Shanti Mullick

Shanti Mullick
Personal information
Full name Shanti Mullick
Date of birth 1964
Place of birth Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Bengal
International career
1980–1983 India ? (14)
Managerial career
1996–1997 Bengal
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shanti Mullick is an Indian former women's footballer who played as a forward for the India women's national football team. Mullick is the first Indian women's footballer to receive the Arjuna Award, the second-highest Indian sports award.

Career

Football

Mullick was born in Kalighat, Kolkata, West Bengal and her father was also a footballer who served in the military.[citation needed]

Mullick represented India at the AFC Women's Championships where the team reached the finals twice and finished as runners-up in the 1980 and 1983 editions. She played for the national team managed by legendary Sushil Bhattacharya. Her team also finished in third place in the 1981 edition. She captained the Indian team in 1983. Mullick was the first women's footballer to score a hat-trick for India in a 5–0 victory over Singapore in the 1981 AFC Women's Championship.

Following her retirement, she runs a football academy and coaches youth women's footballers.

Field hockey

Mullick also played field hockey from 1986 to 1994 while posted at Eastern Railway.

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list India's goal tally first.
List of international goals scored by Shanti Mullick
No.DateVenueOpponentResultCompetition
1.8 June 1981Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong Singapore5–01981 AFC Women's Championship
2.
3.
4.
5.10 June 1981 Philippines8–0
6.
7.10 April 1983National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Philippines5–01983 AFC Women's Championship
8.
9.
10.11 April 1983 Hong Kong1–0
11.12 April 1983 Malaysia3–0
12.
13.14 April 1983 Thailand1–2
14.15 April 1983 Singapore1–0

Honours

Player

India

Manager

Bengal

Individual

References

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  11. ↑ "EAST BENGAL CLUB, INDIA – RECORDS, FUNS AND FACTS | SUSHIL BHATTACHARYA – THE FIRST COACH OF EAST BENGAL CLUB – 1961". eastbengalclubrecords.wordpress.com. East Bengal Club. 24 November 2014. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
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  14. ↑ Shreekumar, S.S. (2020). The Best way forward: for India's Football. HSRA. ISBN 978-81-947216-9-7. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  15. ↑ "LIST OF ARJUNA AWARD WINNERS - Football | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports". yas.nic.in. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Archived from the original on 25 December 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2007.
  16. ↑ "List of Arjuna Awardees (1961–2018)" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  17. ↑ Chaudhuri, Arunava (2000). "National Award winning Footballers". indianfootball.de. IndianFootball. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2019.

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