (31) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 2 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Guingamp | 17 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Nepal | 52 | (53) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 October 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sabitra Bhandari (Nepali: साबित्रा भण्डारी), popularly known as Samba,[1][2] is a Nepalese professional football player who plays as a forward for Première Ligue club En Avant Guingamp and Nepal women's national team.
She is the all-time highest goal scorer in Nepalese football history and broke record as the highest woman goal scorer in South Asia with 49 goals. She made history by being the first Nepalese player to play and score in European league.[3]
- ^ "Bhandari on course of becoming all-time best". kathmandupost.com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ^ "Nepal's all-time top scorer Sabitra Bhandari 'Samba' features in FIFA.com". The Himalayan Times. 2 June 2020. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ^ Baniya, Sudesh (5 March 2024). "Feeding cattle to breaking barriers: Nepal goal machine Sabitra Bhandari". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 March 2024.